The (Photo) Girls are Alright

Photographer Liz Kuball sent over a new post from her blog that really resonates with me. it’s about women photographers helping each other in the industry; be it with edit advice, application tips, or just good old moral support. Liz is someone I’ve been lucky enough to connect with since starting this blog, and I have to say, the lady bloggers and photographers have been pretty kind and welcoming to me in this sphere. Liz mentions the kindness she has received from Jen Loeber, Cara Phillips and Amy Elkins, and I’ve certainly received the same from Amy Stein and of course all the ladies here at PS. In Fact, Ashley Macknica and I fervently went over edits together for the APE contest, not unlike the way Liz describes here:

“I’m one of the 1,313 people who submitted two photos to APE’s Flickr group.
My background with editorial photography pretty much consists of
admiring the photographs in my favorite magazines, but I’d really love
to push myself in new directions, including editorial, and I couldn’t
pass up the opportunity. So I narrowed my images to ten and then I was
lost. I knew I wanted to submit one portrait and one landscape or
architectural shot, but I couldn’t figure out how to pair them up in a
way that would make sense. In my head, they were different projects so
how would it work to include one of my portraits with one of my In Store photos?

Jennifer Loeber
to the rescue. Jennifer is a photo editor besides being a great
photographer, and I ran the ten photos by her and asked her what she
thought. In a few minutes, she came up with three pairings of images
that looked like they belonged together. This weekend, I’m pulling
together my book. With what Jennifer showed me, I’m in a much better
place.”

Liz has developed some badges (see below) to put on your website to indicate you can be approached without reproach. I think it’s a lovely idea. Check it out.

As an aside, I know there has been much talk about the gallerina article in the Times, and Liz mentions it in her post, too. It’s funny, because one of the people I chat about photography with all day long is Marla Caplan, who was featured in the piece:

Maybe Marla needs a blog, just to dish on the latest Yancey goss. ‘Cause there’s lots. Take back the night, Caplan.