My friend and oh-so-talented illustrator, Christy Schneider, tagged me on her blog last night. I’m honored that she listed me among her favorite reads and will now, in turn, share some of mine.

In no particular order:

Bruce L. Snell — Yeah, he’s my brother. But he’s a darned talented photographer, too. Mostly portrait and wedding work but I think he can shoot pretty much anything he sets his mind to.

Doug Stremel — I’ve known and worked with Doug for quite a few years now but he’s just recently rediscovered his love for photography. You’d never know it looking at his work. The guy’s got a great eye and makes it look like he’s been shooting for a lifetime.

Montreal Photo — The photo blog of Julien Roumagnac. I’ve been following this one for awhile. Stunning images and a really great presentation as well.

Daily Walks — Diane Varner’s photo blog is an inspiration. She has a way of taking the most ordinary objects and making them art. I love her color sense as well.

One Floor Up — I guess I’d call this an industrial design blog but it’s filled chock full of beautiful, modern stuff. Stuff I want.

Drawn — Tons of great illustration related posts. Makes me wish I could draw. (Okay, maybe everyone can draw… to some degree. It makes me wish I could draw better.)

Jonny Crossbones — If you’ve been reading my blog for awhile, you’ll know that I’m a big fan of the old Tintin comics. Jonny Crossbones is a strip created by cartoonist Les McClaine in a similar style.

Design Sponge — Tons of cool design and decor stuff here.

There are many more blogs that give me inspiration but that’ll have to do for now. I still need to pack since I’m leaving early tomorrow morning for the first of two back-to-back shoots. In case I don’t have time — or a connection — to post while I’m away, here’s an oldie from my South Korea trip to tide you over. I’ve been pulling images for an upcoming story and hope that the photo editor will agree that this could make a great cover shot. The contrast of the old and new? You can never go wrong with that. Or, as another stock shooter once told me, any shot with a flag in it. Two flags are even better. Maybe I can Photoshop one into this shot…