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About William

Photographer, Speaker, Mentor and Educator; William Long is arguably one of Australia’s most reputable, successful and technically diverse professional photographers. In addition to winning numerous national and international professional awards across multiple photographic categories, William has been recognised for his excellence in Photography with Fellowships from the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography (NZIPP), British Institute of Professional Photography (BIPP) and the Royal Photographic Society (RPS). In 2014, William was also the recipient of a rare Honorary Life Membership from the Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP), and then in 2016 an Honorary Life Membership from the British Institute of Professional Photography (BIPP) in recognition of his outstanding professionalism and voluntary work in the Photographic Industry. He is also a recipient of Quintuple Gold Bars – AIPP Master of Photography from the AIPP.

In addition to his award-winning photography, William has also developed his career as a sought-after internationally-recognised speaker, competition judge, mentor and industry advocate. He continues to use his talent to educate, guide and inspire other photographers at every level, both locally and worldwide, through his mentoring programs, workshops and online groups. William is also the Founder and Managing Director of PhotoWatchDog, a private industry advocacy concern group that lobbies companies, governments, organisations and individuals who produce photographic competitions to establish fair terms and conditions for all entrants.

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About Anna

Anna Gibiskys is a professional landscape photographer born in Far East of Russia. She is experienced solo female traveler and expert in South America, the USA and Southeast Asia destinations.

Love and interest in nature came in childhood: hiking and camping outdoor with school friends and Polaroid in hands became an happiest part of life.

With a first digital camera and possibilities of travel the main factor of choosing a country was the presence of impressive and rare landscapes. Anna chooses the remote places where nature stays untouched.

The basis of Anna’s portfolio is photos of minimalistic landscapes taken on the plateau Antiplano in the Andes. The beauty of emptiness, freedom and silence became the most important part of her photographs. Processing photos – is minimal, the main goal is to achieving a pure and selective colors.

The most important part of Anna’s career is a large project for National Geographic. The study of the history of the South American village named Tarabuco, the observation of local life as the insider, led to an understanding of many life’s issues.

“Being in the moment” is one of the basics of Anna’s works. In the moment of absolute beauty, the moment of presence in pristine and wild nature, the moment of solitude, the moment of tangible internal changes from the experience of what is happening right there. This is also valuable for the artist’s work: an attempt to capture the beauty and perception of the moment and try to pass it to the viewer.

After few years of solo travels she founded a travel club ITINERO for photographers. She organizing  workshops in travels, professional photo tours, jeep expeditions in remote national parks and acts as a speaker at festivals devoted to photography and travel. Along with a digital camera Anna still carry instant cameras from Polaroid and Fuji.

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About Adam

A landscape photographer from Sydney Australia. For as long as I can remember I have always had a creative interest. I once again found my passion for photography with the emergence of the digital cameras around the year 2000. Like so many others I found the ability to get instant feed back on the rear LCD a great way to learn via trial and error.

Specialising in photography education, including Photoshop education, I have been running workshops since 2013, teaching 100’s of students not only the skills and techniques to quickly improve their photography, but the confidence and knowledge to take their passion further.

I have had the honour of receiving several prestige photography awards including:

Representing Australia at the 2015 Photography World cup
1st place for Landscape at the International Loupe Awards 2013
Focus Image of the year 2014
Highest scoring Landscape Print in the APPA Print awards 2014
APPA Australian Emerging Photographer of the Year 2014.
AIPP NSW Landscape Photographer of the year 2015
AIPP NSW Professional Photographer of the year 2015
AIPP NSW Landscape Photographer of the year 2016
AIPP NSW Landscape Photographer of the year 2017
AIPP NSW Professional Photographer of the year 2017

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About Juan

Juan Pablo de Miguel is an landscape and cityscape photographer based in Madrid, Spain, with a  inspiring and versatile landscapes and BW fine-art photos, all sharing a unique style of his artistic signature.

Juan Pablo teaches photography and advanced post processing techniques all over the world developing his own digital processing techniques.

Winner of several international competitions like the Gold medal in one of the largest circuits of the world, the Trieremberg Super Circuit in 2015 and consecutively 2016, several medals in the Epson International Pano Awards 2016, and second main price in “digital art” Epson Pano Awards 2017. He is one of the 101 “The Landscape Photographer of the Year” in 2015 and again in 2016 and 2017, collaborate in special editions and exclusive “Memento” and “Visions” edited by 1X y and obtained countless nominations, honors and prices for his landscape and fine-art photography works.

His work can be seen in magazine covers and publications like National Geographic, GEO Magazine, Landscape Photography Magazine, Indonesia Colors, Digital Photo, Digital Photographer, Digital SLR, NYC|The Huffington Post, Daily Telegraph, Microsoft, Google, Practical Photographer, Samsung, Forbes, Outside Magazine and numberless online publications and travel guides and agencies. Being present in the international exhibition “100 Wonders of the World” in St. Petersburg in 2015, 2016 y 2017, Crown Prince of Dubai y and Netherlands Television.

He’s using photography as a medium for inspiration and a means to understand the world. Specializing in European and American fine art landscapes, admires the works of Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Carleton Watkins and the diversity of many encounter, networking on the Web.​

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About Abe

I received my first film camera at the age of 14 before there was such a thing as a digital SLR.  Now, over 20 years later, every shutter click is as exciting as the first one. Beginning my photographic career working in the Ski & Snowboard industry chasing the sun and powder with some of the best athletes around the world I learned how to study light and weather patterns through the changing seasons.  

Now I use my camera as a painter would use their brush, focusing more on the mood and power of a pre-visualized scene before the camera even comes out of the bag.  I want my images to move you emotionally so you can experience the power and beauty that I experienced while studying the scene and capturing the final image.

With a collection of work in the hundreds and multiple international photography awards,  I practice traditional photographic methods, I take single frame exposures using filters and other on camera techniques paired with great light.

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