Bess Blackburn Photography

10/23/2021

sunrise: a series

07/11/2021

Dreamy fountain shots ✨

10/15/2020

This summer, I shot and edited videos for Claremont Institute Senior Fellow and Boise State University Professor, Dr. Scott Yenor's newly released book, The Recovery of Family Life. It is a commentary on the relationship of the family and state and what should be done in terms of public policy in the coming years.

I am so grateful that I was able to collaborate with Dr. Kevin E. Stuart of Austin Institute, my mentor and friend Dr. Jennifer S Bryson, and the talented folks at Phaedo Creative.

Click the link below to see this promotional video which introduces to the key ideas of the book. On the same YouTube channel, you can find short summaries of each chapter of the book which I shot and edited as well!

The Recovery of Family Life by Scott Yenor combines a focus on first principles with practical advice for lawmakers about how to change the current anti-fami...

06/25/2020

We’ve been shooting in Boise, Idaho this week to promote a forthcoming book from Baylor University press! Boise is a beautiful town full of desert hills, green trees, nice folks and wonderful [ice cream potato] desserts. 🥔✨📸 @ Boise, Idaho

06/15/2020

Sweet Summer Time is here to stay! 🦄 ☀️
What are your favorite ways to kick back in the dog days of summer?

06/10/2020

Something old, something new. Something borrowed, something blue.

Here are some of our favorite portraits from the beautiful wedding of Sarah Katheryn Jones Peed & Lucas Peed in October, 2019.

04/23/2020

Happy Birthday to William Shakespeare, master of the pen. He told stories that still capture the imagination of the English language. Good photography is to the eye what good poetry is to the soul. So, today honors the Bard and his imagination.

This photo is of his boyhood home in Stratford-upon-Avon.

04/01/2020

I had the privilege of directing and editing this short documentary about Avoca Museums & Historical Society last spring. Special thanks to Mike Hudson for giving me the opportunity, and to my friends Sarah Katheryn Jones Peed, Lucas Peed John Kebles III for being excellent actors and actresses!

Please give this film a watch! 👀🎥

03/01/2020

“Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all to short a date...” Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18
Flora Anglia• A Series 🇬🇧 @ England

10/17/2019

Dress to impress and be sure to book your head shots soon! ✨

08/04/2019

Still wonderstruck by these shots with this gorgeous friend.

07/24/2019

Did you know Bess Blackburn Photography has a website?
Check it out:
https://bess39.wixsite.com/mysite