Hello everyone! I hope you had a great Christmas spending quality time with your friends and loved ones. This was the first year spent without my Grandmother who passed in April so it was a bit of an adjustment for us, but we are in good spirits and looking forward to 2010! I have decided...
Yearly Archives: 2009
The empty tin watering can sits proudly on my front porch, like the personal greeters at WalMart except far less intrusive and much more visually stimulating. Not to say anything negative about personal greeters at WalMart -the level of tolerance they must have in order to carry out such a task is enviable, and to...

Introducing Emily and Emmet! Their late October wedding ceremony started out with strong winds and a sky that suggested a storm. However, Love conquered in this case! Just as Jessica and I began to prepare for the couple-shots, the sun came out, the wind subsided, and we were able to get a little more adventurous....

They are FINALLY here! The raw preset collection that everyone has been buzzing about THE OLD WORLD PRESET COLLECTION! This set of 36 Presets (created for both Camera Raw and Lightroom users) is like no set you’ve seen before now. I literally spent months testing and tweaking to bring you the very first presets that...

I recently had the pleasure of working with one of Ohio’s up and coming makeup artists, the lovely miss Marla Aranda. Marla is based in Columbus, Ohio and does work for print, brides, and model portfolios. We snagged Shawnte and went to the studio for a fashion-style shoot to showcase Marla’s talent. I even got...
comfort discovered you, meunsuspectingsomething brushed against our soulswhispering familiar secretssinging softly about truth you were with meall this time I held onto youfrom miles awayI felt your hand in mineas it gripped the camerawhile my eyes looked through the lenswhile the rain insisted on my company;you were there. now comfort has discovered you, meunsuspectingwe withstood...
See more from my wedding portfolio, where I work as a team with Jessica Price: a l l u r a m o d e r n . c o m
The new photography studio will host its official opening next Saturday October 3, 2009! DAYTIME HOURS 11AM – 4PMThe day will be split up into two portions… the first half of the day is a casual exhibition where I will be handing out coupons, free artwork, and exhibiting unreleased works from my portfolio! EVENING “RED...
I am giving out 2 free samples from my up and coming Old-Fashioned Preset Collection, featuring a gorgeous, faded, slightly selectively-colored look with a modern edge. And you thought selective color was out of style! Not anymore You can obtain the samples FREE by joining thehideoutforum.com and going to the “Michelle Black’s Freebies” section of...








