Rip Noel

Rip is Vice President of Media Production for Abacus Arts, Inc., and founder of Noël Studios, Inc. (a commercial photography, film, and video production company in operation since 1982). He is the co-author of Addison-Wesley’s "Spring Into Digital Photography" (Paperback: 336 pages ISBN: 013185353) and also a contributor to Nikon's Beginner Guide to 35mm Photography (composition and lighting chapters).

Rip studied photography and film making at The Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA and received one of only two annual scholarships upon entering his second year. He has worked as a Hollywood studio manager, a newspaper photojournalist, and for nearly thirty years as an award-winning commercial photographer and filmmaker for Fortune 500 clients.