Member Bios
Bill Vogel
My grandfather gave me a Brownie Hawkeye when I was a little guy in Brooklyn. I’ve taken pictures all my life but only got serious when I joined a local camera club . I still shoot film, both 35mm and 2 ¼,. My darkroom is active. Digitally I shoot Sony and use Photoshop & ON1 for PP. I do a lot of international travel so my focus is on travel and nature.
Juan Fernando Mora Munoz
I love photography. I think I always did.
The first time I saw the light as something else other than just something to help us see I was playing with my parents and sister one evening, I noticed the light falling on a wall. It was yellow but uneven, it looked beautiful and sad or melancholic. For the first time I thought of the light as having or creating feelings. I felt butterflies. I was 4 or 5 years old.
At that time, we only had a camera, the family camera, a Kodak 110 Camera, which, at my age, was not entrusted to me except during moments when I was reduced to a remote trigger. That's how I took my first photograph-photography by numbers basically. -Point at us and just click this button,- I was told by my mom during a friend's reunion. I still managed to mess up the picture by only photographing the group from the neck up. I like to think that I was already developing a style.
I currently live in Los Angeles where I spend most of my photography time either walking the streets and doing film and digital photography or developing and scanning film which I love.
Catch me on Instagram @starrysidewalk.
You can see my work on: Website and Instagram
Adi Ben-Senior
In 1987, I purchased my first camera, a Pentax K1000, and have been photographing ever since. I studied photography at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and later became a professional photographer in the navy. Over the years, I worked as a printer in photo labs and as a freelance photographer for nature magazines. My belief is simple: a good photograph needs no words. I keep my editing minimal and true to what I see -no cloning, no heavy manipulation, no layers. Only basic adjustments to contrast, brightness, and clarity. The 3:2 ratio is the original format of my camera, and it remains my only crop ratio. My work has been featured in multiple museum exhibitions, fine art galleries, private collections, and has received several prestigious international awards. I love both learning and teaching photography; for me, it is a lifelong journey. While my day job in engineering supported my path, in recent years my artistic focus has been primarily on Landscape, Travel, Street, and Fine Art photography.
You can see my work on: Flicker
Taeyoung Kang
Hi, I’m Taeyoung Kang, based in Busan, South Korea.
I work in logistics, and I discovered photography around July 2025 when I first picked up a camera.
I still consider myself a beginner, but I’ve been actively exploring street photography, focusing on light, timing, and everyday moments.
I mainly focus on high-contrast black and white photography, while gradually expanding my work into color.
I recently completed the PSA Street Photography course.
I enjoy challenging myself through contests and by sharing my work on 1x.com as part of my learning process.
Most of what I’ve learned so far has been self-taught, so I’m really glad to join this study group and grow together with everyone.
I’d really appreciate any feedback or advice.
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Elsie Allen
As a hobbyist, I delight in visualizing, capturing, editing and printing images. Each phase is important to me. Although I have dabbled in photography since, college where I spent a reasonable amount of time with film, only recently have I felt compelled to bring more discipline to the art. The range and flexibility of digital photography has provided an excellent opportunity to reconnect with this art form following retirement.
Trees, landscapes and seascapes are my usual focus. But, I also enjoy capturing mundane images around the house, yard and anywhere as well as the occasional abstraction. To me, anything can be a subject if I visualize it correctly and the lighting is manageable.
Biography
Born in Connecticut, Elsie Allen is a retired physician who relocated to Decatur, Georgia from New Jersey in 2018. Juried exhibitions in which Elsie has presented her work include The Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, New Jersey, Gallery 14 in Hopewell, New Jersey and the Downtown Gallery in Cartersville, GA. In 2013, she received a Photography Purchase Award from the Mercer County Cultural and Heritage Commission.
Hanna Nevreva
My name is Hanna Nevreva and I'm originally from Ukraine, but I moved to the United States in 2023. I started my journey as a photographer in 2012. I love to shoot close-up photos of female beauty. In my work I use only natural light and try to show only true emotions.
Sheila Cornett
I have had a camera in my hands since I got a Brownie camera for Christmas when I was probably about 8 years old. My dad was a professional photographer, so photography has always been in my life.
I didn’t get serious about my photography until about five years ago when I joined a camera club and started taking photography classes at the local college, which I still continue. I look forward to growing
and learning more about monochrome photography.