» Admired by Beckstead - Who, me?

May 01, 2009

I just received word that David Beckstead (one of American Photo’s Top 10 Wedding Photographers) selected one of my photographs to place in the recent competition over at Pictage. The photo was an image I captured up in Lynchburg, Virginia at a wedding inside Snidow Chapel on the campus of Lynchburg College. I’ve included additional details on the behind-the-scenes magic after the jump.

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» More fans than a New Kids concert

May 01, 2009

Are you wasting your sweet, precious life away on Facebook? Me, too! I don’t have a solution to your facebooking addiction, but I do have the answer to make it worse. Here’s a link to the Justin Hankins Photography page on Facebook. (Woo-hoo! Vanity!) You don’t have to be a friend to view the page, so click through, become a fan, check out my most recent work, do a dance, I don’t care. It’s facebook. You can do whatever you want. And for those of you who aren’t on facebook, ignore this message and take a moment to thank the good Lord that you haven’t been swayed by the sirens of such evil temptation.

» Cherry Blossom Festival Portraits

Mar 20, 2009

I’ll be spending the week of this year’s peak bloom photographing couples during the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington DC. If you’re in the DC area, or up for a little drive, please contact me now to schedule your session between April 5 and April 12. My weekends are nearly full already, so please contact me soon. Otherwise, I still have several openings throughout the week when the crowds are much more manageable. Cherry Blossom engagement photos are generally the most common request, but families and married couples are certainly welcome as well! Please visit my information page for more details.

» HR Mag Bridal Show - 2/22

Feb 13, 2009

Just a head’s up: I’ll be showcasing at the Hampton Roads Magazine Peninsula Bridal show on February 22 up in Hampton. Directions and information are available on HR Mag’s bridal show website. This will be my final show for the spring, so if you haven’t come out to see me in-person yet, or you’d like to take a second look, this is your last chance.

» WPPI 2009 in Vegas

Feb 13, 2009

I’m packin’ up the goods and heading to Vegas for the annual Wedding and Portrait Photographers International (WPPI) convention. The convention is attended and produced by the best wedding and portrait photographers in the world, and it’s always such a rewarding, humbling experience to be around so many talented individuals. This will be my third year in a row, and the first time I’ll be joined by such a huge contingency of my local photographer friends. (Which is pretty cool in it’s own right – the country has several little pockets of talented groups, and it’s great to see our area getting some big-time recognition.) Last year I shot an incredible wedding at the Flamingo the weekend before the convention, and by the end of my 10+ days of Vegas, my head was mush from the incessant sound of slot machines. Hopefully I’ll be able to get in and get out without too much damage this year!