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#179…Matt Silk Photographics

admin — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:48:51 +0000

Matt Silk, a commercial photographer based in South Carolina, has such an amazing body of work- I know all of my readers will appreciate his images. He incorporates quite a bit of HDR photography, which often prompts me to yawn and say “so what?” -as it is usually done so poorly. But, Matt is masterful with his use of it, to bring new depth, shading and light into his work and direct the viewers eye throughout the image. You’ll love both his blog which you can find here and his main site which is here. Enjoy his sensational portfolio!

~Mary

#178…Lemon Fresh Designs Photography

admin — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:04:07 +0000

What’s not to love about Lemon Fresh Designs Photography? Couldn’t tell you… but I can tell you what I *DO* love! The lovely bright and airy quality of every image, whether taken outdoors in freezing cold Canadian winter, or many pages back in lovely fall colors, the way that she captures the beauty of each client, without resorting to overprocessing or extreme effects, the obviously apparent fun that Mary Clarke has with her career and so much more. Great info for clients on layouts/choosing sizes, and more as well.

Mary works out of Toronto and Muskoka, covering weddings and portrait work, with some commercial stuff thrown in for good measure. Find Mary’s blog here and her site here.

Enjoy!

-Mary

#177…Banff Photography/Bonner Photography

admin — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:36:30 +0000

Banff Photography/Bonner Photography, located in the Canadian Rockies in Banff, Alberta, Canada is made up of a team: John Bonner & Andrew Dickinson. It is hard to define their photography as “just” wedding photography (or for their portrait work as just portrait work as well) because so much of their craft combines both their outstanding wedding photographs, along with the majestic natural beauty of the outdoors where they live and work. This requires a command of beautiful still life landscape work- paired with the people skills and technical know how to capture natural, elegant and beautifully framed portrait work within these marvelous settings. Check out their work on their blog here, or their site here. Being from a northern state (MN) I always especially appreciate photography like what you will find from John & Andrew- that is outside, celebrating winter and snow! Enjoy!

best,

Mary

#175…Aileen Reilly Photography

admin — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:46:53 +0000

I’ve got a massive inbox full of past submissions, and this lovely blog was only brought to my attention last week~ so I’m not being entirely fair in “bumping it to the top”! But then, if I can’t make the rules here, where can I, right?

I think my readers will heartily enjoy both Aileen’s photographic work and her words~ and how it is all wrapped up together just so for her blog. Aileen has strong, captivating talent in both her film work + her digital work, and though I hadn’t seen or heard of the acronym FIND (Film Is Not Dead, link here) before, but love to see another resurgence in great film work! But, back to Aileen- she updates her blog frequently (something we should all do, especially yours truly!!) she works out of the Northern Virginina, DC Metro area, doing portraits and a few weddings per year. Her blog is here and her main site is here. Enjoy!

best,

Mary

#174…Claire Alyse Photography

admin — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 02:35:05 +0000

Claire Alyse Photography is a brilliantly talented photographer who works out of Los Angeles, one of the best of the multitudes of photographers in LA actually. Make sure you take a good look around her blog- I know you will absolutely love her work, but after you do, make sure you read this great post: here, where she shows a very interesting example using hairdressers to clarify the difference between established professional photographers and the shoot and burn lot out there who “have a good camera”… we all know dozens of them, don’t we? Pass it on and share her post, maybe it will educate a few clients and a few “wanna-be’s”. Loved it! Thanks Katie! (ps, her FAQ’s are awesome too!)

Mary

173…Simone Hanckel Photography

admin — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 01:56:28 +0000

I’m a bit embarrassed to admit that I thought I had reviewed Simone’s lovely work years ago. I am a “Facebook friend” of hers, and noticed, once again, some of her divine images again today, and got to thinking about Blogs of Photogs. Didn’t find her in my search, so I’m sharing her with you now (blog here). Simone works out of Adelaide, Australia, and is truly a fine art photographer possessing great talent. Her work is the kind that almost every time I see it, I think: “I’d hang that in my home, and it isn’t even my kid!” Her crisp, film-reminiscent photographs have a gorgeousness that makes it appear that she is painting with light. Check out her website too, (here) great information and additional stunning work. Enjoy!

best,

Mary

#172…Ten18 Photography

admin — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:34:50 +0000

As you can see from the screen shoot above, Ten18 photography specializes in many areas of photography: Seniors, portraits, commercial work and children. For my feature today, I’m focusing mostly on their wonderful senior work. Ten18 photography is based out of Eugene, Oregon, and their fantastic work, site and blog are all worth a long look with a big cup of coffee. What’s with the name? Ten18 is the date that Kyle (the photographer) met his wife Meredee in person after an online courtship– they use the name to remind themselves “of the love we share and what we went through to be together.” Sweet idea.

Anyway- Ten18′s senior work (gallery here) has a very fashion forward feel to it, highly polished and edgy with great styling and posing. There is a ton of information for prospective clients on their blog and site, so much so that I even got a little lost reading it all! Great information for photographers to read and reconsider what info you ought to be offering your clients. Check it out, be inspired and enjoy!

~Mary

#170…Adam Jacobs Photography

admin — Sat, 08 May 2010 11:01:00 +0000

Adam Jacobs Photography is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where specializes in sports photography. Adam makes amazing panoramic images of sports stadiums, (here) with the occasional use of selective coloring in perhaps the only worthwhile way I’ve seen. Adam also has a section on action sports photography, with some great captures and a fine art section featuring people, landscapes and more. You can read his blog here, which I really enjoyed for both the writing and the images. ~Enjoy!

Mary

published!

Ps, In case you are not a subscriber to Professional Photographer magazine, you may have missed my first nationally published article! I was asked to write for them about Blogs of Photogs, and creating a better photography blog. You can download the pdf here. If you are a subscriber, either online or in print, you can also see my second nationally published article (lol) in the same magazine, on p. 20, about getting Dads “in the picture.” It was fun to see my name and work in print! ~M

#169…lynnmichelle photography

admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:52:30 +0000

Lynn Michelle Photography is a Dallas, TX based wedding photographer who, as she puts it: shoots fabulous people. Lynn, along with her team of Vivian and Nancy, provide exceptionally polished wedding photography services that manages to capture both the gaiety and the grandeur of each wedding. I love blogs where the writer really lets their personality shine through in their comments, this is one where it is clear what fun Lynn & crew have with their jobs, and also makes me think they’d be a lot of fun to hang out with and have a beer with too! They have all sorts of accolades on their sites, from best wedding photogs multiple years from The Knot, to other nifty features in print and online; so they don’t need me to tell them they rock at what they do~ but I’ll say it anyway; they rock. Take a peek at the blog and enjoy!

best,

Mary

#167…Hoffer Photography

admin — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 03:11:38 +0000

Tony Hoffer is a tremendously talented photographer that works primarily around the Philadelphia, PA area. His site features a variety of the different types of work he does; kids, families, commercial, and more, but what I absolutely loved was his wedding & engagement work. I look at a lot of blogs–a lot–and it is rare for me to see a wedding photographer that just excels at everything. From capturing the small details, to really showing the depth of emotion and joy on that special day, to making every couple look their absolute best, it is all there and then some. Amazing use of posing and perfect candid shots too… I’ll stop gushing now and let you look for yourself here on his blog.

~Enjoy!

And as a PS, I had some trouble with the blog last week when I moved it to a new hosting company. I had blogged about Hoffer photography and then the post got lost, everything got screwed up and I broke my blog on the switch over.. so I rewrote it today and I apologize for the mixup. I also switched wordpress themes as well and am now using the fabulous ProPhoto theme by NetRivet. If you are looking for the most amazing, fully customizable theme to use for your blog or your blogsite, I cannot say enough good things about Jared and his team over at ProPhoto blogs. Affordable product, great tutorials, wonderful customer service and really nice people to work with all add up a product I am happy to give two thumbs up and offer you a chance at $10 off with this code: MARHAN882 I also have to thank them for helping me fix the things I screwed up on the host transfer. Good service like that needs a shout-out!