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dubaiphil, HikingMike and, Westcoast . These are the photogs who have my attention now.

Hats off to Gordon for somehow interesting these guys in the first place.

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The photographers who inspire me are the ones that I've interviewed:

Joseph James - shallow DOF master: http://www.aputure.com/blog/?p=702
Jason Lee - shoots his kids amazingly: http://www.aputure.com/blog/?p=2302
Baixiaoci - shoots locals in their homes in china: http://www.aputure.com/blog/?p=1716
Ryan Pyle - China PJ: http://www.aputure.com/blog/?p=3223
Karl Grobl - lives the dream shooting around the world: http://www.aputure.com/blog/?p=3183
Casey Templeton - former college photog of the year: http://www.aputure.com/blog/?p=1784
Lorenz Wagener - businessman who started his own studio from scratch: http://www.aputure.com/blog/?p=2793

Of course, I get inspiration from those famous guys such as Chase, Hobby, McNally, etc too...

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I don't really have any specific photographers that inspire me, but there is one that absolutely does:

Marsel van Oosten is a Dutch nature photographer that has been published in National Geographic and won an IPA in the professional nature category a couple of times. Here is his website:

http://www.squiver.com/?reload

Some of his pictures are simply jaw dropping. I don't think I have ever seen a person take so many pictures that leave me in awe. If I will ever be able to produce pictures of the same quality then I am a very, very happy photographer .

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Time has come, so has experience, so finally i am able to answer this question

Mihailo Radičevič - https://plus.google.com/u/0/114369704013100203178/posts
Chris McLennan - https://plus.google.com/u/0/114703714445331612880/posts
Jaime Ibarra - https://plus.google.com/u/0/113464569897311842405
Jay Patel - https://plus.google.com/u/0/101145980349117737014

There are many more (yes, i know them only from google plus)
also from youtube Mark Wallace who learned me lot

And i cant forget Gordon Laing, your reviews are really helpful.

But i would like to learn from some motorsport photographers, which i dont know any yet.

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I dont want this to sound arrogant but the answer for me is me.... I dont want to look to anyone else for inspiration as it puts me behind the curve. Also if I use someone else as inspiration my work isnt truely mine anymore... at least that is how I see it. I do respect many photographers' work however with Mike Beedell being at the top of the list...

http://www.mikebeedellphoto.ca/

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I really like dubaiphil's images that I see posted here, primarily the portraits, but also the urban landscapes.

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I agree with you RexGig, lately those "Gotham" shots have been really sweet

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Have two more Dutch nature photographers to add to my very short list:

Frans Lanting - http://www.lanting.com/index.php

Loulou Beavers - http://photo-moments.nl/2011/nl/index.p ... =1&divid=1

and Marsel van Oosten still completes the list (http://www.squiver.com/?reload).

Anyone else know any nature photographers like the three I mentioned here? I am searching for more photographers for inspiration. Really looking forward to your additions!

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Darren Heath - BBC Formula One Photographer - http://www.darrenheath.com

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Okay, so mine also is someone "small", and more artistic, but she definitely is the reason I picked up my camera again.. be sure to not only look at her recent photos but at all of them..!

http://www.photocase.de/svea

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