High Impact Mom

To start the New Year of Mom-biz Features, I have the honor and pleasure of introducing you to a dear friend and uber talented photographer, Mishelle Lane.  Mishelle took the photographs featured on all of my SM avatars and here on my About page.  She’s an amazingly sweet woman, a fabulous mom, and an enormously talented photographer.

Mishelle attributes much of her recent work (with AJ Wright, Tide’s Loads of Hope, and the UL Tweetup) from social media including Twitter and blogging. She is looking forward to expanding her reaching in 2010 by working with more companies to document their events.

What better way for you to learn more about Mishelle and her photography and writing than to “hear it” from her!

“I’ve been a photographer for as long as I can remember.  It’s always been something that I have excelled at, and sure it started with a child’s fascination with her mother’s Polaroid camera, but now it’s become a business venture driven by passion.” ~Mishelle Lane

Photography

“Mishelle Lane Photography was started in 2009.  Slowly and steadily it has

lifted off the ground.  I do everything from family portraiture to event photography, although the latter is my absolute favorite these days.  There’s a rush I feel when swirling around an event, being on the outside looking in, documenting the activities.

Here’s a run down of my photography experience:

-Photographer at Sears Portrait Studios for over seven years, including working in a managerial position

-Photo Blogger at Secret Agent Mama {a finalist in the 2009 Weblog Awards} & Mishelle Lane Photography Blog

-Official Blissdom’09 Photographer in Nashville, TN

-Professional Portfolio can be found at Mishelle Lane Photography and on Flickr

-Photography featured on Dress Barn Facebook Fanpage from VIP at Type-A Mom Conference, Asheville, NC

-Photographer:  AJWright Grand Opening in Austell, GA

-Photographer: UL Safety at Home Tweet Up in Chicago, IL

-Photographer, Blogger: Tide Loads of Hope New Orleans, LA

-I also have public speaking experience about photography:  Blissdom 2009 and Type A Mom Conference 2009.  This February I will be leading a Photography Workshop at Blissdom 2010.

Besides being an amazing photographer Mishelle is an avid and prolific writer. With all that she does I don’t know when she finds time for herself!

Writing

Along with being a photographer, I am also a writer:

-Contributor on Aiming Low
-Contributor at Photo Bliss on Blissfully Domestic
-Contributor on The Home School Post
-Contributor on The Picture’s Story
-Affiliated with The Sister Project
-Honorary Sister on the Shutter Sisters Blog
-Featured on Blog Nosh Mag
-Published in The Mother Letter Project: Mother’s Day Special
-Published in Issue 1 of Around Zine: The Homeschooling Lifestyle Zine

In a nutshell, I’m a Macedonian/American daughter, wife of 14 years, mother of four, professional photographer, writer, and sister-friend to many. I’m also a self proclaimed coffee snob, and have home schooled our children their entire lives (currently using Georgia Virtual Academy’s K12 curriculum for our 6th, 5th, and 3rd graders.) I reside, with my family, north east of metro Atlanta, and am also a big time lover of music!

In my camera bag you will find:

Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Canon 24-70mmL USM f/2.8
Canon 50mm USM f/1.4

Canon EOS Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

Canon Speedlite 580EX II

& batteries, extension tubes, and filters, oh my!”

I hope you’ll grab a cuppa coffee head over to Mishelle’s photos and get lost in her talent and then lose your self in her mastery of words…few of us are good at one thing, it is extremely rare to find someone as talented as Mishelle.

If you’re looking for a talented, ethical, and fantastic all around person to shoot your next event, contact Mishelle today!

Be sure to follow Michelle on Twitter too! She’ll brighten your news feed!