Matt's photography and new websites.

Matt's been busy. For the past few months he's been obsessed (in a good way) with his photography. Over that time he's probably spent hundreds of hours learning anything he could to get better (I always thought he was pretty good already) and it's paid off.

He's been shooting for a few clients and those have turned into potential future clients but he needed a way to show potential clients his photography as well as put forth a professional brand. He also needed to show he's a serious photographer and not just another guy with a nice camera.

After quite a bit of work he's finally launched mattshumate.com. This is a splash page that links to his specific websites. It has the bonus of being an easy website to remember ("Hey what's matt shumate's web address? That's easy, mattshumate.com." "What about his email address? That's easy too. It's matt@mattshumate.com").

He's also launched a blog that he'll update with what he's taking pictures of, things he's designing, info about specific shoots, and other stuff too. He has as few posts up now explaining what he's been up to for the past few months and why. He's not really happy with just using a template for it, but the important thing was it had to get done fast. It's an easy website to remember too. It's blog.mattshumate.com. Remember to add it to your favorites or sign up for notifications.

Most importantly he's designed, built, and launched his photography website, photo.mattshumate.com (see, I told you he's been busy). This is a portfolio of his photography work for clients. He says it's a little thin so far, but I don't know what he expects for only a few months of serious photography.

Jump over and take a look at his work.

This is where you come in. Right now Matt wants to really make his portfolio shine so he needs models that would be willing to get their pictures taken. He says what he needs most is families, young couples, and teenagers for outside photo shoots. If you'd like some high quality, extremely creative photography in your life, taken for free, send matt an email, send him a message on his contact page, or leave a reply here. He says he'll do this until he gets his portfolio as full as he'd like to have it or he runs out of time. Also, feel free to pass this on to others you know that might fit the bill and need some great photos.

He'd love to know what you think of his new venture.