Honl Photo Pro Round Table
David has gathered some of the top photographers in the world to feature in his Honl Photo Pro Round Table, a showcase for shooters that have used our products since day one and continue to utilize them in their work and in photography workshops. We also take heed of their feedback and recommendations for product improvements.
Joe McNally
Joe McNally is an internationally acclaimed American photographer and long-time photojournalist. From 1994 until 1998, he was LIFE magazine’s staff photographer, the first one in 23 years. Read Joe’s full bio here. Joe has featured HonlPhoto products in his book The Hot Shoe Diaries, used them in the Nikon DVD: A Hands On Guide to Creative Lighting, and continues to use them in his workshops and lectures.
Visit Joe’s website at www.JoeMcNally.com
Read “Honl Rocks” on Joe’s blog: www.joemcnally.com/blog
Lucas Gilman
Lucas Gilman grew up in the mountains of Western Colorado and graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder School of Journalism. A love of adventure and a keen curiosity creates his distinct style of photography. Traveling the world in search of untouched places and wild experiences, Lucas captures images ranging from kayaking in India, Brazil, Uganda and Costa Rica to backcountry skiing in Colorado, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Alaska, and South America.
A winner of numerous prestigious awards, Lucas, regularly works with editorial clients that span the globe including: National Geographic, Sports Illustrated, ESPN Magazine, ESPN.com, Men’s Journal, National Geographic Adventure, Outside Magazine, Men’s Fitness, Maxim Germany, FHM Australia, USA TODAY and the New York Times. His commercial clients include Nikon, Patagonia, Gore-Tex, Cloudveil, Marmot, K2 Skis and Nik Software. Lucas recently won the 2008 American Photo Emerging Photographer Award -sponsored by Apple Computers.
Lucas mentions Honl Photo products in his preferred gear list, in Mac Life
Visit Lucas’ website at www.lucasgilman.com
Steven Parke
Steven Parke is an award-winning artist, illustrator, and photographer. His clients include Warner Brothers, NBC, HBO, the Discovery Channel, and A-list entertainers such as Prince, David Bowie, Bon Jovi, Bob Dylan, Victor Wooten and AC/DC. Mr. Parke was the digital artist for the first-of-its kind graphic novel “I, Paparazzi” , published by DC/Vertigo Comics. He followed with “In the Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe”, the first ever all-digitally-photographed graphic novel, which was nominated for YALSA’s Best Horror Novel in 2005 alongside Stephen King and IDW’s 30 Days of Night. He is currently finishing a book that provides a multi step approach to reading that features a single title created as a (photo) graphic novel, novel, and graphic novella aimed at teens varied reading levels. Mr. Parke is an industry pioneer and advocate in the sequential photography technique.
Visit Steven’s website at www.steveparke.com
Ken Cedeno
Ken Cedeno is a freelance photographer in the Washington DC area. He has covered events at the White House, Capitol Hill, spot news, disasters, features, and environmental portraits for major wire services as well as other media outlets, New York Times, PR firms, Travel guides, and Ad Agencies. Photos appeared in major newspapers and magazines worldwide. Ken’s photography has earned awards from the White House News Photographers Association and National Press Photographers Association.
Visit Ken’s website at: KenCedeno.com
Michael Willems
A Toronto-based newspaper and event photographer, Michael is a public speaker and popular teacher with a sense of humour and a talent for making complex subjects simple. His many subjects include Nikon, Canon, Sony, Pentax and Olympus camera use; composition; Travel Photography, Photoshop and Lightroom for photographers, and especially Advanced Flash. He teaches both at Henry’s School of Imaging and at www.cameratraining.ca, and he lectures across the world on photography subjects to corporations, to camera clubs, and to various other organisations, and works as a photography tutor and coach.
Michael uses Honl Photo products extensively in both his daily work and in his popular lighting workshops.
Visit Michael’s website at www.michaelwillems.ca
Cherie Steinberg Coté
Cherie Steinberg Coté is a photographer whose passion has been traveling the world and photographing people. Cherie began her career as a photojournalist at The Toronto Sun newspaper in Canada; she had the distinction of being their first female photographer. Among the numerous awards Cherie has won, she has been honored with the Canadian Council for the Arts Award, Canada’s equivalent of the National Endowment for the Arts Award. She is a Getty Image Stock Photographer whose works are sold worldwide. Cherie was listed by Nikon as “one of the worlds great photographers.”
In her international travels to over 40 countries, she has captured extraordinary images which have been featured several times on Entertainment Tonight and appeared in countless trade and consumer publications – most recently in Grace Ormonde, Nikon World, Photo Pro Magazine, The L.A. Times, Los Angeles Magazine, Bride & Bloom Magazine, Los Angeles Weddings, Towne & Country, Distinctive Magazine, 90210 Magazine, 5280 Magazine, Palm Springs Life, Rangefinder and Your Wedding Day Magazine.
Visit Cherie’s website at www.cheriefoto.com
Gavin Blue
For over 18 years, Gavin’s personal and creative approach has earned him a reputation of producing truly outstanding images for the advertising, editorial and corporate markets. Based in Melbourne, Australia Gavin’s clients include QANTAS, Telstra, Australia Post, BONLAC, Tourism Victoria, Suzuki, Singapore Power, Sunday Life Magazine, Mercedes, Volvo, Financial Review Magazine, KPMG, National Australia Bank, and Boeing to name a few. Gavin also travels extensively throughout Australia teaching the CLS Speedlight system for Nikon.
Visit Gavin’s website at www.gavinblue.com
