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!

I want to introduce my readers to my newest project: Exceptional Pro Photographers!

I get dozens of emails every week from consumers around the globe who find Blogs of Photogs and want my input into how to find a photographer in their area. I tell them Blogs of Photogs is a great place to start, but after that word of mouth and google are their next best friends. So, I started Exceptional Pro Photographers (EPP)  to have a place where great photographers from around the world can band together and advertise together to create a premier referral network for clients looking to find a truly exceptional photographer.

For more details, click here to go to the website to see application procedures. I’m also looking for a few people to assist in reviewing applications (small paid position.) And, since Blogs of Photogs only features Exceptional Photographers, (of course!!) through our launch on April 20th, any photographer who has been previously featured on Blogs of Photogs doesn’t need to apply or pay the one time application fee to be listed.

Check it out and leave a comment letting me know what you think.

Thanks!

Mary

Angela Weedon is based out of Dallas, TX, where she works with her husband Matt alongside her-helping with the business side and “toddler wrangling” as she calls it. Her work is amazing, and from viewing her site and her blog, I get such a sense of talent, and a textbook view of what a well established & grounded upscale photography business should look like.

I will try to keep this mini-rant small, but seeing how well Angela & her team work together is so evident from her online presence–it makes it all the more clear to me that the thousands of new “shoot & burn” photographers cropping up are really hurting customers. You won’t get service and quality from them like you will from a class act like Weedon Photography. It makes me wish there were some kind of guidelines to calling yourself a photographer. A license or something… because clients are getting burned, and it is hurting the name of good photographers all over the country. 

Ok, must put away the soapbox.

Angela’s images are stunning, from studio to outdoors, newborn to families; lovely b&w images, beautiful color-I can’t see anything she can’t do. Really enjoyed her work and site and blog. Hope you will to~

Mary

Todd Laffler works out of Scotch Plains, NJ, but travels as well. He primarily shoots weddings, but also some portrait work and children, etc. To say that his blog and site showcase an extraordinary talent would be an understatement. I’ve mentioned it before (some might say ad nauseum…) but I look at a lot of photo blogs. A lot.

There are some blogs that grab me right away, making me go through pages and pages and my kids get bagels for dinner. Again. Yup, this is one of those. His artistry, finesse and personality are all intertwined within his photographs in a distinctive way that makes me think we will be hearing about Todd more in the future. Hope you enjoy too….

Mary