David Hobby (born January 30, 1965) is an American photographer and author of the Strobist.com lighting blog, a site which promotes lighting techniques -- such as off-camera flash -- among photographic enthusiasts, often with an emphasis on the practical knowledge rather than the gear. The blog has an on-line monthly readership of over 300,000 photographers from 175 countries, and was named one of the "25 Best Blogs of 2010" by Time Magazine.
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Professional life
Until July 2008, Hobby was a staff photojournalist with The Baltimore Sun.
In June 2007, he took a year-long leave of absence from The Sun to blog full-time. On August 3, 2008, Hobby announced in a posting on his blog that he had taken a buyout from The Sun along with about one hundred staffers who left the paper at that time. He explained, "There was a hard staff reduction quota in effect, and given the way the blog has gone I thought it would be best if I counted toward it when they started lopping off heads..." Hobby said he planned to use the blog as a platform from which to explore various photographic projects.
In June 2009, Hobby was named one of "The Five Biggest Photographers on the Internet" by Photo District News.
Interviews:
- Jefferson Graham for USA Today
- Bill Crawford and Ed Hidden for StudioLighting.net
- Bill Millios for Rangefinder Magazine,
Hobby has authored an article on a DIY photo studio in the December 2007 issue of MacWorld, co-authored the book Columbia: A Celebration with wife Susan Thornton Hobby, and produced an eight-disc DVD lighting tutorial, "Strobist Lighting Seminar".
In 2011, Hobby released a new six DVD set entitled Lighting in Layers.
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Personal life
Hobby studied photojournalism at the University of Florida.
He currently lives in the Baltimore area with his wife Susan and two children.
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