David Hobby

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David Hobby (born January 30, 1965) is an American photographer and author of the Strobist.com lighting blog, a site which promotes off-camera flash usage among photographic enthusiasts.

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[edit] Professional life

Hobby is a staff photojournalist with The Baltimore Sun, and author of Strobist.com, a popular blog devoted to photographic lighting techniques. Published daily, the blog has an on-line readership of 200,000 photographers in over 175 countries. Over 23,000 web users have registered with its companion Strobist Flickr group. In June 2007, he took a year-long leave of absence from the Sun to blog full-time[1].

Hobby has written an article on a DIY photo studio in the December 2007 issue of MacWorld[2].

Hobby has been interviewed by

Hobby co-authored the book Columbia: A Celebration with Susan Thornton Hobby, published by Perry Publishing in 1995[9].

[edit] Personal life

Hobby studied photojournalism at the University of Florida.

Hobby lives in suburban Baltimore (Columbia), Maryland, United States, with his wife and two children.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Blog, Newspaper, Family. Pick any Two.
  2. ^ DIY photo studio, December 2007 issue of MacWorld
  3. ^ http://www.thatsmymonkey.com/0224spotlight.html Spotlight: David Hobby by Bruce Snell, ThatsMyMonkey.com (Accessed on December 05, 2007)
  4. ^ Part1, part 2 and part 3 of an interview by Derek Mazzone for Crossfader.com (Accessed on December 05, 2007)
  5. ^ [http://www.studiolighting.net/lightsource-photography-podcast-e020-david-hobby-aka-strobist/ LightSource Photography Podcast E020 - David Hobby aka Strobist] (Accessed on December 05, 2007)
  6. ^ http://www.tipsfromthetopfloor.com/2006/07/28/tfttf143-strobist-special/ tfttf143 - Strobist Special (Accessed on December 05, 2007)
  7. ^ http://www.insidedigitalphoto.com/radio-programs/idp-radio-the-strobist-hoodman IDP Radio - Strobist / Hoodman (Accessed on December 10, 2007)
  8. ^ In a flash, Strobist blog about lighting photos hit it big - USATODAY.com
  9. ^ ISBN 0964372819

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