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Beloved photographer, Linda Gregory, remembered for her generosity

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Beloved photographer, Linda Gregory, remembered for her generosity

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Linda Gregory was covering a Northwest High School football game on Monday evening when players were accidentally pushed into her, causing her to hit her head. She had been on life support with minimal brain function when her husband, Mel Gregory, and her family met with the organ donation team, deciding to honor her final wish.

She had a passion for photography and used it to help tell the story of sporting events, music, and everyday life for many years.

Linda and Mel joined League 42 Youth Baseball when it started in 2013. League Director Bob Lutz says she was always volunteering to take photos.

“She provided us with a visual history of our league, and think we’re all just in kind of a state of shock. Linda poured so much into not only what we do but Northwest High School Football and so many other things. She never stopped giving,” said Lutz.

Travis Heying, a long-time visual journalist in the Wichita area, met Linda while covering local games. He says she became the biggest supporter of the band he is a drummer for sometimes on Sunday. Heying said she shot every show, never asking for anything in return.

“Man, all I can do is one day hope someone talks about me that way. It’s just like, maybe I need to be as generous as Linda was,” said Heying.

Sometimes, on Sunday honored Linda, showing their gratitude. They hope it will help her husband through the grieving process.

“We thanked her in the liner notes of our CD that we just sent off on Monday, the day this happened, so we’re hopeful that music helps Mel move forward,” said Heying.

Linda Gregory a child (Courtesy: Joanna Chadwick)

For family-friend Joanna Chadwick, Linda and Mel became like a third set of grandparents to her sons. She said that one night, while working a game at Maize High School, she didn’t have anyone else to watch her son. Linda volunteered, showing him how to take pictures and even buying him a snow cone.

“Frankly, I think we all need to have a Linda in us. We all need to be that person that does something good for nothing in return,” said Chadwick.

On Wednesday, Mel said that she was one of a kind. He said they will honor her wish to have her organs donated, calling it her final act of generosity.

Christine Quinn turns wildlife photographer while on safari in Kenya

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Christine Quinn turns wildlife photographer while on safari in Kenya

Christine Quinn puts on a stylish display as she turns wildlife photographer while on safari in Kenya with her husband Christian Richard

By Amy Lamare For Dailymail.Com

Updated: 19:04 EDT, 6 September 2023

Christine Quinn is living her best life on a safari in Kenya with her husband of four years, tech executive Christian Richard. 

The former star of Selling Sunset, 34, looked like she was recreating scenes from the iconic 1985 film Out of Africa as she wielded a professional-looking camera with a giant zoom lens.

The mom of one was her usual fashion plate self as she shot photos of the wildlife including a lounging female lion, a herd of buffalo, a stately giraffe, several zebras and a majestic male lion with a beautiful mane.

The couple took part in a luxurious private safari in the African nation. 

The model wore wide-legged white pants which she paired with a sleeveless white crop top that featured a plunging neckline.

On safari: Christine Quinn is living her best life on safari in Kenya with her husband of four years, tech executive Christian Richard

Wildlife photographer: The former star of Selling Sunset , 34, looked like she was recreating scenes from the iconic 1985 film Out of Africa as she wielded a professional-looking camera with a giant zoom lens

In some of the photos, she wore a black and white snakeskin print jacket over the top and pants.

She traded out her hats several times wearing alternately a straw cowboy hat, a classic fedora, a pink ball cap and a black ball cap. 

Christine traded her usual sky high heels for a pair of high top athletic skills.  

The real estate agent accessorized with multi-colored stacked bangles on both wrists and layered necklaces around her neck. 

The statuesque beauty was fresh faced with minimal makeup on except for glossy pink lips. 

The RealOpen founder turned the Kenyan landscape into a catwalk while she honed her photojournalist skills. 

The author of How to Be a Boss B*tch looked like a natural both in front of and behind the camera.

The former villain of the hit Netflix show sounded off earlier this year about how the streamer edits her friends and claimed she would not watch the latest season.

Strike a pose: The model wore wide-legged white pants which she paired with a sleeveless white crop top that featured a plunging neckline

Strike a pose: The model wore wide-legged white pants which she paired with a sleeveless white crop top that featured a plunging neckline

Photographer: The mom of one was her usual fashion plate self as she shot photos of the wildlife including a lounging female lion, a herd of buffalo, a stately giraffe, several zebras and a majestic male lion with a beautiful mane

Couple time: The couple took part in a luxurious private safari in the African nation

Hat trick: She traded out her hats several times wearing alternately a straw cowboy hat, a classic fedora, a pink ball cap and a black ball cap

Hat trick: She traded out her hats several times wearing alternately a straw cowboy hat, a classic fedora, a pink ball cap and a black ball cap

Pink bag: The author wore a pink hobo style bag crossbody in one of the shots

Stripes: The beauty captured a gorgeous image of a herd of zebras

Zoom lens: She reflected on the images she had taken in the camera's viewfinder

Getting the shot: She crouched in the vehicle to get her shot of the African wildlife

Fashion plate: The former Netflix star turned the African plains into a runway

Wildlife: Christine managed to capture two of the big five of African animals, the buffalo and the lion

Ready for take-off: The reality star posed by a small aircraft during her travels

Casual shoes: She traded in her usual sky high stilettos for white, high top shoes

Fresh faced: She wore minimal makeup for a fresh faced look with high gloss lip gloss

Lounging: She captured a lounging female lion on her photographic expedition

Married couple: Christine and Christian have been married for four years and have one child

Snakeskin: In some of the photos, she wore a black and white snakeskin print jacket over the top and pants

Buffalo: She snapped images of a herd of buffalo while on safari

Wildlife party: Animals roamed the African planes to the delight of those on safari

Vacation: The reality TV star shared a photo with some of the locals

King of the jungle:  The model grabbed a shot of a majestic lion with a beautiful mane

Natural: She looked like a natural behind the camera as she snapped the wildlife

Long neck: A giraffe wandered into her lens for his chance at being the star of her vacation

Pretty in pink: In one outfit change, she traded in her fedora for a pink ball cap and matching purse

‘I have my girls that I absolutely love, and I’m so supportive of them. But for me, I don’t think I’ll watch the show just because I want to know them for who they are and not what they’re edited to be,’ the real estate broker told E! News. 

She continued: ‘So for me, I probably won’t watch it. But I did hear that my name was being dropped in the trailer.’ 

Despite past tensions with many of her former costars, in particular with Chrishell Stause, the Dallas native revealed she is no longer feuding with her former rival.

‘I feel like Chrishell and I are actually not on bad terms,’ she continued. ‘We really aren’t.’ 

Frames Review: Free App Celebrates Photography in a Beautiful Way

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Frames Review: Free App Celebrates Photography in a Beautiful Way

Frames Magazine is a quarterly, 112-page print publication on fine art photography. The team has spent the past year developing an accompanying app, Frames Photography App, that aims to be the complete app for photographers.

Frames Hopes to be the Home of Photography on Your Phone

The app comprises sections for discovering photographers, seeing beautiful photos, sharing your work, reading articles, some exclusive to the app, and watching videos.

Frames photography app
The only content on the Frames app that is not free are the digital companions for Frames Magazine subscribers.

While Frames Magazine is, expectedly, a paid publication, the Frames app is entirely free to use.

Getting Started

Once I downloaded the app, I set up a free account. I picked a username, selected my favorite genres of photography, and picked suggested users to follow. These fellow photographers are served to the user based on their preferred genres.

Importantly, even if you pick specific genres, you can still easily find photographers whose work corresponds to other types of photography via in-app filters. For example, I did not select “Abstract,” but I can quickly see abstract photography using this filter in the app’s Recommended tab at the top. Users can combine multiple genre tags to further refine searches, which will be very important when the app’s user base grows. As of now, there are not a lot of users.

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The Frames app allows users to browse by genre.

Tomasz Trzebiatowski, the editor-in-chief of Frames Magazine, tells PetaPixel over email that he is targeting a user base of a few hundred thousand users within a year or two but is significantly more concerned about quality over quantity.

“My main goal is to create an engaged and serious community of photography enthusiasts,” Trzebiatowski explains.

There Are Some Limitations

The Frames app is new, having released less than two months ago, so the biggest limitation of the app so far is that there are few users. That said, while that does mean that you cannot spend an indefinite amount of time browsing through beautiful photos, it also means that the users on the app are very engaged and serious about sharing their photography.

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Photographer Nicolas Castermans’ profile on Frames

So far, my biggest complaint about the usability and design of the Frames app is the lack of a dark mode option. I asked Tomasz about this and he says that a dark mode is on their development roadmap and should be quite easy to implement.

This is a good time to note that while the Frames app has been in development for the past year, it is by no means feature complete. As good as it is now, the app will continually be improved.

An Android version is in the works, as is a native iPad version of the app. Further, Tomasz says that a full-fledged web version is in development.

A Robust Platform

Frames is about sharing photos, but it is about so much more. It is a photo-sharing platform built specifically for serious photographers. To that end, the presentation of photos on people’s profiles is beautiful. There is no wasted space. When tapping on an image, you can view title and caption information, selected location and EXIF data, and even tap on an image to view it against a black background. Further still, you can zoom in on an image, something that is sorely missing from Instagram. Frames also includes standard social media functionality, including “likes,” comments, and the ability to save posts.

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The Frames app includes information beneath each photo.

I am happy to scroll through beautiful images but am also a big proponent of projects, series, and larger portfolios. Frames allows users to create portfolios and series on their profile, which can be displayed separately from individual images. This is something else that Instagram is not built around. While you can publish multiple photos in a single post, that is a barebones way to share a series of images.

Frames photography app
This image by Tomasz Trzebiatowski, the editor-in-chief of Frames Magazine, shows how the Frames app includes the ability to zoom into photos.

A noteworthy aspect of the Frames app is that it is the only way for Frames magazine supporters to get together, communicate with one another, and share their work. Of course, the app is not exclusively for magazine subscribers, but it is an excellent place for like-minded photographers to gather.

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The Frames app includes information beneath each photo.

Crafting a Personal Portfolio

The process of adding images to Frames is straightforward. Users just select images from their phones and upload them.

Unfortunately, there is no batch upload option, and you must add images one at a time. However, there is a good amount of information that you can add when uploading an image at least. Some metadata is pulled from image files, provided it is available, including lens aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. As for focal length, this field didn’t autofill with any images I uploaded, but each area is user-customizable.

Frames photography app
The Frames app does an amazing job organizing photos in a stylish arrangement. It is all automatic and does a good job handling images with different orientations and aspect ratios.

Photographers can title their images, and there is also a description field and a place to put location information. When viewing a photo on anyone’s profile, there are also buttons for sharing and saving posts.

Frames photography app
Frames allows users to create portfolios and series, complete with text descriptions. It is a nice way to showcase a thematic series of images.

Something neat about Frames is that while there is no web version of the app, there is a web version of each user’s portfolio. There are a few quirks, including odd cropping on a profile’s featured image and wonky operability with Portfolios and Series. That said, the Latest Work tab, the primary image feed on a person’s profile, works well, although the information in the app beneath each image is not shown on the web portfolio. That said, it is neat that users get a free portfolio that can be shared with desktop users, even if it is imperfect.

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The web version of the Frames portfolio is a nice way to display photos, although its functionality is somewhat limited for now.

Should You Buy It?

Yes. The Frames app is really cool. Even better, it is free, so you do not need to buy it; you can just download it, and you should do that right now if you’re on iOS. As mentioned, an Android version is in active development.

Even if there are some limitations with the app, namely the relatively small population of users right now, it offers great tools to display your photos, find talented photographers to follow, and read articles and watch videos to expand your photography knowledge.

Frames photography app
The Frames app includes many great — and free — articles to read.

The Frames app celebrates photography in a thoughtful, visually appealing way and never hits you over the head with ads or dull content. In fact, there are no ads at all. The app is just a celebration of photography, and that itself is worth celebrating.

Focused on photography

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Focused on photography

Over the past four decades, much has evolved in the art of photography. Technology can quickly outpace the pocketbook as professionals and hobbyists alike race to acquire the latest camera or lens.

However, the old adage still proves true – the more things change, the more they stay the same. New generations are rediscovering the art of developing their own film and still others are falling back on the security of having a physical print of their memories captured in photos.

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Benefits of professional photography when selling your home

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Photofairs Brings a Wide Range of Contemporary Photography to New York

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Photofairs Brings a Wide Range of Contemporary Photography to New York

Delphine Diallo, The Shield, 2023


Delphine Diallo, courtesy of the Diallo and Fisheye Gallery

New York will welcome a new photography fair this week, as the city’s first edition of Photofairs will be held Sept. 8-10, with a VIP preview on Sept. 7, at the Javits Center in Manhattan. 

The contemporary art fair will feature a range of photo-based and digital art from more than 150 artists from around the world, led by industry veteran Helen Toomer.. 

Toomer says she thought she’d “hung her art fair hat up,” but the opportunity to head a photography fair in New York was too exciting to pass on. 

“There hasn’t been a fair that’s been fully dedicated to celebrating photography and new media in New York City,” Toomer says. “It was too much of a beautiful challenge to ignore.” 

The September event is the first in New York, although an edition has been held annually in Shanghai since 2014. The addition of the New York fair is a way to expand the audience to not only those based in the city but also those traveling in from across the globe, especially with the Armory Show coinciding with Photofairs, Toomer says. 

Helen Toomer, director of Photofairs New York


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“The art world’s eyes are always on New York for the cues as to what’s next in contemporary art, and this fair offers a similar touchstone for the latest practices and ideas across photography and image making,” Toomer says. 

In addition to creating an annual convening in New York for artists, galleries, curators, and collectors in the photography world, Toomer is looking forward to introducing the many forms of photo-based art to a global audience. 

While traditional images might first come to mind when considering photography, the medium is quite expansive—from film installations to collages to black-and-white photographs—and Toomer hopes to shine a spotlight on that diversity. 

The fair won’t shy away from digital works, such as NFTs, either. Though the popularity of NFTs might have waned from its January 2022 peak and the days of high-priced Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs and CryptoPunks, Toomer still sees them as part of the art ecosystem and worthy of representation. 

“The fair’s going to provide a snapshot of what’s going on right now in real time with regards to how people feel about photography and NFTs,” she says. NFTs “are important in this conversation around image-making and the evolution of photography.”

Additionally, Toomer sees the inclusion of NFTs as a way to introduce its collectors to more traditional art collecting.

“This is also an interesting cross-pollination of collectors because some of the NFT collectors might not necessarily be art collectors, and art collectors might not necessarily be NFT collectors,” she says. “Being able to bring them in all under one roof as well means that we are able to expand our audience and support for our galleries and artists.”

The Javits Center location means Photofairs will be held in the space during the same time as the Armory Show, allowing visitors the convenience to visit both contemporary art fairs. Having the event under the same roof as the Armory Show is “nothing but a compliment,” Toomer says.

Larry Cook, Le Pearl, 2023


Larry Cook, courtesy of Cook and Chela Mitchell Gallery

Though she won’t disclose her favorite artists or pieces that will be featured at the fair, Toomer is excited to be able to provide a platform for a number of artists who haven’t necessarily been in the spotlight before. 

She also hopes to expose a new audience to photography and art collecting who may have previously been intimidated by lack of prior knowledge. 

“Some people have been kind of put off by going into galleries because … they felt like they weren’t able to ask any questions. [The fair] removes that barrier of entry because the galleries are there ultimately to have their works acquired, so they want to talk,” Toomer says. “[The fair is] taking away those boundaries and the opaqueness of it all because it can be daunting. We are, as a fair, a welcoming environment, and that is key.” 

Take an intimate look at Bruce Springsteen at a new exhibit

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Take an intimate look at Bruce Springsteen at a new exhibit

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Featuring 40+ photographs that span The Boss’s career, “Bruce Springsteen: Portraits of an American Icon” debuts in Boston Sept. 13.

Bruce Springsteen in a photo by Danny Clinch. Courtesy Photo / Danny Clinch

Craving even more Bruce Springsteen in your life following his recent concerts at Gillette Stadium? You’ll be able to enjoy even more of The Boss — albeit in photography form — at a new exhibit coming to Boston in September.

“Bruce Springsteen: Portraits of an American Music Icon” will bring together 40+ photographs from six notable Springsteen photographers — including Danny Clinch, Ed Gallucci, Eric Meola, Barry Schneier, Frank Stefanko, and Bruce’s sister, Pamela — at the Boch Center Wang Theatre’s Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame (FARHOF) starting Sept. 13.

FARHOF, which opened in 2019, has quietly been putting together artist-specific showcases for some time now, having hosted a Bob Dylan photography exhibit earlier this year and currently showing an exhibit dedicated to Arlo Guthrie.

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The Springsteen exhibit, which also features interviews from those who know him well, spans the Boss’s entire career, following him from New Jersey to California and capturing intimate moments along the way.

While the idea of a Bruce Springsteen exhibit in Boston may seem like an odd one, The Boss has popped up in the city regularly in recent years.

In 2019 and 2020 alone, Springsteen swung by an Allston music shop with J. Geils frontman Peter Wolf, hung out at a local Irish pub, and imparted wisdom on the freshmen of Boston College, from where Springsteen’s son, Evan, graduated in 2012.

Tickets for “Bruce Springsteen: Portraits of an American Icon” are available now on the FARHOF website.


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Nature Nuggets: Elk Photography 101

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Nature Nuggets: Elk Photography 101

It is that time of year again. For many local wildlife photographers, September marks one of the best times of year to be in Rocky Mountain National Park and Estes Park.

Rut season has arrived and that means lots of photos with steamy breath, lip curls, rattling antlers, sparring matches, powerful bugles with spittle projecting from a bull’s mouth, frosted antlers, snow-covered meadows full of elk and many other photo-worthy scenarios.

And it isn’t just local photographers that go ga-ga over photos during the elk rut season. Many nature lovers with shutter-finger syndrome (a non-fatal obsessive need to press that camera shutter button at the sight of birds, megafauna and/or small mammals) arrive in the valleys around Estes Park in the fall to witness this unique behavior of the animal kingdom.

Based on how quickly the early morning timed-entry reservations for the Bear Lake Corridor in Rocky Mountain National Park sold out on Aug. 1 for the September timeframe, it looks like the crowds will be present yet again this year. (Some blocks of time during the peak of the elk rut in September were sold out within minutes of going on sale, and the recent release of October dates sold out just as quickly for the first week of October.)

So, what is elk rut?

Rut is a term that describes a mating season, particularly for ruminant mammals, like deer, pronghorn antelope, bighorn sheep, mountain goats, moose and elk. It only happens once a year for these mammals and, depending on the species, can be quite animated and dramatic. Elk are one of those species that put on quite the show during the rut.

A female elk, called a cow, will only go into heat for about 17 hours, according to one study of elk over a three-year period in the 1950s. They will have multiple heat cycles, occurring up to three times about every 21-days, if they are not successfully impregnated on the first try.

Male elk, called bulls, rub off the velvet from their antlers, a process that indicates the first stages of the rut season. The vascularization in the velvet provides the nutrients the antlers need to grow up to an inch a day throughout the summer. Once the antlers reach their maximum size, the blood flow stops, the velvet starts to dry out and the bull rubs off the velvet. This happens about the second week of August in the Estes Valley area.

Late each August, as the tundra starts to see its first coatings of frost, the elk herds start to move out of the high country and back down into the valleys and meadows. Here they will gather to find their mates — the cows choose which bull she will allow to mate with her — before moving to even lower elevations in late October or early November for the winter. Bulls will collect cows to form harems during the rut, and will fiercely defend the girls from other males.

Bull elk, especially the younger bulls that are not quite mature enough to participate in the mating, will spar almost anywhere during the rut season, like these two in Lake Estes.(Dawn Wilson Photography)

Planning for a successful photo shoot during the elk rut is pretty straightforward but here are some tips to improve your chances of capturing your own spittle photo.

1. Know when to go. Elk are most active in the early mornings and late afternoons. During the rut, and especially near the full moon, which happens on Thursday, September 28 and allows the elk to move about under the cover of full moonlight, elk are active all night long. The full moon this year also happens to coincide with the peak time of the elk rut, which is typically the last two weeks of September through the first week of October. Because of this nocturnal and crepuscular activity, elk tend to be very mellow as they rest during the sunny hours of the day. Mornings in particular offer unique atmospheric conditions, like fog and frost, that often don’t develop in the afternoons.

Mornings are when elk are most active and the time of day you have the best chance to photograph them in atmospheric conditions, like this bull on an extremely cold and frosty October morning.(Dawn Wilson Photography)
Mornings are when elk are most active and the time of day you have the best chance to photograph them in atmospheric conditions, like this bull on an extremely cold and frosty October morning.(Dawn Wilson Photography)

2. Know where to go. The bulk of the elk rut activity takes place in open meadows, with Horseshoe Park, Upper Beaver Meadows and Moraine Park historically being the most active locations. Elk will move into other areas, such as Endovalley, or stay on the tundra longer than other groups as well. In Estes Park, the best locations to look for elk are near the Lake Estes 9-Hole Golf Course, the Estes Park 18-Hole Golf Course and Stanley Park. Always be vigilant when in town as elk will move around the downtown area and nearby roads as well. Please be respectful of private property.

Photographing an elk in the larger scene can help provide a sense of place for the photograph.(Dawn Wilson Photography)
Photographing an elk in the larger scene can help provide a sense of place for the photograph.(Dawn Wilson Photography)

3. Watch the behaviors to anticipate particular actions. There are many behaviors to watch for to help a photographer anticipate a particular action. For example, if a cow urinates on the ground, a bull elk will investigate by sniffing the urine-soaked spot to help him determine if she is in estrus. After sniffing the urine, he will lift his head and typically give a lip curl, also called a flehmen response. It is a comical look on such a masculine looking animal. Another example is if a nearby bull bugles, the dominant bull will often respond with his own bugle. Sometimes a bull will also bugle after sniffing cow urine. Have your camera ready to capture the iconic bugling photo, a behavior that only lasts a few seconds. If you seek a photo of a running bull, watch for a cow wandering out of the harem. The bull will try to corral her back to the group, often running to her and behind her. Just don’t get between the two; the bull won’t care about running you over.

A closeup photo of a bull elk bugling in an attempt to attract the cows.(Dawn Wilson Photography)
A closeup photo of a bull elk bugling in an attempt to attract the cows.(Dawn Wilson Photography)

4. Carry your camera gear at all times. The best camera you have is the one with you. That may be a cell phone or $15,000 worth of lens and camera body. It is best to give the elk room and use a zoom. If you don’t have a long zoom lens, consider taking a wide-angle photo of the scene with the elk as the focal point. This style of photograph, called an environmental portrait, can be more memorable and more impressive than a full frame shot of a single animal. A safe guideline for distance is to use your thumb. Hold your thumb out over the animal. If you can’t see any of the animal beyond your thumb, you are at a safe distance.

Remember that even though elk may appear to be comfortable around people, they are still wild animals. They can be unpredictable during the rut, and bulls in particular have one thing on their mind. As a result, they are not afraid to charge through anything, or anyone, in the path to their goal.

Dawn Wilson is the outdoor reporter for the Estes Park Trail-Gazette. She also guides in Rocky Mountain National Park, leads photo workshops throughout North and South America, sells prints of her photographs, and recently published 100 Things to Do in Estes Park Before You Die. To learn more about her work, visit www.DawnWilsonPhotography.com.

DC-based photographer disappears from Calvert County home

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DC-based photographer disappears from Calvert County home

Joe Shymanski is a well-known fine art, portrait and event photographer and a regular at Capitol Hill’s Eastern Market.

CALVERT COUNTY, Md. — Family and friends of a well-known D.C.-based photographer are concerned after the father of two went missing this weekend and has not been seen or heard from since. Joe Shymanski, 51, was last seen Sunday afternoon at his home in Calvert County, according to deputies, who have launched an investigation.

Shymanski is a fixture at Capitol Hill’s Eastern Market and D.C.’s Holiday Market. He is most well-known for combining fandom and Legos, with photography of Star Wars Lego figurines and various others often representing larger social issues. 

He also worked with many restaurants in the District, including those run by chef Spike Mendelssohn. Micheline Mendelssohn said their family has worked with Shymanski for decades. He has taken photos of restaurant openings like We The Pizza and Good Stuff Company. He has also taken food photos for cookbooks.

Before opening his photography studio in 2000, Shymanski worked as a secondary school teacher in D.C., Virginia and elsewhere. 

The circumstances of his disappearance are still under investigation. 

Calvert County Sheriff’s Office deputies say Shymanski was last seen Sunday around 4 p.m. at his Huntingtown home. 

He is described as 6 feet 1 inch tall and 220 pounds with gray hair.

Anyone who has seen Shymanski, or may know where he is, is asked to contact Det. Wayne Wells via email at wayne.wells@calvertcountymd.gov and reference case number 23-62906.

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Photographer Sues Chrissy Teigen For Posting His Photo of Katie Holmes on Instagram

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Photographer Sues Chrissy Teigen For Posting His Photo of Katie Holmes on Instagram
A photographer has sued Chrissy Teigen for allegedly posting his photo of actress Katie Holmes without permission on her Instagram story.
Chrissy Teigen (left) and a screenshot of the photo of Katie Holmes that Teigen allegedly posted on her Instagram story (right).

A photographer is suing model and television personality Chrissy Teigen for allegedly posting his photo of actress Katie Holmes without permission on her Instagram story.

In a lawsuit that was filed on Tuesday, photographer Ulices Ramales accused Teigen of taking his photo of Holmes and posting it on social media without consent.

According to the complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, the photographer took a photo of Holmes wearing a black blazer and wide-leg denim pants while walking down the street in New York City on June 16, 2022. The image is registered with the copyright office.

However, three days later, on June 19, 2022, the photographer allegedly discovered that Teigen had posted his image of Holmes without permission on her Instagram story to her 42.6 million followers.

A screengrab of Chrissy Teigen's use of the photo of Katie Holmes on her Instagram story via court documents.
A screenshot of Chrissy Teigen’s alleged use of Ramales’ photo of Katie Holmes on her Instagram story.

Instagram stories disappear from users’ feeds within 24 hours of posting, but the plaintiff allegedly screenshotted the infringing post.

According to Ramales’ screengrab, Teigen shared his copyrighted photo of Holmes wearing a black blazer and denim pants — declaring that she “would live in this outfit” worn by the actress.

Bloomberg Law reports that the photographer is now seeking damages for copyright infringement from Teigen and attorneys’ fees, among other relief.

In the complaint, Ramales says that he has invested significant time and money into building his photography portfolio. He claimed that Teigen had knowingly infringed on his copyright and harmed Ramales’ potential market for selling his photograph of Holmes.

Celebrities and Copyright

U.S. copyright law is quite straightforward when it comes to intellectual property and clearly states that the person who “authored” a work is the copyright owner, such as a photographer who takes a picture of a celebrity.

But despite this crystal-clear definition of intellectual property in the eyes of the law, some celebrities still refuse to license images for their social media.

Last month, Bella Hadid was sued by a photographer who claimed to have screenshotted their photo being used without permission on the supermodel’s Instagram story.

Meanwhile, former supermodel Paulina Porizkova revealed that she is now “terrified” of posting on Instagram after she was sued by a photographer for sharing his photos of Ukraine.

Porizkova — who has over 1.1 million followers on Instagram — says that the copyright infringement lawsuit ended up being a costly mistake for her and she has been left fearful of re-posting photos on social media.

Image credits: All photos via court documents and header photo partly licensed via Depositphotos.

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