Since I've posted a whole series of stock photo blogs, I thought I'd share with you three of the photographers whom I consider some of the most successful and talented out there. They are people whom I admire, who inspire me to be more creative, try harder, do better. Obviously there are TONS out there, but these are just the ones I've met, stumbled across, experienced, bought from, etc.

Gianna Stadelmyer (known prior to last year as Jan Stadelmyer)

Gianna has one of THE most creative stock photography minds I've ever known. And the fact that she flawlessly executes her ideas just makes me admire her more. Here are some of my favorites of hers. I've seen her concepts copied (ie - "ideas stolen") time and time again, which is just a shame, but I guess that falls under the old "Sincerest form of flattery" thing or something. Either way, she is, in my opinion, a creative genius. And a heck of a nice person, too.






















































Jostein Hauge

Joss is a nice guy. I don't know him really well, but the times I've communicated with him, he's been really down to earth and humble and funny. Well, he's Canadian, so what else would you expect, right? Here are some of my favorites of Joss' work:












































Andrzej Burak (abu)

I'm going from memory regarding his full name. He's not someone I know personally, and it's nearly impossible for me to choose just a few of his images, but I'm going to try. He is, in my opinion, one of iStock's top photographers (he probably does much, much more than this) - he's one of those "so far above me" type photographers, but I still find his work incredibly inspiring!
















































So, hope this gives you a little taste of who's out there doing what, and the types of things that inspire me, and the level of quality to which I aspire.

I'm not there yet .. but I'm working on it! :)