Shooting

Who buys your photos? My primary business is with corporate aircraft, like Gulfstream Aerospace and Learjet, for advertising. I also supply stock photos for magazines—I’ve done more than 1,000 magazine covers over the years. Describe your typical shoot.

Meet the optical superheroes: They can straighten tall buildings with a single shift, give you insanely deep focus without insanely small apertures, or limit focus to a single eyelash. And they do it as you shoot, with no messing around in software.They’re popular with architectural, product, portrait, and nature shooters who strive for perfect perspective, and treasured by others for the unusual effects they can produce.

Wijnanda Deroo has long photographed interiors, from public buildings to hotels to homes, absent any human presence. “I think you reveal an atmosphere more without people in it,” the photographer, 55, based in Treadwell, NY, says. “When people are in the frame, you focus more on the individuals.”

Summer is right around the corner, and for many photographers that means staking out amusement parks and fairgrounds for great images. Shots of rides at dusk, like David Bowman’s “Fighter,” above, are almost a sure thing. “Every year at the end of summer, about 2 million people attend the Minnesota Fair outside of St. Paul, including me,” says the Minneapolis pro. “In 2008, I was there for all 12 days, and shot with my Sinar P2 4x5 camera. I wanted big prints that showed every detail.”