Contributors

There are several people who contribute to posts on the LensFlare35 site. Here is their bio and contact information:

Joseph Cristina

Photo Credit: © 2010 Joseph Cristina

I am a full-time, international published, Palm Beach based Professional Photographer with over 18 years experience in both Photography and Graphic / Media Production. Formal training was received from FAU and the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. I’ve worked within multiple advertising agencies and collaborated with countless art directors and publishers over the years.

Allure Multimedia, LLC is my photographic and multimedia studio base in the sunny Palm Beach, FL. The studio’s capacities are many from professional photography to advertising design and multimedia presentation ie. (Magazine Cover Photography, Wedding Photography, Corporate Events, Modeling, TV and Internet Advertising Spots) just to name a few.

Clients coming to us for professional photography services or media creation are reassured by our professionalism, impeccable service, and final product delivered, they have made the right decision in commissioning our studio for their project.

For more information, please visit my website.

Deborah Kaufman

Photo Credit: © 2010 David E. Warner

Ms. Kaufman previously was the President and co-founder of Bremond House Gallery. Her area of focus was art acquisition, market strategy, and profitability enhancement for client fine art print programs. Kaufman was also one of three founders involved in the development of the Earthman Art Center, an artist incubator in Galveston, Texas. Ms. Kaufman is a seasoned entrepreneur with over 20 years experience in developing marketing strategies for technology and publishing companies. Kaufman has founded six companies throughout her career, working in the areas of book publishing, online content publishing and software development.

Prior to Bremond House, Kaufman co-founded Embella, Inc., a technology infrastructure company for regulatory content and applications. Kaufman was Director and President of IBT Technologies, one of the first e-learning technology companies providing a Web services platform to adapt content based on user profiles and device. At IBT, Kaufman was responsible for securing over $14 million in capital from venture and investment banking funds. Kaufman grew the company from four founders to 115 employees within one year. Kaufman also played a key role in securing top accounts for the company in the healthcare sector such as Columbia HCA, University of Texas Medical Branch, and AGA-Home Healthcare. These three contracts were estimated at over $10 million in potential revenue.

Earlier in her career, Kaufman founded two traditional publishing companies: Dockery House Publishing of Dallas, Texas, a boutique book publishing company targeting the Fortune 1000; and Mountain Home Publishing, Inc. of Kerrville, Texas, a healthcare publishing company targeting the consumer geriatric market.

For more information on  Deborah, please visit her website.

Brian Matiash

Bio Headshot (Photo Credit: Chris Halford)

Brian Matiash is commercial architecture photographer, writer, and lover of all things social media.  When he is not out photographing the ever-shifting trends of exterior and interior design, he is roaming around and exploring the city to capture the forgotten corners and loose ends that so often get overlooked.  You can see daily offerings from these explorations on his blog.

Brian has spent the past several years learning and mastering the use of High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging to provide his photos with a level of realism not normally captured with conventional photography.  He is the author of monthly columns on LensFlare35 and  Pro Photo Resource, where he shares tips, tricks, and techniques to gain the most out of HDR photography. He is also an editor of ‘HDR Spotting‘, the leading gallery/resource dedicated to showcasing HDR images.  Brian’s HDR images have been published in a variety of news and magazine publications, as well as displayed in various art galleries in Boston, MA and New York, NY.
Brian is co-founder and principal photographer of HDR Look, offering unprecedented quality in architecture and interior design photos for the hotel, travel, dining and hospitality industries.  He specializes in capturing the rich and wonderful details, styles and textures of some of the most well known hotels, destination resorts, and restaurants.  He has photographed the architecture for many luxury establishments including The InterContinental Hotels Group, Westin Hotels, The Chatham Bars Inn on Cape Cod, and many more.