Photographer Spotlight: Niel Galen
Niel Galen | VIP Member | Verified Credits (26)
Niel Galen has been interested in photography and light for as long as he can remember. The arts played an important role in his upbringing, and both his father and brother were avid photographers. As a teenager, he spent a lot of time in his brother’s darkroom and then during college worked as an assistant for a commercial photographer.
Niel was influenced by the work of Adams, Newton, Mapplethorpe, Lang, and Elliot Carter, along with the work of Playboy staff photographers, Pompeo Posar and Arnie Freytag.
His career path took him into lighting design for theatre, dance, opera, and now television and film. Niel began shooting again 15-years ago after picking up a used Olympus OM-1n film camera. He turned to digital about 8-years ago and that’s when he started shooting glamor and fine art nudes with professional models he found on Model Mayhem.
Niel said, “I love to work with models, makeup artists, stylists, and dancers, who inspire and energize me. There are 50+ years of image ideas percolating around my brain to explore.”
Check out Niel Galen’s Model Mayhem portfolio to see more of his work. You can also follow him on Instagram.
MM Edu
MM Edu brings you tips, advice, and knowledge in modeling, photography, post-production, style/makeup, and Using MM. The expertise comes from our beautiful and brilliant members!
Follow Me:
April 12, 2020 at 7:07 am, Byu said:
Marvellous&Fantastic! A very creative person with a good technicity.
April 05, 2020 at 7:30 pm, Anoush said:
Awesome work Niel! You’re the best! 🤗
April 04, 2020 at 10:25 am, Michael McIntosh said:
All I can say is WOw wow wowwwwwww!!!!! If I could capture such images, sooo inspiring.
April 03, 2020 at 3:58 am, Hatim_czar said:
Beautiful, Thank You for the Tips, Would love to work with you.