Petra Hall can do it faster. :)

Our assignment series runs every couple of months and is open to all photographers, professional, semi-pro and amateur. In our assignment series this month, we asked participants to illustrate “Me at Work”. We had some very creative self-portrait entries. Some serious, some not so serious. :) Below are our selections for the most creative entries, but [...]

What do you get when you combine eight gorgeous women with six luxurious and eclectic bedrooms in a stupendous vacation rental placed at the top of a winding road in the mountains of western Maine? Shootstyle found out. An incredible last minute opportunity was dropped in our laps to shoot at Ski Esta. We used [...]

We all shoot photos of details at weddings, but what do you do with them? My albums open with a page of details in a grid near the start of the album. These nifty visual souvenirs tell a story of the day without using people. It is a great way to get many of those [...]

Michele Stapleton, a Maine wedding photojournalist, started out as journalism major following the pre-law path her mother wanted her to pursue. She took all of the standard journalism classes and the single photojournalism class the school offered. This class changed everything for her. She bought her first Nikon for her last semester and says “I [...]

Coming soon to a wedding near you!

I’ve been thinking about collaboration lately. A big part of why I am involved with ShootStyle is I feel like by collaborating with other creative artists, I am able to be much greater than I am by myself. Last week Stacey Doyle came up to shoot a Deanne and Thorton’s wedding in Northport, Maine with [...]

Many photographers prefer that their brides have a professional make-up artist. Personally, I can barely tell the difference between professional make-up and the do-it-yourself variety. To me, pretty isn’t on the surface. Pretty is your smile with your soul poking through. It’s not for everyone, but if you are a woman who wants to be [...]

~Andree

Stacey Doyle came up to second shoot a wedding in Maine last week and got stuck with me in a Hurricane. The couple had decided on an outdoor wedding with the only shelter from the storm being a tent. The couple and their guests were a hearty bunch, and rolled with the raindrops. They slipped [...]