blogs of photogs

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 the only one, riiiiighhhht?

Anyway, it will have all been worth the wait when you go check out my new current favorite photographers: Whitebox-Sara & Mel. You can see their amazing work here on their blog, or here for weddings or here for kids. Wow. Just stupendous. They describe themselves as fresh, vibrant and lovely, and they are SO right. Everything works, they simply rock at what they do. I have never seen their work before tonight and I am just excited about it! They work out of Greensboro, NC and travel too. Enjoy!

Mary

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best,

Mary

Mandy Carroll works out of Virgina, around Charlottesville & Richmond, and her work has a lovely light airyness to it that I just adore. Her black and white conversions are especially exquisite, some of the better I’ve seen lately.

This blog is a newer blog for Mandy, from switching over from her blogspot one fairly recently, so there are only two pages of posts. (As an aside to Mandy, and any other Wordpress converts, it is super easy to import all your old posts from other sites into your new WP, email me if you need help!) so be sure to check out her older work as well, great stuff there too.

Enjoy!

~Mary

I was fortunate to get an advance copy of The Life of a Photograph by 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 from each time you open it, it really is that amazing. My favorites were the “two views of a ___” where oppposing pages show two different photographs of the same thing, either a closeup and a wide view, or a different angle, or the difference between the same place with time between. The limited accompanying text strikes the perfect balance, explaining or adding to when necessary, and letting the photos do the talking when that is enough.  There were so many photos that moved me and made me go back to look at them over and over-

Anyway, the book is available starting today (link from Amazon up in first line), and I highly recommend this beautiful work of art. Hope you all enjoy this slight break from digital into the world of print.

~enjoy

Mary

Jen Baltgalvis works in the central PA area, and has a fun, fresh and commerical feel to her work on her blog that I know you will enjoy. Jen is really talented in many areas of photography, from babies to seniors to weddings, and I really enjoy the mix on her blog of sessions and her own personal family photos-I think this gives clients a nice glimpse into who we are as photographers as well as showing that we value photos of our own family. The top post about paying it forward between photographers families is brilliant, and I would love to see more of that go on! All too often we photographers are missing from the family photos. We should all try to be involved in this great plan, and pay it forward to another photographer, or swap free sessions.

~Enjoy

Mary

I was out of town for a long weekend Up North (MN) with my wonderful family, and meant to blog from there, but it wouldn’t work with my iPhone for some reason! I will have several new blogs featured this week, and in a few minutes, will have a great new freebie up from LCH designs. Sorry about the long break!

Mary

I came upon Julie’s blog on the Beyond Just Images forum, in a thread where many photographers were talking about their favorite family photographer. I checked her our and I LOVE her laid back, comfortable approach to her work. At the top of her blog she calls it “stress free family/senior photography” and I couldn’t agree more. It really looks like the families that she shoots are having so much fun. They are posed, but not in a stiff, formal way, they all look like the family portraits that everyone would want if given the choice.  They are colorful, bright, with a commercial feel that is beautiful, cheery and above all else: FUN. {Her senior photos are magnificent as well!} Love her work and I know you will too! Julie works in the central Ohio area.

~enjoy!

Mary

Blogs of Photogs now has it’s very own Facebook page! You can become a fan by visiting this link 

and clicking “become a fan”. 

Hope to see you there!

Mary

Shannon Snyder, of Defining Details, works in and around Hermiston, OR and Tri-Cities, WA. Shannon seems to be another photographer that does it all. Her blog features photos of everything ranging from maternity to children, to high school seniors and engagements & weddings. Her most recent posts have some great senior photos, love her quotes from the seniors on their favorite things. I really love the family shot on page three as well- “I don’t think I have any model left in me”…. how cute is that?

Shannon does an exceptional job of being one of those all around renaissance photographers who does everything well, and makes it look easy-from getting all the detail shots in a wedding, to a folded up little newborn,  to making “average” people look their best. Lots to look at~enjoy!

Mary

So, before you go take a look at Kelly’s blog, know this: she first picked up a camera not even a year and a half ago. She studied books, practiced tons- and had her first session in August ‘07. She is obviously a quick study, and has a lot of natural talent, because for a budding photographer, her work is quite good. I get a lot of emails from those just starting out in photography asking me to take a look at their sites/blogs and critique or mentor them, both from my blogsofphotogs affiliation and just from my regular photography site. When I have time, I check them out and offer some suggestions, but usually newbies have some pretty rough stuff. Not so with Kelly- she has some amazing images on the first few pages of her blog. I really liked her work with kids best, often kids over the age of 2-3 are tough to get genuine looks, versus the cheezy smile, Kelly does well with this. It was a joy to find a newer photographer who is really producing some great work, can’t wait to see what the future brings for you Kelly.

Enjoy!

Mary

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