IVRPA Board of Directors
The current IVRPA steering body was inaugurated in January 2012, and is made up of the following members:
Carlos Chegado
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- Role
- President
- Location
- Barreiro, , Portugal
- Contact
- +351 210 889 190 or send an email
- Company
- Olho de Peixe Lda
- Biography
I was born in Évora City, Portugal, but grown up in Mozambique, more particularly in Pemba City, Cabo Delgado province, but had to leave that place at the age of 16 and return to Portugal to pursue my studies.
My father introduced me to photography when I was a kid and that passion just grow with me so that I decided to make my studies in the Portuguese Institute of Photography.
Back then it was all about Black & White Photography, Color Slides & Cibachrome prints. I met my wife when I was teaching photography and she was my student, since that I decided to quit teaching photography and started my company in 1992.
Back then my very first clients where Hotels from Lisbon that needed images from their premises to use on brochures, by that time, the World Wide Web was still on Tim Berners-Lee head.
My Business grow with multiple additional photographic services up to the point that I was completely saturated with all the analog issues I was having, just imagine the load of stuff it was needed to shoot pictures inside Hotels with mixed sun light and artificial light sources, it was insane, I was craving for a digital system but when I looked at the specs of the Nikon E2 from that time, how disappointing, just made me give up on photography for a while.
I started to work mainly in the marking & advertising business and focused in developing my Large Format Print Center.
Having been a Nikon user all my life, I waited and waited for a decent Nikon Digital SLR to get back in the action, to no avail, at some point I decided to give up on Nikon and switched to Canon Digital gear.
Hans Nyberg web page introduced me to panoramas and I started to develop my skills on 360º Photography and when I started to show these immersive images to my Hotel clients it was a perfect match.
This year (2009) I turn 40 and I want to shoot more images for my own pleasure than as my professional obligation, but of course I am always open to new experiences and learning/expanding skills is a never ending task that I happily pursue.
Jürgen Schrader
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- Role
- Vice President
- Location
- Reichertshausen, , Germany
- Contact
- +49-172-8166854 or send an email
- Company
- Jürgen Schrader
- Biography
Born in 1960 I wanted to become a photographer right after school in the early 80s.
But as things sometimes don't turn out as expected I first had to go through many years of studies, working in advertising agencies, multimedia startups, raising children and all that kind of stuff before I finally managed to get back to my roots.The new lit fire took me straight into spherical panoramas and I am still enjoying this amazing technique. Luckily I was able to find some customers that support me to follow this line and bring panoramic photography to a new experience, especially in the field of computer simulations.
With my background in general marketing I also discovered a talent to help customers to bring things to the point. This is why I get invited to help companies develop the content for and appearance of their web pages, packagings and general advertising material.
Willy Kaemena
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- Role
- Secretary
- Location
- Bremen, n/a, Germany
- Contact
- ++49421325906 or send an email
- Company
- http://www.360cities.net/search/@author-willy-kaemena
- Biography
Born in 1950 in Bremen Germany, Mecanical Engineer, Worked for a large german company in the construction of industrial plants all over the world. Now retired.
Hobby photographer.
First contact with QTVR 1997, first QTVRs in 1998 (QTVRAS) Since 2004 spherical panoramas.
Active participant of the WorldWidePanorama project (WWP)
http://worldwidepanorama.org/worldwidepanorama/wwppeople/html/WillyKaeme...Due to his almost 30 years of working experience outside of his home country, He is fluent in 4 languages and able to communicate in many others.
Sam Rohn
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- Role
- Webmaster
- Location
- Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Contact
- 718.230.3651 or send an email
- Company
- SamRohn.com - 360 Panoramic Photography
- Biography
Sam Rohn :: Location Scout & Manager for Film, Photography & Video :: New York City - working with panoramic photography (QTVR) since 1998
AYRTON 360
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- Role
- Marketing and Public Relations
- Location
- Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
- Contact
- +55-21-9982.6313 or send an email
- Company
- AYRTON 360
- Biography
Born in 1955. First camera at 14. First paied photo at 17 or 18. First job for a Magazine at 19. First long trip wiht Jacques Cousteau on a Expedition at 28. First Panorama (QTVR) at 42. First paied QTVR at 43. And today 2010 at 55 years old still running everyday to get what I want :-) So here I am !!!
Scott Witte
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- Role
- Director
- Location
- Milwaukee, WI, United States
- Contact
- 414-345-9660 or send an email
- Company
- Tour De Force 360VR
Jan van der Woning
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- Role
- Director
- Location
- Duivendrecht, Noord Holland, Netherlands
- Contact
- +31 20 6977150 or send an email
- Company
- Studio Jan van der Woning
- Biography
Photography is in my blood and I discovered that when I made my first picture at age sixteen. I became a professional at the age of 25 when I got my grade for photography from the Dutch "Fotovakschool". I also studied at Hans Goetze, now the Academy for Photography. Most of my work was commercial and in 1999 I started to make 396 degrees panoramic images and my work shifted more to editorial and interactive photography for websites and CD-Roms and DVDs. My art photos are bought in medium and large sizes and I sell them through exhibitions in museums, at art markets and in galleries.
I am an experienced traveller, also to remote areas, I speak 3 languages fluently and 3 fairly well so communication during travel is not a problem. I travelled through many countries in Europe, North, West and Central Africa and the United States including Alaska. I also visited Middle and South America and Borneo, Indonesia for WWF and Greenpeace to make panoramas of illegal logging and in Uganda of reforestation. Highlight was an expedition to the Antarctic as part of an art project. Recently I was send to Mali for a Dutch NGO to help a photolab there and to improve their quality.
I like to shoot landscapes, cityscapes and people. The nicest moment of the day is sunset or rise and the twilight zone during the short period when the light is growing or fading. A lot of my pictures are taken in this short but beautiful period. On the Antarctic and in Alaska the sun sets lasted for hours so this was a real "Eldorado".
In addition, the IVRPA Board of Directors would like to extend its gratitude to the following members for their help and involvement:
Sandra Mexa
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- Role
- Treasurer
- Location
- Barreiro, , Portugal
- Company
- Olho de Peixe, Lda.
- Biography
I was born in 1971 and grew up between my father's artistic drawings and paintings. Art always was a interesting subject for me and so was photography. Soon I got to use my father's old Pentax camera and found a way to learn more about photography.
I studied Economics and Management and got my Management Degree in 1994. By that time I decided to start a photography course where I met Carlos Chegado and a couple of years later we started a company: Olho de Peixe - Fish Eye, currently working in Photography among other businesses.