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A Tough Week for Wedding Photography in Arkansas

It has been a distressing week for a lot of wedding photographers in Arkansas, and for a lot of Arkansas brides. With the discovery that a wedding photographer in central Arkansas was stealing images from other photographers and representing them as her own work, many people involved in the photography and wedding worlds in Arkansas [...]

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Mother’s Day Sale

Just a note to let you know about the Mother’s Day Sale going on now through next weekend. You can find all the galleries at michelleposeyphoto.com/order-photos. Use the code MOTHERSDAY2012 to get 30 percent off your entire order. For a great gift, add one of our beautiful custom frames to any print, or browse the [...]

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Wedding Idea: Clothesline Cards

At the bridal fair last week, a lot of people stopped by my booth for one thing, and it wasn’t photography. At least, not my photography. They pulled out their cell phones and took a picture of … my “clothesline.” I wasn’t the only one who did this, but I seemed to have attracted attention [...]

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Scott Arkansas Engagement Session

Get Ready for the “She Said Yes” Contest!

The popular “She Said Yes” contests returns for the second year with a new Facebook voting app. If you just got engaged, or if you know someone who did, then find (or take) a photo of yourselves to upload with your entry, and alert your friends. I will begin accepting entries for the 2012 “She [...]

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Scott Arkansas Engagement Session

Best of 2011: The Winners

Here they are! The winners of the Best of 2011 Contest! Thanks to everyone who voted. First Place: The winning couple may be a surprise to some of you, but not to me! I saw all the love and support that Amber and Jeff received before, during and after their wedding. They swept away the [...]

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Thanksgiving

Every year it gets harder for me to write a post about Thanksgiving, but not for the reason you’d think. As I get more grateful, it seems trivial to talk about giving thanks. I can’t find the words for it. Writing about Thanksgiving this time of year seems to limit it. But today I came [...]

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Portrait of my grandmother, 1993

The Most Valuable Photo in the World

“Photography alone, of all the arts, seems perfected to serve the desire humans have for the moment – this very moment – to stay.” -Sam Abell I found it while I was cleaning out my desk. There, stuck in the back, were all my old prints from my first year of photography classes at the [...]

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My New Addition: The 27-inch iMac!

I’m writing a blog post for the first time from my new computer. It’s a 27-inch iMac and it’s beautiful! This has been in the works since early this year. Buying a new computer is one of the necessary investments for a professional photographer. The last time I did it, I was a photojournalist who [...]

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Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics

Every now and then, I like to add a little “About Me” to my blog. Today something got me thinking about how long I’ve been doing what I do. Sometimes it seems there’s a new crop of professional photographers every week: guys hitting midlife seeking to give up their “day job,” moms who get their [...]

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Why Does Wedding Photography Cost So Much?

It’s been a little more than a week since I heard the news that another local wedding photographer, whose work I admired, had to close her business, and is still in arrears with several of her clients for delivery of albums. It’s my fault that I didn’t hear this sooner. The news has been out [...]

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