blogs of photogs

#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

#171…Captured Photography

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:11:01 +0000

Jenny Schartner, of Captured Photography, is based in West Palm Beach, FL, and specializes in both wedding and portrait photography with a beautiful, crisp, sunny style that makes me feel like I’m right back on my trip to Florida. She has a great blog, (here) that features extensive posts showcasing both sessions and sneak peeks, great engagement photos that really capture the relationship between couples, and to top it off- she also does videography of weddings! Jenny also has a great FAQ for photographers to cover the myriad requests for info that she gets (as do I, and many others, which reminds me I have to put my Photog-wanna-be FAQ back up on my site! LOL) Take a look around and enjoy the blog- stellar work!
best,
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

Sponsor feature #1… Pro Photo Blogs

admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:54:51 +0000

I’ve decided to do occasional spotlights on the awesome sponsors of Blogs of Photogs. I so appreciate their support and would like to introduce my readers to them with periodic features. Feel free to leave comments about the sponsors if you have done business with them!

Our first feature is Pro Photo Blogs. Pro Photo Blogs was started to give photographers a great looking choice for creating their blog (or blog-site) instead of having to use a free site with tiny images or paying upwards of $3000 to have a custom blog created by a designer. Pro photo blogs gives you a high end blog, using the power of Wordpress, with nearly limitless customization choices, all at a very affordable price, great support, and a money back guarantee. You don’t have to know how to write any code, and the large image features show off your photography in amazing ways. I really love the newest version with the ability to have slideshows and galleries. I’ve been a customer of theirs for years and have created both my regular portrait website (www.maryhphoto.com) and Blogs of Photogs with their awesome template. If you’d like to get a special $10 discount off your purchase of the Pro Photo Blog theme, use discount code MARHAN882 on the order page. To check out the overview, go here.

best,

Mary

#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

#168…I Heart Faces

admin — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:58:16 +0000

Those of you who specialize in Senior Portraits have got to check out the great post (here) on i heart faces about The Hottest Trends in Senior Portrait Photography. Then, after you are done with that, check out the rest of their awesome site!

Enjoy!

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!

#166…Roadside Families Project

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:17:42 +0000

Came across this great Pay-It-Forward project today: Roadside Families and knew I had to share it with all my readers on Blogs of Photogs! I’ll excerpt the “rules” below from their website, but the basic premise is this; photographers taking photos of other photographers family and then paying it forward, all with no money exchanged~ a beautiful idea!

Rules for Paying-It-Forward (note from Mary, this is from their website)

Once you and your family has been photographed, you have 30 days to photograph another photographer’s family. Don’t be that person that holds up the line because you procrastinated!

A photographer and their family (defined) can be any family group that consists of a photographer and his/her family. This could be a regular nuclear family, distant cousins, twin siblings, or conjoined twins. Whatever.

Be creative. Let loose! Free your mind!

Rules for Submissions

Nudity or vulgarity will not be acceptable. Keep it family-friendly.

Images can be no more than 900 pixels wide (including your watermark).

Yes, you may watermark your image.

To keep the chain going, you need to link to your own family post here on roadsidefamilies.com. This is called a permalink, and the url is shown on each post. For example, if JMC shot Joe’s Family and Joe shoots Kelly’s family, then when Joe posts Kelly’s photo on RoadsideFamilies.com, he needs to link to the one JMC shot of him.
Example (at the top of the post): Photography by Joseph, Click here for Joseph’s family photograph

IMPORTANT! Follow the step by step instructions below for submissions.

So, check it out and find a photographer to photograph your family and then you get to go shoot another photographers family. Love to hear about those that have already done this! Great idea!

best,

Mary