For 18 years MorePhotos has been a leader in the Photographic community providing websites/e-commerce shopping carts to professional photographers. We have taken everything that was great about our system and are in the final stages of producing MorePhotos Gen 2! As we enter our last phase of production, we are asking our users, and even those that use other systems, what is on your wish list? Is there a feature you would like added? Now is the time to let us know as we rebuild our back end with a system that will knock your socks off.
For example… one of the new features we have added are slideshows that are timed to music. What do you think about this one, cool, yes or no?
Featured Photographer: Jonas Grushkin with Photogenesis Photography
Jonas Grushkin, Portrait of me taken last year, on our property in Durango CO
Jonas Grushkin
Photogenesis Photography
Durango, Colorado
My love for photography goes back 50 years. I built my first box camera at age 10. My father, Philip Grushkin was a world renowned book designer, calligrapher, had me printing B&W images and photographing portraits on a Zeiss Conterax Bullseye camera. My favorite lens was that Sonnar 90mm 2.8 lens, Wow! I was later asked by the Grateful Dead to document their fans in the early 80’s and went on to publish the very successful book “Grateful Dead, Official Book of then Deadheads. While running Photogenesis Photography in La Honda CA, I worked as a carpenter resurrecting barns and pursued my love for piano as I did a west coast tour with a blues band. I moved to Durango Colorado in 1992 raising two boys. We built a totally off the grid home and photo studio. The story about our land and my work as a photographer is detailed on my web site: www.grushkin.com.
Today I work primarily as a portrait photographer. Whether on location or in the studio, I strive to get to the heart of ones personality and capture that in a humble, candid, humoristic, reflective and honest way. My clients always appreciate the almost invisible way I conduct myself in a photo assignment, allowing the subject to guide the flow of images, as this photographer silently steals moments. I believe in simplicity in a photograph, the less elements the better.
Digital photography has expanded the range of tones and focus, beyond what the human eye and brain are used to seeing . My rule of thumb for budding photographers is to break a photo down to its simplest elements for its greatest impact. Shoot manual and bracket. And try, try, try not to keep looking at the back of the camera. That one amazing image might have crossed your lens while you were distracted.
I can be reached through e-mail, jonas@grushkin.com or Facebook: Grushkin Photography or at my studio: 970-259-2718. I am available for location work on a moments notice and would love to discover new personalities in unusual places for that creative spark!
I appreciate your time, hearing my story and my love for photography! I would love to hear from you!
Featured Photographer Of The Month: Stephanie Dubsky
Family Beach Portraits are my specialty. I am fortunate to have been born and grow up on Florida’s Southwest Coast where the beaches make a stunning backdrop for gorgeous portraits!
Portraits on the beach may look simple enough but are anything but. Besides the family dynamics which always keep portrait photographers on their toes, there are many other factors involved with creating memorable Family Beach Portraits.
First of course, is the light. We start around an hour before sunset for the “sweet light”’. A few clouds can soften the light and ad a more dramatic, colorful look. There are times, especially in the winter, where the sky is clear and the bright sun turns everyone’s skin orange! That’s where my studio light comes in to help fill shadows and balance the color a bit.
At sunset the light is changing by the second, and our set ups and camera settings need to continuously change as well.
Other challenges include: wind, sand, background people and beach furniture, thunderstorms, posing people on the sand (not everyone is that limber), and the one thing I won’t take chances with, lightning.
That is just the “photography” part of my work. There’s scheduling, advertising ,networking, post production, retouching, archiving, labs, shipping, finances, taxes, website maintenance, festivals, social media, bookkeeping, emails, phone calls, studio maintenance, camera and computer updates and maintenance and continuous education.
I created my company in 2006 and it has been my fulltime job for over eight years. I now have three part time employees. One thing that help keeps me motivated is the positive feedback I receive from my clients. As much as I love my work, I do make time to relax or play! It’s all about balance.
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Contact Information
Stephanie Dubsky 941-587-9869
Stephaniedubsky@gmail.com
Specials
I have a half price session brochure which works alongside of my business card.
I offer a 20% discount off all of my Prints, Wall Portraits and Canvas Gallery Wraps when ordered within a week.
Areas of coverage
My area of coverage includes Longboat Key, Lido Key, Venice Beach, all of Anna Maria Island and the famous Siesta Beach.
