Apr 10, 2014 | Announcements, boudoir portraits, Personal
I think Tallahassee probably heard me screaming in excitement all the way from Atlanta! I entered images into the regional competition of the Southeastern Professional Photographers Association (SEPPA) and I earned some of my highest print competition scores ever! On top of that, the SEPPA competition is known to have some of the toughest judges around, so it makes the scores even sweeter!
Photographic print competition is one of the toughest, most humbling, most infuriating and best things I have ever done as a photographer. These competitions hold photographers to the absolute highest standards imaginable and they push you to be the best you can be behind the camera, in Photoshop and in your overall creativity. I have learned more from print competition than any other source in my photographic career.
At the SEPPA competition, I had two of my four images merit which is a huge success in itself! Most people that entered SEPPA did not fare so well. My entry “Entangled” scored an 83, which is a pretty high score for the tough SEPPA judges. Then, my image “Unwrapped” was judged and received a 94. I was in shock. This is the highest print score I have ever received and it came from such a hard panel of judges. It took two solid days before I could believe it was real!
I received the second highest score in Florida, and the eighth highest of all the entries from all thirteen states that are a part of SEPPA. I was only four points from the top score awarded at SEPPA this year of a 98. “Overjoyed” does not even begin to describe my happiness!
These achievements were not mine alone, though. These images are a result of the amazing people who have been my photographic mentors and peers. I am so lucky to have the guidance of some of the finest people in this industry. If you are a photographer or you want to be a photographer, then I strongly encourage you to join groups who can give you this guidance. For me, this was the Professional Photographers of America, the Florida Professional Photographers and the Tallahassee Professional Photographers Guild. Through these groups, I was able to learn and grow as a photographer and I was also able to connect with photographers who inspire me, challenge me and bring out the best in me. To them, I will be forever grateful and because of them, I will always be committed to giving back to the photographic community and paying forward what has been so graciously given to me.
“Unwrapped” 
“Entangled”
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Jan 24, 2014 | Announcements, boudoir portraits, Children's Portraits
Its a brand new year and last night was the first Tallahassee Professional Photographers Guild meeting of the year! It was a great evening with SO many awesome photographs entered in competition! I was so honored to win two categories of the three prints I entered! For January, I won for Portrait of a Man and also Portrait of a Child! Yea! Here are the winning images:
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Jan 6, 2014 | boudoir portraits
Just in time for Valentine’s Day! Boudoir Quickies are back! The $99 mini-boudoir sessions are all done in our Tallahassee studio on a white background. Session fee includes the studio session, retouching of all your final images and an in-studio order session for you to make your purchase decisions. Prints, albums and products are all available at our normal studio pricing! To reserve your session, email Linda@LongsPhotography.com or call 850.339.5799
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Dec 4, 2013 | Announcements, boudoir portraits, Children's Portraits, Personal, watch-me-grow portraits
I am super thrilled with the results of the November print competition with the Tallahassee Professional Photographers Guild! I was so honored that all four of the images I entered won their categories and I also won the overall Print of the Month with my Portrait of a Woman!
Portrait of a Woman and Overall Print of the Month:
Open/Illustrative: 
Portrait of Two:
Commercial:
Jul 10, 2013 | Announcements, boudoir portraits
Boudoir Quickies are back! Just $99 for a thirty minute portrait session with photographer Linda Long on a black background at the Long’s Photography studio. The $99 session fee covers your session time, full retouching of all the final images and an in-studio order consultation to make your purchase selections. Sessions are very limited– reserve yours before its too late! Call the studio at 850.339.5799 or email us to reserve your time!
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Apr 26, 2013 | Announcements, boudoir portraits, Children's Portraits, Family Portraits, Senior Portraits
Olyn and I competed in the Tallahassee Professional Photographers Guild monthly print competition last night and we are so excited to share the results! Olyn won for the category “Portrait of a Group”. I entered the maximum number of prints in the competition and I won for all of them! I won for: Commercial, Portrait of Two, Portrait of a Man and Portrait of a Woman. Most excitingly, I won the overall Print of the Month of the Month with my Portrait of a Woman.
So, here are the winning images!
Portrait of a Woman from Haley’s Glamour Photo Session:
Portrait of a Man from Tyler’s senior photo session:
Portrait of Two from the Charles Twins Ducks and Bunnies photo session:
Commercial home interior photography from the latest Tallahassee Home & Design Magazine shoot:
Portrait of a Group from the Maige family photo session at Dorothy B. Oven Park
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