Speechless

I belong to several professional photographic communities, and I am in constant awe of the amazing talent that is out there.  I am honored to get to know these people through online discussions and critiques, sharing of creative ideas and inspiration, and discussing business and personal ventures.  I could probably post a list a mile long of people that literally blow we away with their photographic abilities, and maybe I will start featuring a weekly inspiration post.  But today,  I was struck speechless and stunned when reading Matt Nicolosi’s blog.  He is a member of an online community of photographers I frequent.  While I don’t know him personally, I am very familiar with his incredible talent.  Check out what he did as a proposal.  SO INCREDIBLY SWEET!!!  Check out his amazing work.  This is one of the BEST proposals I have ever heard of.  Congrats Matt and Kylie!!  Best wishes to you in the future.  News is, he is on the lookout for a Southern Indiana photographer!!!  I always get excited to see who other photographer’s will pick as their wedding photographer, and if I had to guess, they would opt for Indy’s Jessica Strickland (who was rumored to have photographer Rex Grossman’s wedding recently???) or Bobbi & Mike, also from Indy.  Both of these photographers were HUGE inspirations to me when I started out, and I still love to follow their work.  So, there’s three insanely cool sites to go check out.  Just promise after you see their work, you’ll keep checking back here, too!  lol

Speaking of Indy, I’m off to Indy for the weekend to attend the creative workshop that I won back in the winter.  Thanks to Skye Hardwick   (who is also getting married in a few weeks!  Congrats Skye!!)  for providing this fantastic opportunity to me!!  I can’t wait to see her again (I met her in March at her Business Bootcamp).  She was a huge inspiration to me when I started out (still is!).  So, there’s a fourth site to go check out.  The talent that is out there is astonishing, and I can’t wait to be surrounded by other photographers this weekend!  I finally can geek talk about photography to my heart’s content to people who actually care!  ;)  I’m sure that’s a huge relief to all of the loves in my life, as they are for sure tired of hearing my endless photography chatter!!

Here is the photo that won me the contest.

Shadow of a Dream

“The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.” ~ William Shakespeare