Thursday, May 23, 2013

Logan Carter Biography

            Logan Carter is a young photographer from Calgary, Alberta. He was born on January 16th, 1991. At a young age his family traveled the United States and him and his little sister, Jenna, was being home schooled. They both spent their last four years of high school at Upper Columbia Academy in Spangle Washington. He graduated there in 2009. He later went to Walla Walla University in Walla Walla. He more recently became interested in photography when he made videos for his University film class. He now is a freelance filmmaker/photographer and gets hired to film and edit events such as student mission trips or even home renovation videos from local churches.
            Logan recently came back from a big trip with his friend Devin in December. They visited China, Thailand, Nepal and Bangladesh. He was called to Thailand and Bangladesh to create promotional videos for their Adventist schools and communities. He brought back images from orphanages and Universities and they all came out completely beautiful. Once they were done taking pictures and videos, they had vacation time in Kho Phi Phi Island and spent days their rock climbing with old school friends and riding mopeds around the island. In Nepal, They climbed the Annapurna Mountain Trail.
            At the moment, He is working as an independent contractor (freelance) for ROW Adventures, an outdoor travel company that takes adventures all around the globe. He isn't performing any photography for his travels but he is creating a series of promotional films. He will only use pictures for personal interest. He will be working until September and will travel to Ecuador, Peru and the Galapagos, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and BC, and perhaps Europe and Africa. 
            Logan hasn't won any awards for his work, but he has been a finalist two times in his "Best of College Photography" competition. Two of his pictures have been published in their books. Everything he uses for photography is digital. He preferred editing use is Photoshop CS6 and the plug-in that goes with it called "Camera Raw".

All the Equipment used in his Career:

Nikon D40
Nikon D7100
Nikon D7000
Nikon 18-105mm kit lens
Nikon 50mm f/1.8 prime lens
Nikon 55-300mm telephoto lens
Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5 wide-angle lens
Manfrotto 546B tripod legs with fluid video head
4 Class 10 SD Cards of varying sizes
GoPro Hero3



Logan made a small video of all his best filming moments. Including Africa and local shots:
                                                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ckxd2nlUnk&feature=player_embedded

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