The iPhoneography Showcase of Larry Nighswander

Larry Nighswander is a photographer, picture editor and designer. Currently he is a director of photography at Bonnier Corp.  Prior to his current position Nighswander was a college photography professor.  He was also Assistant Director of the picture editing department at National Geographic Magazine. Besides picture editing over 25 published stories he served as part of a three person supervisory team managing the 22 member picture editing staff.

Prior to joining the National Geographic Society in April of 1988 he was an Assistant Managing Editor at The Cincinnati Post. Nighswander was selected as Scripps Howard's designer of the year two years in a row. In 1993 he was awarded the magazine picture editor of the year award in the University of Missouri/National Press Photographers Association's Pictures of the Year competition. Prior to working at The Cincinnati Post, Nighswander was Picture Editor of The Columbus Dispatch, Director of Photography at The Washington Times and The Cleveland Press. He has had pictures published in over 50 publications including Life, Sports Illustrated, Time, People, Business Week, Florida Travel + Life, Saveur, Parenting, Esquire and National Geographic.

He has displayed his work in galleries and traveled the art show circuit.

Nighswander has been a speaker at numerous national and international professional seminars including, The International Association of Culinary Professonals, The Society for News Design, The American Press Institute and The Poynter Institute. He is active in regional, national and international photographic educational programs. He has served as a consultant to numerous magazines and newspapers both in the United States and abroad.

He has been a judge for numerous photography and design competitions including Pictures of the Year International (three times), Society for News Design (twice), The White House News Photographers and The Scripps Howard National Journalism Awards.

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Comments

[David]

Some interesting shots, but this guy is not focused and all over the place. A little editing goes a long way. Also seems very egotistical - would like to have heard more about technique.

[psikat]

Very impressive CV; it certainly adds instant credibility to iPhoneography. Like David,
I'd like to see tips and 'how-to' as a regular component of Showcase.

[Tania]

I really enjoyed watching the slide show of this gentleman's photography. I was impressed with some of the shots and generally had fun with the randomness of the subject material. I would also like to see tips and how-to guides as a feature of the showcase. Always interested in things that would help me improve my own photography and editing skills

[Mikkers]

I am not so much interested in CV's being the main bio about a showcased photographer. I don't care if you have 10 years of experience or half a moth, if you shoot good photos then you shoot good photos.

Like the rest of the commenters, I would love to know what apps a photographer used, what their inspiration is, his thoughts on mobile photography, and/or any tips or tricks they might want to impart.

I enjoyed looking at the photography of Larry Nighswander. Some are a bit repetitive, but I enjoy variety and it is always refreshing to check out other people's work. This photographer obviously has a great variety of apps at his disposal and he uses them well.

[Larry]

I appreciate the comments. Sorry the intro sounds so clinical. I was busy and rather than write a folksy intro I simply cut and pasted the bio from my website. I apologize if it came across as arrogant, believe me that is far from who I am... :)

I'd be happy to share some technical tips if there was an easy way to do that. Perhaps each photographer spotlighted could pick one image and do a step-by-step on that one. The way I work sometimes I can't remember how I got to the final image... I do a lot of iimage processing with my phone in bed just before I fall asleep. How about that for a candid confession...

My favorite apps: QuadCamera, Pure Carbon, FotoMuse, PhotoStudio, TiltShiftGen, Photoshop Mobile, Sloppy Border, Pic Grunger and ShakeItPhoto. I have applied as many as three apps to some of the images to get the final results.

The photos are eclectic by design. I'm trying to push the limits of the camera by using it on a wide range of subjects. I'm even working on a book of nudes and beauty photos all taken and processed with the iPhone.

Keep shooting everyone!

Larry