About
The McNamara Report
The McNamara Report is a content portal website pointing to Mike McNamara’s articles, product reviews, and analysis of the latest technologies and trends affecting pro photographers and photo enthusiasts. Portfolios of Mike’s award winning portrait, fashion, nature, and fine art photography can also be found at McPhotoVideo.com.
Michael J. McNamara, Editor-in-Chief
Mike is the former Executive Technology Editor of Popular Photography Magazine, and an expert on image quality, digital cameras, printers, camera phones, and color management systems. During his 20+ years in the photo industry, Mike has written hundreds of articles and had over a 1,000 of his photographs published (including over two dozen Pop Photo cover images). His articles and photographs have also won several awards, and his work has appeared in American Photo, Professional Photographer, Outdoor Photographer, Digital Photo Pro, Woman’s Day, Boating, Travel Holiday, American Baby, Stuff, and Fit Yoga magazines.
Mike holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Imaging and Photographic Technology from Rochester Institute of Technology (1991). After a short stint teaching at RIT, Mike joined Pop Photo and went on to develop nearly all of the digital testing procedures used in the Popular Photography Lab through 2008. During that time, he personally tested and wrote reviews of over a hundred digital cameras, plus a wide variety of printers, scanners, films, lenses, projectors, software programs, storage systems, computers, and other imaging accessories.
His knowledge and insights into photo products and trends are highly valued at major photo and consumer-electronics trade shows, and he’s hosted a wide variety of super-sessions and forums at CES, PMA, DIMA, and CTIA. He’s also been interviewed on ABC, CBS, FOX News, NBC, CNN, PBS, and QVC television, and been quoted in USA Today, Business Week, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The Boston Globe.
Alexandra Gebhardt, Co-Designer
Alexandra Gebhardt has over 20 years experience in various graphic, online, and publishing mediums. Her unique insight into new media technologies brings a fresh spin to traditional media content. Follow her on Twitter @alexinsidemedia.