Kwe Bentum has a degree in biotechnology from Chicago’s Roosevelt University and is an avid iPhone and Olympus camera shooter. Street photography is a favorite genre, and he loves to capture unplanned moments of the city and its people, knowing they can never be replicated. He sometimes incorporates themes in his work, such as shooting window reflections or detailed rainy moments. He also enjoys conceptual photography where he carefully selects a subject and location, thinking through the colors, clothes, and how they complement the background. Although time-consuming, he finds it very rewarding once all the pieces come together.

Kwe primarily shoots with an Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II and his iPhone. He finds that switching between cameras results in variations on the same shot, such as when he used both to capture raindrops on a window, and realized that their size and texture appeared differently due to disparate lens characteristics. While he occasionally experiments with filters or programs for editing, he prefers to edit a photo from the start, fine-tuning contrast, highlights, colors and clarity until satisfied.

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