The Quick Survey:

• Name / Business Name: Angel Gray Photography (LLC)
• Located in: 1540 Highland Ave, Melbourne FL 32935
• Started in: 2006
• Status: Full Time
• Types of Photography: Wedding and Portrait (family, baby, seniors, etc.)
• Primary Camera / Favorite Lens: 5D Mark II, 50mm 1.2 and 85 1.8
• Interesting Personal Fact: random points of interest: I love old things, SYTYCD is my fave show ever, I was sent the principal quite a few times as a kid and as if one business isn’t enough, we also own (and my husband manages) a video game store called GameChanger.

Find out more:

• Main Site: http://www.angelgrayphotography.com
• Blog: http://www.angelgrayphotography.com
• Facebook: http://artist.to/angelgrayphotography/

Short Bio:

I love photographing people, telling stories with my images and offering beautiful artwork and exceptional service to my clients! My business has grown and changed so much in the past 5 years. When things quickly switched from hoping to have work to being buried in work I realized how much I prefer to limit my weddings and sessions in order to offer a high level of customer service. I learned how important it was to understand owning a business as much as I understand and love photography (or else I wouldn’t have one very long!) Over the past year and a half, with the help of a business coach and my assistant/graphic designer Kristi Webb, I’ve completed tons of projects aimed at improving Angel Gray Photography. I opened my studio in the Spring of 2010 and really enjoy having that space. I had the privilege this year of being chosen by ABC’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition to shoot one of their families who were given a new home in a neighboring town to mine and that was fun! Most recently I’m on the verge of releasing a brand new multimedia service to families called “The Legacy Project” and I’m incredibly excited because the idea grew out of my personal experience.
My husband and I have three beautiful children ages 3, 6 and 8 and I’m super honored to be featured here in the midst of so many awesome photographers --huge thanks!

Short Survey

Name/Business Name: Amber Shaw, Amber Shaw Photography
Located In: Orem, Utah
Started In: High School
Status: Full Time
Types of Photography: Wedding, Portrait, Fashion, Still Life
Primary Camera/Favorite Lens: Nikon D300s, 50mm 1.4
Interesting Personal Fact: I am a huge animal rights advocate. One day I want to own an animal sanctuary so that homeless, abused, abandoned animals can live in peace.

Main Site: www.ambershawphotography.com

Blog: www.ambershawphotography.blogspot.com

Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/amber-shaw-photography

Short Bio-

Growing up, once I realized I wanted to take photos, I had to learn how film worked. When the digital world emerged, I couldn't have been more excited. I couldn't run out of film and I could immediately view the photos I had taken. When I was in high school, I was introduced to a little program called Photoshop. I couldn't believe the endless possiblities Photoshop had to offer. It was then that being a photographer as a career crossed my mind and it became more than just a hobby.
I have always been obsessed with taking photos. I have also always been obsessed with weddings. So what better than to become a wedding and portrait photographer. In 2010, Amber Shaw Photography was established. I was recently voted Best Photographer in the Best of Utah Valley 2011. I plan to be a household name when it comes to wedding and fashion photography.

My style is modern but traditional. Cutting edge but vintage. Chic but daring. I'm obsessed with creating unique photographs. Whatever your personal style and personality, I can capture it.

The Quick Survey:

• Name / Business Name: Elizabeth Taylor Frandsen Photography
• Located in: Salt Lake City, Utah
• Started in: 2007
• Status: Part Time
• Types of Photography: Wedding
• Primary Camera / Favorite Lens: Nikon D700, 105mm 2.8 macro
• Interesting Personal Fact: I was first published in a bridal magazine, the Spring 2007 issue of Utah Bride & Groom Magazine, for articles I wrote, not pictures I took.

Find out more:

• Main Site: www.etfphotography.com
• Blog:www.etfphotography.com/blog
• Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/etfphotography
• (Others): www.formspring.me/etfphotography

Bio:

My first dabbling in the creative arts was probably the mud pies I perfected while growing up in the small farm town of Deweyville, Utah. Middle school started my love affair with music, where weekly lessons led me to love and conquer the flute, plus experiment with piano, tenor saxophone & vocal performance. Bear River High English classes uncovered a natural writing talent & landed me as yearbook editor. For the first time I noticed photography but it couldn’t sway me from my written love affair or my high school boyfriend Jordan (who I now call husband).

I entered the University of Utah knowing exactly what I wanted, majoring in Mass Communication. I thrived in the college setting and found a new surprise past time, Latin ballroom dance. I continued assembling a written portfolio I hoped would land me with a major magazine. Meanwhile, missing Jordan, I headed to Moscow Russia to teach English and to get a taste of the country Jordan was serving an LDS mission in. With a new digital camera in tote, I wet my appetite for photography, with Europe providing every subject I could imagine. I returned home, finished my obsession with straight A’s graduating summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree. Ten days later I married Jordan. The next week I started work as a writing intern at Utah Bride & Groom Magazine. I fell in love with the wedding industry, but found myself completely jealous of their staff photographer.

My internship ended and off to New Haven, Connecticut we went. It was there that I decided photography was more than an interest, but an amazing career opportunity for me. I built a portrait portfolio, and then just when weddings began to enter my world, Jordan finished his bachelor degree at Yale University and decided a PhD in biomedical engineering at my alma mater was our future. So we packed up our family, which now included Ella, and moved back to Salt Lake. No surprise, once in Utah, my wedding photography career took off. Once again I found my work published in Utah Bride& Groom Magazine, but this time for photography. Jordan is still busy with school and we’ve now added Hazel to our family lineup, but somehow I feel like I’ve found a needed balance between my life as “mom” and “Elizabeth Taylor Frandsen” this year. We’ll see how long that lasts

The Quick Survey

• Name / Business Name: Kevin Hudson/ Hudson's Photography
• Located in: Bedford, Indiana
• Started in: 1986
• Status: Full time pro for 25 years
• Types of Photography: I shoot high school seniors/families/children and some commercial as well
• Interesting Personal Fact: I am a wild and crazy guy that loves to do what I get to do for a living.

Find out more:

• Main Site: http://hudsonsphoto.com
• Facebook Page: Kevin Hudson
• (Others): Hudson's Photography

Short Bio:
Ordinary photography is just good enough anymore! I feel like it has got to be pretty crazy and different shooting senior pics these days. If its not, why would they want to come and see a pro for their pics?

The Quick Survey

• Name / Business Name: Amanda Leigh Photography
• Located in: Charlotte, NC
• Started in: 2010
• Status:  Part-time
• Types of Photography: Fashion (retro, Hollywood, tattoo, or anything throw back), weddings, and seniors
• Primary Camera / Favorite Lens: Cannon 50D, 50mm f/1.8 for portraits and ultra-wide Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 on location
• Interesting Personal Fact: I come from good photographic stock. My grandmother was a hobbiest photographer and my mother shoots senior portraits in Nebraska.

Find out more

• Main Site: www.amandaleighphotography.com
• Twitter: www.twitter.com/Amanda_Breeden
• Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/amandaleighphotos

Short Bio - A few words from a friend

“Amanda Leigh’s photography, like her personality, is chock full of imagination and gusto.” – S. Kitchel, client

The Quick Survey:

• Name/Business Name: Alisha Ekstrom/Oakstream Photography
• Located in: Logan, Utah
• Started in: January 2005
• Status: Full Time
• Types of Photography: Wedding, High School Seniors, Portraits
• Primary Camera/Favorite Lens: Nikon D700, All Nikkor lenses.....70-200mm f2.8, 24-70mm f2.8, 105mm f2.8
• Interesting Personal Fact: haha...um..this is hard. LOL! Does it need to be interesting or just something weird I do...hehe! I guess I will have to say that all the labels in my pantry have to face outwards & be neatly organized I am a neat freak

Find out more:

• Main Site: http://oakstreamphotography.com
• Blog: http://oakstreamphotography.com/blog
• Twitter: @OakstreamPhoto
• Facebook Page: Oakstream Photography

Short Bio:

Word from the Photographer (or friend) I am 36, married for 11 years & have 2 boys. We moved to Logan, Utah in October 2004 from Grand Junction, Colorado. We love it here & I'm very blessed that I get to work doing what I love & still be home for my children/husband & take care of them too. I'm a very happy, outgoing girl that loves to laugh A LOT

• Name / Business Name: Aleksandra Lennon Photography
• Located in: UK, Scotland, Glasgow
• Started in: 2008
• Status: Part time and aiming for full time
• Types of Photography: Newborn, baby, children and family, weddings, beauty and commercial
• Primary Camera / Favorite Lens: Canon 50D, Canon 24-70mm 2.8L & Canon 100mm 2.8 Macro
• Interesting Personal Fact: If I am not shooting I must be editing!

Find Out More:

• Main Site: http://www.aklphoto.com/
• Blog: http://aklphoto.blogspot.com/
• Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/AKL_Photo
• Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/AKLPHOTO

Short Bio:

My adventure with photography started about 10 years ago when I bought myself my first SLR and has never stopped since then. The more time I spent behind the camera the more I realised how much I loved it. The hobby turned into a passion and now my aim is to get my own studio. Showing people my own vision of life gives me a great satisfaction. I love to capture moments in people’s lives to give them memories that last!

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The Quick Survey:

• Name / Business Name: Katelyn James , Katelyn James Photography
• Located in: Richmond, VA
• Started in: 2008
• Status: (Full Time, Part Time, Hobbiest, etc): Full time
• Types of Photography: Wedding
• Primary Camera / Favorite Lens: Canon 5D MarkII and the 50 1.2 is the favorite!
• Interesting Personal Fact: I have red hair, I can't cook , I just got married on 10.10.10 and I realllly want a puppy!

Find out more:

• Main Site: www.katelynjames.com
• Blog: www.katelynjamesblog.com
• Twitter: www.twitter.com/katelynjames
• Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/katelynjamesphotography

Short Bio - Word from the Photographer (or friend)

Hello! I'm Katelyn James and I'm a wedding photographer based out of Richmond Virginia! I absolutely LOVE what I do! However, photography is only one part of my life! I love spending time with my new husband, camping with my family and hanging our with the teenagers at our Church! My husband is a youth pastor and I love getting to help with that. We were married on 10.10.10 and are highschool sweethearts! Right now, life is busy with an intense wedding season but I'm looking forward to the fall when I get to sit back and relax a little! Shooting weddings is my main passion. I love everything about them (except family portraits... it's just hard to be creative with those!:) My style is crisp, clean and bright. I want my couples to look back at their images 10 years from now and still adore them! Wedding images should be timeless!!

The Quick Survey

• Name / Business Name: Dustin Izatt/ Dustin Izatt Photography
• Located in: Layton, Utah
• Started in: November 2005
• Status: Full Time
• Types of Photography: Weddings and Portraits
• Primary Camera / Favorite Lens: 5d Mark II / 70-200 f/2.8 L IS II
• Interesting Personal Fact: I am forever addicted to Nachos

Find out more

• Main Site: www.dustinizatt.com
• Blog: www.dustinizatt.com/blog
• Twitter: www.twitter.com/dustin_izatt
• Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/utahweddingphotography

Short Bio

I am Dustin, Big D to my friends, and it's a pleasure to meet you. I am married to my high school sweetheart Tiffany and we have 4 little balls of energy named Kyleigh, Madison, Cameron, and Liam. I am addicted to nachos and listening to music. My biggest fears are all bugs especially grasshoppers and preymantises. I've been shooting pictures over 10 years with 5 of those being full time professionally.

The Quick Survey

• Name / Business Name: Irina Mattioli / Cigno Nero(Black Swan)
• Located in: Foligno, Italy
• Started in: 2007
• Status: Theorically part time because of University but actually full time
• Types of Photography: Portrait; art; Dance and ballet shoots; fashion
• Primary Camera / Favorite Lens: Canon 40d, 70-200 f 2.8 L
• Interesting Personal Fact: I am a self-taught but, within a few years, photography gradually becomes a real job to me. Anyway, in the meanwhile I am also graduating at the university and what I am studying has actually nothing to do with photography: History of the Middle Ages(and I totally love it).

Find out more

• Main Site: www.irinamattioli.com
• Twitter: http://twitter.com/IrinaMattioli
• Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/Irina.Mattioli.Photographer
• Flicker: http: www.flickr.com/photos/cignonero/

Short Bio

I am an Italy based photographer interested in portraiture, fine art and –quite consequently- fashion photography. I still don’t know why I bought my first Reflex Camera a few years ago, but I'm glad I did. From that point onwards, photography became
not just a great passion and a job, but also the main focus of my life.

Much of my work reflects a strong connection with dance. That is obviously present in stage performing shoots, but also it is possible to find a trace of it in my personal artwork, because I have studied ballet from the age of 7 and have continued to do so throughout my life. Photographing dance and dancers is challenging(just a few are able to catch the right thing at the right moment), but I find that it comes naturally and pleasurably to me. Actually, I really started taking photos only after an accident that prevented me from dancing for a while. For this very reason, I made my first serious attempts to portray some of my friends while they were performing and –not so much later- also when they weren’t(developing an aptitude for more creative artistic portraits).

In addition to ballet and to my personal artwork, I gain pleasure and have extensive experience photographing all aspects of the performing arts, including film stills, drama and music. I think this came from my confidence with both stage and artists as I am still dancing and sometimes I also go on stage.