"Lupine Cottage" June 20, 2012

Some people call it a "blog roll", others just say: links, but these are my sources of visual and emotional inspiration that I figured I'd round up for your perusal and enjoyment, and this is by no means a concise list, and I'll undoubtedly be updating it occasionally as I remember people who I've heartlessly forgotten. So bear with me if you don't see your name on the list, it doesn't mean I love you any less :)

Photographers classic:

Ansel Adams, who better than to start with. http://www.anseladams.com/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansel_Adams for his mastery of the darkroom: "the negative is the score, the print the performance."

Edward Weston http://www.edward-weston.com/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Weston I just love his still-life work of the peppers and the nudes and the nautilus'

Henri Cartier Bresson http://www.henricartierbresson.org/index_en.htm and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Cartier-Bresson decisively the father of street photography.

Alfred Eisenstaedt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Eisenstaedt a little guy in a very large photographers body.

and some of my favorite classic pictures by other artists: 

Charles C. Ebbets, 1932

Dorothea Lange, 1936

Joe Rosenthal, 1945

Harry Callahan, 1947

Herman Leonard of Dexter Gordon, 1948

Photographers contemporary:

Joel Meyerowitz http://www.joelmeyerowitz.com/ I fell in love with his "Cape Light" book before I made pictures. 

Jay Maisel http://www.jaymaisel.com/ nobody does color like Jay does.

Michael Kenna for his amazing long exposure work http://www.michaelkenna.net/

Michael Levin http://www.michaellevin.ca/

Moose Peterson http://www.moosepeterson.com/blog/

Joe McNally: Joe Rocks! http://portfolio.joemcnally.com/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_McNally

Zack Arias: best people shooter with a crazy giant goatee! http://zackarias.com/

David Simonton http://www.davidsimonton.com/about-this-site/2/

Frans Lanting http://www.lanting.com/ and the most amazing landscape of 2011 here:

Mitch Dobrowner http://www.mitchdobrowner.com/

John Paul Caponigro http://www.johnpaulcaponigro.com/

Joel Tjintjelaar http://www.bwvision.com/

Aaron Feinberg http://afeinbergphotography.com/

Frank Grisdale http://www.frankgrisdale.com/

Alexey Titarenko http://www.alexeytitarenko.com/

Jim Patterson http://jimpattersonphotography.com/

Ian Plant http://www.ianplant.com/blog/

Emerging Photographers:

Kah Kit Yoong http://www.magichourunplugged.com/

Kees Smans http://www.keessmans.com/

Hengki Koentjoro http://www.koentjoro.com/

Vassily Tangoulis https://plus.google.com/113212564798246057056/posts

Mike Shaw https://plus.google.com/102518365620075109973/posts and http://mikefshaw.blogspot.com/

Jared Polin (he's wicked funny!) http://jaredpolin.com/ and https://www.youtube.com/user/JaredPolin

Julia Anna Gospodarou https://plus.google.com/117455365995643899222/posts

Olivier Du Tre' http://www.olivierdutre.com/

Steve-Maxx Landeros https://plus.google.com/107407546116445953252/posts

Nathan Wirth http://www.nlwirth.com/

Thomas Hawk http://thomashawk.com/

Andy Brown http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrbuk1/

James Thornbrook http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesthornbrook/

Ryan Dyar http://www.ryandyar.com/

Brad Goldpaint http://goldpaintphotography.com/

Andy Lee https://plus.google.com/115492479555704154908/posts

Athena Carey http://www.athenacarey.com/

Russ Barnes http://russbarnes.co.uk/

Grant Murray http://www.createwithlightphotography.com/

Jeff Gaydash http://jeffgaydash.com/

Chris Friel http://www.chrisfriel.co.uk/

Peyton Hale http://www.rphphoto.com/

Photographers with crazy accents from down-under

Andrew Sanigorski https://plus.google.com/101711168415133898421/posts and http://studio121.com.au/

Todd Sisson https://plus.google.com/111402735079180150346/posts

Photographers who also live in Maine USA:

Moe Chen: his Maine imagery is almost better than mine! http://moechenphotography.com/

Jim Nickelson: this guy knows everything! http://56x56.com/blog/

Charlie Widdis http://charliewiddisphotography.com/ killer landscapes- Hey Charlie!

Robert Moran: fine art perfection http://www.robertmoran.com/ thanks for the tips Bob!

Christopher O'Donnell http://christopherodonnellphotography.com/

Photobloggers:

Joe McNally http://www.joemcnally.com/blog/

Scott Kelby http://scottkelby.com/

Guy Tal http://guytal.com/wordpress/ fantastic and always challenging photographic and art philosophy

Blake Andrews http://blakeandrews.blogspot.com/ COMMENTS FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHIC HINTERLANDS -

Zack Arias http://zackarias.com/blog/

John Paul Caponigro http://www.johnpaulcaponigro.com/blog/

Julieanne Kost http://blogs.adobe.com/jkost/

Petapixel http://www.petapixel.com/

Ian Plant http://www.ianplant.com/blog/

David duChemin http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/

Thomas Hawk http://thomashawk.com/

Other sources of inspiration:

Starbucks French Roast with some milk and sugar.Sophie Spiker: http://www.facebook.com/SophiaSpiker -Love ya sweetie! 

PBR: 

Acadia National Park: http://www.nps.gov/acad/index.htm (home sweet home)

My doggy Grover and Gus the cat and Andre (Soph's dog, not pictured cause he's kinda bashful):

Hot glass and the Perrins at Atlantic Art Glass in Ellsworth Maine: http://atlanticartglass.blogspot.com/

Weather http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/new-hampshire/weather-radar-rs

Alright that's it for now, like I said- I'll add to this list when I can remember what I'm forgetting. Have a good day and thanks for stopping by -Nate.