blogs of photogs

Katie Campbell, of the Portland, OR area, is a newcomer to professional photography– only “doing it full time since September”  as she mentions in her blogsite. Although her portfolio isn’t as fleshed out as photographers with much longer established careers, her captivating images don’t reveal her “newbie-ness” in the least. Things I especially like about Katie’s site are her writing style; you really feel like you get to know her after just reading a few of her posts, her obvious love of photography, and the clarity and feeling in her images. I love how Katie has customized her blog-site to encompass everything, including the flyout links to twitter and facebook on the side.

I enjoyed Katie’s blog and also liked reading about her travels to Africa too~hope you will as well!

~Mary

Megan Borders (Photography by Meg) works out of the Tri-Cities area of Kennewick, Pasco and Richland in WA. Her blog and site have a mix of beautiful candid portraits of toddlers and children, and highly styled and posed images of newborns, families and seniors. Most photographers seem to excel at one or the other, documentary style, or the gift of working with people and arranging them just right for an almost commercial look and feel; Meg seems to have talent in both these areas. I know you’ll enjoy her blog and the alluring images within.

best,

Mary

Uniquely You Photography Blog features Sarah Ulrich’s gorgeously clean, fresh and bright photography. Sarah has both a photography and a design background which are evident in her work as well is in her amazing design offerings to photographers (here) Sarah works out of Lincoln Nebraska, specializing in babies, children and families. Her work is equally amazing on location, or in studio for newborns and maternity. Enjoy!

I’m not sure how I stumbled across Gina Maxine, it may have been on Flickr, or someone emailed me about her, I don’t recall, but however I found her, I am *so* glad I did. I get the feeling she is relatively new to the photography business world(I could be wrong, but her archives don’t go back very far…) which makes me think this is someone to watch for sure, especially if my hunch is correct. The current 2nd photo on her blog (little miss E) is just breathtaking- talk about waiting for the perfect moment and capturing it exquisitely. Gina works out of Central CA, primarily with babies and smaller children, with a few seniors mixed in and a lot of great commercial work. There is something ethereal and delicate about some of her shots that just give them such a lovely fine art flair. Enjoy!

~Mary

ps, not much change on my cousin with serious complications from H1N1, thanks for the kind words, thoughts and prayers, I will update on my personal twitter when there is much of anything to report.

Jodie Otte works out of the Black Horse Studio located in Northern Baltimore County, Maryland. Her blog can be found here, where you will see a beautiful sampling of her work with clients ranging in age from days old to families. Jodie is equally comfortable and skilled at using both studio lighting and natural light, and her blog also features lots of slices of life from the nature surrounding her home in the cornfields. Aside from being an accomplished and talented photographer, Jodie is also excellent at self-promotion and marketing and has a thriving workshop business and book offerings for photographers as well. I first met Jodie on a parenting forum nearly 10 years ago now, and though I don’t often get over to her blog, it was such fun to see how her kids have grown, and to find that she also keeps chickens (!) as we entered into keeping chickens ourselves this year! You’ll find lots of photographic inspiration here!

~Enjoy!

Mary

Grant & Deb Perry of Virginia (Hampton Roads and surrounding area) specialize primarily in gorgeous lush wedding coverage, but their senior work, families and traditional portrait work is also superb. I really enjoyed their blog and site, which are both beautifully designed and also very informative for clients without being too wordy. Enjoy!

Laureen Carruthers works out of a small town in central British Columbia, Canada. She serves the areas of Williams Lake, 150 Mile House, 100 Mile House, Bridge Lake, & Quesnel. Laureen’s work has a clarity and richness of color that I really admire… her blog showcases a wide variety of subjects, from slices of her own life with her three boys to some weddings, senior photos (called grad photos in BC I guess!) family work on down to babies and toddlers. On her main site, (here) there is also some amazing birth photography in the births gallery. Gritty, emotional and beautiful ~ reminds me again to wonder aloud why more people don’t hire a pro photographer to capture this truly once in a lifetime event… (?)

As always, hope my readers enjoy the inspiration of another fabulous photographer! And, I love to get your emails or comments on past features or photographers you think I should shine the light on next. Keep in touch!

best,

Mary

As most high school senior photographers already know, it is prime time for getting the class of 2010 done! Many seniors just start to think about senior photos as “back to school” rolls around, but many others planned ahead and already have booked or completed their session. I’ve been looking for some awesome photographers to feature that specialize in senior photos, and one of my absolute favorites is David Quisenberry. He does a stunning job in studio with studio lighting, amazing with natural lighting and on location outside the studio, and what is most laudable is David’s ability to have truly unique images of each senior! The sneak peeks on his blog showcase such a wide range of styles, personalities, poses and backgrounds- great for his clients and also amazing inspiration for my Blogs of Photogs readers! David is also extremely talented in working with other ages, but I wanted to especially feature his senior/grad work! He works out of the McKinney, TX and the greater Dallas Metroplex area. Enjoy!

~Mary

Patrice Gaspard-Nelson of LaBellaVita-Beautiful Life Images works out of Southern California where she specializes in photographing families and children. Patrice has lovely crisp clean and vibrant images, great locations, and her clientele represents a refreshing and delightful range of diversity, which is always a joy to see. Check out her blog for info on her workshop (held jointly with 3 other photogs) for photographers as well, looks interesting!

Enjoy!

~Mary

Way back in December of 2007, when I started this little project of mine; Blogs of Photogs, I mentioned on a few of the photography forums I frequent that I’d welcome submissions from photographers of their own blogs, or those they love. Lisa, of Lisa Maksoudian Photography sent me her link way back then, and I think I’ve gotten it no less than nine times from other photographers, so I finally finally {finally!} got over to check out her blog.

Wow… just amazing work- stunning in its clarity, posing, lighting, expression. Just amazing. How have I not experienced it yet? Lisa works out of San Luis Obispo and it appears there is no type of photography that she doesn’t excel at–I know you will enjoy her work!

~Mary