Photo of Travel Photographer Elia Locardi

Elia Locardi (born July 13, 1980) is an American

photographer A photographer (the Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs. Duties and types of photographers As in other ...

specialized in

travel photography Travel photography is a genre of photography that may involve the documentation of an area's landscape, people, cultures, customs, and history. The Photographic Society of America defines a travel photo as an image that expresses the feeling of a t ...

, landscape photography,

aerial photography Aerial photography (or airborne imagery) is the taking of photographs from an aircraft or other airborne platforms. When taking motion pictures, it is also known as aerial videography. Platforms for aerial photography include fixed-wing airc ...

and

videography Videography is the process of capturing moving images on electronic media (e.g., videotape, direct to disk recording, or solid state storage) and even streaming media. The term includes methods of video production and post-production. It used ...

. He is also a photography blogger, educator, speaker and entrepreneur. Locardi often works together with his wife, Naomi Locardi.

Life and work

Locardi graduated in

media art New media art includes artworks designed and produced by means of electronic media technologies, comprising virtual art, computer graphics, computer animation, digital art, interactive art, sound art, Internet art, video games, robotics, 3D prin ...

and animation from the Art Institute of Ft Lauderdale in 2002. After a decade working in the media arts and animation industry, and travelling, he launched a career as a location-independent

digital nomad Digital nomads are people who travel freely while working remotely using technology and the internet. Such people generally have minimal material possessions and work remotely in temporary housing, hotels, cafes, public libraries, co-working spac ...

photographer. His photographic themes have been natural landscapes, cityscapes, ancient architecture and world heritage sites. His work has been published in '' National Geographic'', ''Digital Photo Magazine'', ''Digital Camera Magazine'', and ''Professional Photographer Magazine''.

Aerial photography

Locardi was still photographer for the documentary film ''How I Became an Elephant'' (2012), and captured

drone Drone most commonly refers to: * Drone (bee), a male bee, from an unfertilized egg * Unmanned aerial vehicle * Unmanned surface vehicle, watercraft * Unmanned underwater vehicle or underwater drone Drone, drones or The Drones may also refer to: ...

footage for a documentary film on Bhutan's annual Tour of the Dragon bicycle race (2015). His drone pictures and footage have been favourably reviewed in specialized online and book sources.

Teaching

With his wife Naomi Locardi, in 2010 he founded a photography-oriented website

Blame The Monkey ''Blame The Monkey'' is an American blog focusing on travel photography inspiration and education, particularly regarding an image editing technique used in photographic post processing that it calls "Advanced Dynamic Blending." The site was vote ...

, an American blog focusing on travel photography. The blog shares stories of the photographers' experiences as

global nomad A global nomad is a person who is living a mobile and international lifestyle. Global nomads aim to live location-independently, seeking detachment from particular geographical locations and the idea of territorial belonging. Origins and use of ...

s and the techniques used in photographing and post-processing. Blame The Monkey was voted "Best New Blog for Photographers" by

Scott Kelby Scott Kelby (born July 7, 1960) is an American photographer and an author and publisher of periodicals dealing with photography and Adobe Photoshop software, for design professionals, photographers, and artists. Photography career Kelby is ed ...

, in his roundup of 55 best of things in 2011. Alone or in association, Locardi has participated in the development of tutorials and other educational material on photography and postprocessing techniques as applied to travel, landscape, cityscape, desert nightscape, and astro-photography. In 2016 Locardi was chosen by Kelby as one of five best photography workshop teachers.

Video series

''Moments in Time'' is a serial travel show filmed in 2019 in Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, The Netherlands, Czech Republic, Italy and Spain. In addition to displaying tourist attractions, the show includes interviews with and the work of local experts and artists in the world of photography. Season two of the series was shot at the end of 2019 in the Philippines, Cambodia and Indonesia, buts its continuation has been put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ''Kentucky in Focus'' is a short-form episodic series sponsored by the Kentucky Department of Tourism, in which Locardi's team tour Kentucky’s most iconic sites in 11 episodes exploring the state’s horse country, outdoor city life, water, food and bourbon.

References

External links

Locardi's official websiteBlame The Monkey website
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