Michael Freeman

Type of Photography: Editorial (documentary reportage + contemporary design & architecture)

Favorite Camera and Lens: Currently undecided between Nikon D3 & 24-70mm, and Sony A900 & Zeiss 24-70mm. But historically, Nikon F3 Titanium & 180mm 2.8

Favorite Tripod set: Gitzo Mountaineer, Really Right Stuff BH-30 ballhead with lever-release clamp

Activity: Magazines and books

City -  Country: London, UK

Awards: Prix Louis Philippe Clerc from the Musée Française de la Photographie, among others

Publications: Magazines: Smithsonian (one of principal photographers for three decades, 40+ stories), GEO, Paris-Match, Newsweek, etc., etc.

Books: 117 to date, of which 73 also authored by me; publishers include Thames & Hudson, Rizzoli, Abrams, etc., etc.

Website: www.michaelfreemanphoto.com

Blog: www.michaelfreemanphotography.com

Quote: Photography is storytelling, and does what it does best when it engages with the world

Product Testimonial: Manfrotto and Gitzo maintain extremely high standards of mechanical engineering, which for a professional are very important – and often overlooked by other manufacturers more concerned with the digital component.

Camera equipment:

Nikon D3 + lenses 14-24mm, 24-70mm, 70-200mm, 105mm macro, 85mm ƒ1.4 Nikon-fit Zeiss, 300mm, 600mm ƒ4, 28mm PC

Sony A900 + lenses 24-70mm, 70-200mm

Lighting Equipment:

Very little, and almost never on-camera flash. I prefer natural and found lighting. When necessary, however, a Dedolight as below, and occasionally, Elinchrom flash with Chimera softboxes, Lowell Totalites and 300W fresnel.

Michael Freeman
www.michaelfreemanphoto.com
www.manfrotto.com