Hello photography enthusiasts, and others! My name is Jessica Hirschmann and I am one of the founders and curators of Long Island Photo Gallery.  This is my first blog entry.  For some I reason had a feeling that I should write an entry for this month. So, here we go...

Wanted to give a quick shout out to Long Island Photo Gallery's top selling artists for October, 2010. Joanne Henig with 8 Steve O'Day with 5 Brian Sheahan with 2 The following artists also had sales in October: Jim Dohms Joe Cubiotti Jessica Hirschmann Mike Stein Jim Cook Debra Moody...

We spent the better part of last week focused on Long Island Photo Gallery. We kicked off a new season of photography networking with our annual meeting on September 22, 2010. Great turn out and great ideas. (See previous post) Then we bought a booth and displayed our fine art...

Do you have a little voice inside your head that steers you away from your photography goals? If you've tried and failed to reach your photography goals in the past, negative thoughts may be what's holding you back. Try this 1 -2 - 3 approach for success. First, you need...

The 2010 annual meeting was a huge success. I am humbled by the experience. Who knew a year ago that we would be able to assemble 10 Long Island Photographers in one room and get them to discuss their personal photography goals, their collective desire to see Long Island Photo...

Congratulations to June's Long Island Photo Gallery's Framed Art Giveaway winner - Doreen Snyder! July's giveaway going on NOW! Sign up to WIN July's Giveaway!

Portraits, fashion, editorial, landscapes, documentary, conceptual - all of these genres, and others not named, are open for consideration. Prints should take whatever form they need to in order to represent the continuum of tones, including gray tone, warm tone, cool tone, sepia, or other monochromes that comprise your photographs....

This little group of ours has gone from a 'good idea' to a real 'community with opportunity'! Congratulations to Debra Moody, Jessica Hirschmann and Joanne Henig!  All three Long Island Photo Gallery members have had their fine art photography chosen by the SheltAir Corporation to be on permanent display at...

Worldwide Photography Gala Awards benefiting Save the Children is calling for entries from photographers around the world. Enter for your chance to win WPGA 2010 Professional Photographer of the Year, US$ 5,000 cash prize, WPGA Amateur Photographer of the Year, US$ 3,000 cash prize, or WPGA 2010 Emerging Talent of the Year, US$...

On May 8th, 2010 Long Island Photo Gallery members and their guests will be taking a photography field trip to the Vanderbilt Estate Museum in Centerport, Long Island. According to the VanderbiltMuseaum.org website, the mansion has 24 rooms and its original construction was designed by the same architectural firm that...

Spring has officially sprung and with it flower beds around Long Island are beginning to show signs of color.  It's early yet, but soon beautiful flowers will be in bloom everywhere.  Flowers make great subjects and are highly sought after as fine art.  Want to get that winning shot? Here's...

Long Island Photo Gallery, the LI photography "Community With Opportunity",  is on a positive roll.  Please join us in welcoming Tommy Brunhuber and Edward Mooney to our group. Tommy Brunhuber explains, "My “career” as a photographer is still very much in its infancy and I am by no means a professional, but I...