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Great New Book ~Mothers & Children

I love this new book from National Geographic; Mothers & Children. If my mom were still alive, I’d *so* be getting her this for Mother’s Day. Its a charming little hardcover filled with engaging images of mothers and their children from all around the world and also has perfectly fitting and thoughtful quotes and writings...

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#129…Enrique Vidal

Enrique Vidal’s photoblog features a variety of landscape and travel images of astonishing beauty. To navigate through his blog, click the “Previous” link under his name to go back through each prior posting. I also discovered you can click on the photo with the same result.Enrique has travelled extensively, partly due to his work as...

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#128…Matt Nicolosi

Spend a few minutes on Matt Nicolosi’s blog, and you will get a feel that he is a fun guy and that he really loves photography. I mean really.I have to admit it took me quite a while of hitting refresh to decide which of his “bio-pics” and header combo’s to use for my little...

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#127…Amanda E Photography

Amanda E’s blog has such stunning and soulful images. I love photographers who aren’t afraid to showcase pensive and thoughtful looks, rather than only the super smiley ones. Most of my favorite images of my own children, {and my own clients images too…}  are the ones with their faces in repose, showing a glimpse into...

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#125…Pin Me Up Glamour Boudoir Photography

Pin Me Up Glamour & Boudoir Photography, owned by Marilyn of South Florida, does sexy, gorgeous & tasteful boudoir photography. The blog has lovely, artful images. If you are offended by some mildly suggestive implied nudity, I’d skip this one~ I however found the images to be beautifully done, very aesthetically pleasing and celebratory of...

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#124…Macro photography

I don’t think I have ever featured two photographers in the same post…but that is what I’m doing today. I went looking for some great Macro photography work, and found dozens of amazingly talented photographers with outstanding macro portfolios. However, something about these two just really stuck out to me the most: Martin Amm who...

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#121…Cowbelly Pet Photography

How much fun is *this*?? I just had to bump recent submission, Cowbelly Pet Photography, to the top of the list. The Cowbelly Blog features some of the most fun and creative pet photography I’ve seen. I’ve done a small bit of pet photography myself, so I know it brings an entirely different set of...

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#118…Archibald Photography (Scotland)

I wish the banner for Archibald Photography Blog had some photos in it, but after looking at lots of photographers blogs in the Britain, Scotland, Ireland, etc, I find it seems, oddly, to be more common for them not to. However, make sure you scroll down a bit to get to the wonderful wedding photography...

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#115…Kristen Kalp and Giving is Awesome…

This will be my last post before the Holidays, I am taking a brief break to spend time with my family and finish up all those last minute Christmas-y things. Before I go, I have to give a shout out to the awesome and amazing Kristen Kalp, who has started this beyond fabulous project, which...

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#114…Kabloom Studios

I was a little bit bummed that Kabloom’s header didn’t have any photos in it, but loved the idea of using it right off the bat as an update that she is booked for the year.Anyway, check out Khara from Nebraska over at her blog: Kabloom studio blog, and enjoy the bright and sumptuous colors,...

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#109…Barefoot Photo-Connie Groah

Connie Groah of Barefoot Photo (blog is here) is located in Annapolis, Maryland. I can’t decide which is my favorite age group from her work–her newborn work is beautiful, her family shots have such a warm, cozy connection too, but I guess probably her kids shots-in the 2-5 age range are my favorite. She seems...

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#108…Jasmine Star

I’d never heard of Jasmine Star until today, when I read an email from someone (from quite a few months ago!) telling me she was one of their favorite photographers. I checked her blog out, and wow… mesmerizing and amazing. Her site and blog have the best use of a mix of video, flash programming...

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#107…Clair Bremner

Clair is based in Melbourne Austrailia, and her blog has such alluring spring/summer photos at the moment, which is such a strange and wonderful site for me, as we traverse through fall here in Minnesota. Clair’s style has that bright and brilliant commercial quality that I’ve come to think of as a sort of “jinky-ness”...

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#106…Whitebox

Ok, I know its been a few days too long since I blogged. My apologies. I had a bunch of sessions, a bunch of orders, plus a huge fundraiser (auction) for my kids school that I’d been helping plan for the last year. Suffice it to say that I’m officially too busy. I bet I’m...

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{new freebie up}

Click the freebies link in the top banner for the new freebie template. Leave a comment if you are enjoying these! best, Mary

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#104…The Life of a Photograph by Sam Abell

I was fortunate to get an advance copy of The Life of a Photographby Sam Abell to review before it’s release today. In this lovely coffee-table style book, Sam, a photographer for National Geographic, shares 200 of his amazing images taken over the last 40 years. This is a book that you will gain inspiration...

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#99…Shannon Holden

Shannon Holden’s blog and site feature photographs that just seem to glow from within. The quality of light is phenomenal, she does such a breathtaking job of capturing the light, and almost wrapping it around her subjects. After looking over her whole blog and site, I finally read a bit about her, and found that we share...

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#94…Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir

Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir is an amazing photographer from Iceland. If you have spent any time at all on Flickr, you have probably seen and admired some of her work on flickr. Her blog is about as “no frills” as you can get- (I think it may be the default wordpress?) but her work really does speak...

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#92…Scott Strazzante

Scott Strazzante is a photographer for the Chicago Tribune, and started a blog recently to showcase some of the photos that as he says “don’t have a home”. I’m extremely glad he did… and I”m sure my readers will be as well. I looked through nearly every photo that he has up, and each one offered me...

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#91…Apertura

The Apertura Photo blog is the blog of photographers Ray Soemarsono and Erwin Darmali, who work out of Southern California, but travel for wedding coverage as well. Ray and Erwin are extremely talented photographers who both have amazing artistic documentary styles, though each markedly different in their approaches. Most of the posts they blog cover...

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