There are no shortcuts.

There have been a few students lately that I wanted to recognize for their effort. Britney McIntosh, Elliott Hess and Kasha Stevenson have been out shooting on a regular basis – almost all of which was not assignment generated – and have been making some very nice, thought provoking images while also building their portfolio. Like I have said over and over and over, the only way to get better is to put yourself out there with a camera in your hand and take some pictures. These three have been doing it and will eventually reap the rewards of building a sense of passion around their work.

Elliott Hess -

You can see more of Elliott’s work on his blog at www.elliotthess.wordpress.com.

Britney McIntosh –

You can see more of Britney’s work on her blog at www.captureamoment.wordpress.com

Kasha Stevenson –

Kasha doesn’t have a blog at the moment, but if she keeps shooting i’m sure more of her work will be appearing on this blog. Also, Kasha was runner up in the shoot out we had a few weeks ago at the strong man competition. Elliot Hess came in first and both get gift certificates to Chipotle for their effort.

Finally, I wanted to turn you guys on the a blog called A Photo Editor. The publisher is an editor at some major magazine, but won’t say which one so he can keep his job. His blog is a really good look at the inside of the photo world, and the people who send photographers on assignments and pay large sums of money for pictures. To get an idea on what level of photographers this guy works with, he send James Nachtwey on assignments.

To see his blog click HERE.

And last but not least, I wanted to end this post with a quote from the A Photo Editor Blog. I keep talking about effort and what it takes to get better and I thought this went along with that theme. work harder.