Laura Sohn

Laura Sohn is actually my cousin.  She also attended SCC and was in the graphic design program too.  She was in the program about ten years ago and worked at a printing shop soon after graduating.  She eventually got into photography and took courses and is now a professional photographer.  She does mostly portrait work for families.  On Easter she shoot all her and her sisters daughters with a Easter theme it was pretty neat.  I love that in some of her pictures she blurs the background but makes it a nice design.

Laura Sohn Photography

Bill Elvgren's 50s pin-up paintings created with photographs

I found this very intersting.  A painter from the 1950's named Bill Elvgren took photographs of women and painted them with a cartoon pop art look and has recently just released the pictures he used for ideas.  His style reminds me alot of Photoshop now a day's, you can take any picture and alter it and one may never know.

http://news.distractify.com/culture/arts/pin-up-photos/?v=1

Luna Bella Photography

Rebecca is the owner of Luna Bella Photography.  I love that she uses fish eye lens often to capture more in a photo.  She does mostly weddings and is very creative at setting up a scene.
http://lunabellaphotography.com/

Megan Crown - Newborn & Child Photographer

While searching google for 'multiple photographers' I ran across a photographer named Megan Crown who photographs newborns and children.  Her first set named Home Twin Child Birth was very interesting.  It is a set of photos that show a woman's birth at home in a pool to her twin babies.  It shows a story line from first going into labor all the way to clean up and taking a group photo with her family, doctors, and nurses.  Megan Crown captured great emotion of the woman giving birth, she makes you feel as if you were there or can fell the pain for the woman giving birth.

http://megancrown.com/tag/multiples-photography/

Photoshop tutorial

http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2010/08/06/angie-monson-simplicity-photography-photoshop-actions/

International Photography Hall of Fame in St. Louis

I did not know St. Louis had a Photography Hall of Fame until finding a link to their page on facebook.  They currently have a exibit called St. Louis Shoots: Contemporary Street Photographers from St. Louis that looks very interesting.  I'll have to find some free time to take a visit there soon.

http://www.iphf.org/

Blood Moon

The sky has cleared and it looks like the blood mood will be in clear sight tonight!  I will be waking up around 2 a.m. and set up my tri-pod and shoot with my telephoto lens!  If anyone else plans on doing the same here's a link to some helpful tips...

Shooting tips

100 helpful Photography Tutorials for Beginners and Professionals

I was searching pintrest this weekend and found a helpful link.  It has so many helpful tips on shooting. I have only read a few but have already learned alot.

http://photography.tutsplus.com/articles/100-helpful-photography-tutorials-for-beginners-and-professionals--photo-3673

Butterfly house

Yesterday I took a trip to the butterfly house to knock out a portrait assignment and to capture butterflies of course.  There were still a lot of beautiful blue Morpho butterflies from March Morpho Mania last month and many other kinds of butterflies.  One butterfly decided it liked my camera and kept following me around!  This was the first time I got to try out my zoom lens and I enjoyed it.  When we first entered the area the high humidity caused my lens to fog but after a few minutes it became clear again!

10 tricks you didn't know your camera could do

I was searching Pinterest this morning for some shooting tips and found a great link to helpful shooting tips that many may not know about.

http://www.slrlounge.com/10-tricks-didnt-know-camera-make-happen?mc_cid=fc14e5dc0c&mc;_eid=cec0d3fb0e