In Range

If you need a how-to for creating chic candle centerpieces, you'd look no further than Martha Stewart Weddings. If you want to know "his number one secret sex wish," you'd turn to Cosmo (though I'd recommend just asking). And, if you want to learn about the latest lenses, post-processing platforms and the industry's most innovative shooters, you turn to Rangefinder Magazine. Published monthly, it is professional photography's largest trade publication with an subscription list of more than 60,000.

In late 2008, fellow Maine wedding photojournalist Emilie Sommer, of emilie inc., asked me if I'd be willing to write and submit her story for content consideration. I happily agreed, and on a gusty November afternoon, we met in her Congress Street studio for an indepth interview about her evolution from a little girl playing shop to a grown woman now running several of them (her photography studio, a nonprofit that benefits breast cancer research called the Pink Initiative and an annual Roots Workshop photojournalism workshop held on Cape Cod).

Without warning, the article appeared in latest issue of the magazine, which is fittingly focused on the wedding photography industry, and is additionally distributed to the 15,000 or so photographers who I joined last week in Las Vegas for WPPI (much, much, much more on that later). While some details have developed in the 15 months since we submitted the story (Roots Workshop, which I actually attended in 2008, is now in its third year, for example), Emilie's story and vision remains true.

The Rangefinder piece was actually my second published this month. Also last week, the Winter 2010 edition of the Maine Public Relations Journal came out, and an article I wrote on the value of marketing and public relations professionals being involved in nonprofits was featured on the front page. You can read that article here. Far before I found photography, storytelling through words was my true love, and it's always a delight to discover opportunities that allow me to continue to pursue that passion, with pen or picture.

You can see a few screen shots of the five-page spread below, or read the article in its entirety by clicking here. Congratulations, Emilie!




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