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Photographer Spotlight: Jim DiVitale
When did you know the photography/video industry was for you? In 11 grade I took my first photography class. Images from my first roll of fill were printed up and then entered into a student photo contest in West Palm Beach Florida. 6 months later, I received a letter from my Congressman telling me my photography was hanging in the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. That was it….. “Mom, can you buy me a camera, I want to be a professional photographer” From there it was a steady course of going from the High School yearbook photographer to a fine art Photography program at Palm Beach Community College, and then the Art…
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Photographer Spotlight: Kevin Kubota
When did you know the photography/video industry was for you? I had always loved photography and learned to develop my own images in the darkroom as a teen, but it wasn’t until my early 20’s that I turned to professional photography – after realizing my college driven career was not going to pan out. I actually fell in to it by chance as my roommate asked me to take some portraits of her to make a calendar for her boyfriend. I built a make-shift studio in my garage and we did the images – which turned out pretty well. Soon I was getting referrals to her friends and their friends and my…