Who’s Who: The Key Players of the Wedding and Portrait Industry
March 4, 2014
Leah Macdonald, Album and bookmaking maven
Leah Macdonald. © Elizabeth Messina
Leah Macdonald (last profiled in our March 2012 issue) is someone we are still getting to know. Lately she has received even more attention with her company Bliss Books. With a fine-art background in oil painting, mixed media, beeswax and wedding photography, Macdonald started Bliss Books after getting commissioned to make a limited-edition artist portfolio book in 2008. Since then, she likes to involve the customer in as much of the creative bookmaking process as possible, and everything, from the painting to the book-binding, is created by hand.
© Elizabeth Messina
Lee Morris. © Jerrit Pruyn
Patrick Hall. © Lee Morris
Though they met while working at a camera store together, friends and business partners Lee Morris and Patrick Hall were apparently destined for videography and wedding photography (Morris and Hall have their own wedding photo businesses—R.L. Morris Weddings and Patrick Hall Weddings, respectively).
The Charleston, SC-based duo were on their way to an overseas wedding when they decided to make Fstoppers.com—a URL Morris had bought a ways back—a hub for photographers interested in behind-the-scenes videos and tutorials. One of their recent videos, a four-hour Peter Hurley how-to called “The Art Behind the Headshot,” has garnered quite a bit of attention, though Fstoppers also features shorter tutorials and insider videos on a daily basis as well.
Myra Callan, Apparel adornment artiste
Myra Callan. © Elizabeth Messina
Myra Callan is the creative mind behind Twigs & Honey, a bridal accessory company that makes jewelry, belts, shrugs, hair adornments (like the one shown above) and more. Using old and modern millinery craft-making techniques—hand-dyeing, petal-pressing and feather-curling, etc.—Callan has spearheaded a whimsical vintage style that promises to accentuate any woman’s best features. Her Twigs & Honey line, founded in 2008, has been featured in over 100 different magazines, including Real Simple, Martha Stewart Weddings, Brides and The Knot, and it was chosen for commission by Ann Taylor.
© Elizabeth Messina
Damian Battinelli, Composite King
Damian Battinelli. © Damian Battinelli
© Damian Battinelli
Scott Kelby, Photo software savant
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Scott Kelby. © Peter Hurley
Scott Kelby is a longtime major figure of the digital photography world. As the editor and publisher of Photoshop User Magazine, training director for the Adobe Photoshop Seminar Tour, president of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, and CEO of Kelby Media Group, he has taken his extensive knowledge of photo software and translated it into bestselling books (including the acclaimed The Digital Photography Book, Part 1) and workshops to help others interested in honing their post-production skills.
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