The Team

ANDREW (aka GreenStPhotography)
Is the “Team Leader” (self proclaimed).  This was his brilliant idea so blame him for anything and everything.  Andrew’s duties on the book, other than keeping everyone in line, will be working on the book design and layout. He teaches photography related classes at The Art League in Old Town Alexandria in Virginia.  Check out his website

BILL (aka 416inversed)
Is an editor on the book and also works on the book design

BLAKE (aka BlakeWerts)
Is part of our interview team as well as helping out as an editor

GREGORY (aka 400@1600)
Gregory Lancaster resides in Portland, Or. He has been shooting with toy cameras since 2005, and prefers to use either his holga 120n with a modified tri-pod or one of his many homemade pinhole cameras. You can see most of his work at www.gregorylancaster.com or http://www.flickr.com/photos/gregory_lancaster/. You can also contact him at aperture512@gmail.com.

JOSE (aka The Lears Fool)
Is part of our interview team.

STEPH (aka PatchyFogSteph)
My first experience with photography was a little over 20 years ago when my sister and I would get out our Girl Scout gear (patches, books and all), make quasi studio setups on the deck in the backyard and snap away with our tiny 110 Burger King camera. We had so much fun arranging props and giggling commands from behind the viewfinder, we never realized we were dancing on the edge of something I’d go into later in life. Luckily, my photographic whims and abilities have changed quite a bit since then, but I continue doing photography today for the same reason I did then: I enjoy it.

When I got serious about photography, I began shooting with my grandpa’s old Fujica 35mm camera.  I loved it for many reasons:  sentimental value (he used this camera to take my picture on my first day of kindergarten), its heft, its shiny silver accents, and most importantly, the photos I was able to create with it.  A couple of years later, I bought a new 35mm camera with all the bells and whistles, some fancy filters and a zoom lens, but shortly thereafter, I stumbled upon toy cameras, promptly stowed my “real” cameras, and haven’t looked back. However, I am currently obsessed with Polaroid and haven’t used my toys for a while. The appeal and simple beauty of instant film is too much for me to ignore!

I live in Northern Utah with my husband, three kayaks, and 31 cameras. I am an outdoor gear photographer by day, and by night, I am the Supervising Editor of Light Leaks, an independent quarterly print magazine dedicated to the art of low fidelity photography, now in its fourth year in publication.

http://www.stephparke.com/

BENJAMIN (aka Benjamin Wooten)

Benjamin is responsible for effecting the layout of the book as decided upon by the book team. He currently resides in Knoxville, TN, where his wife is a graduate student at UT Knoxville, in printmaking. Benjamin works full time at the University’s art gallery where he handles and hangs shows, and designs posters, postcards, and catalogs for various exhibitions. Occasionally, he is presented with a semester-long teaching appointment in woodworking or photography, which he enjoys very much. As his wife is expected to graduate this semester, he is currently applying for full-time teaching positions in photography at various universities. His photographic interests include low-fi lensless and lensed camera building and image making

WALLY (aka Wally)
Is the webmaster for this site. (but he just does what Andrew tells him to do)  He spends his days and nights locked in the basement, fighting spam and consiting on a diet of moldy bread and cheese that Andrew feeds him once a week