The Strobist Goes Mainstream
David Hobby, AKA The Strobist, got some love outside of our geektastic photo blogosphere today, with a profile in USA Today. Hobby has been making flash photography accessible to *literally millions of folks on his instructive blog, which he started while a staff photographer at the Baltimore Sun. David’s an incredibly sweet guy; it’s fun to see him get a close up.
From the article:
- Hobby grew up in Florida and moved to Maryland
to work for a chain of weekly newspapers as a staff photographer. He
started work at The Sun in 1999. He has until August to decide
whether to return. “I miss being a news photographer,” he says. “If I
do go back, I would have to reprioritize the blog and post less
frequently.”
He says he still hasn’t made a decision. He
augments his income with teaching — he leaves Thursday for a lighting
seminar in Dubai; last week, he was at a Kentucky university — and says
he loves the new experiences that Strobist has afforded him.
“I have friends from all over the world now,” he says. “My readership is larger than many cities. That’s pretty heady stuff.”
Heady, indeed. Photographers are taking the world by storm.
David deserves all the good things that come his way. A super great guy.
Yeah He is really cool dude…Congrats to Him 🙂
His generosity knows no bounds, seems to me. He has revolutionized my assignment photography for sure. He’s on one of the good guys.