Amber Wilburn Photography

Wedding & Corporate Photography

Amber Wilburn is a Metro Atlanta-based photographer specializing in corporate events and weddings. Her style is clean, creative, intelligent and photojournalistic.

Amber knows that every event conveys a message; each wedding creates a memory. Her work is infused with the unique story and personality of each client, threaded seamlessly through frames of vibrant color orclassicblack and white. Every message delivered with clarity. Each memory evoked for a lifetime.

Clients love Amber for her warm personality, impressivework ethic, and unique point of view. She believes that photographybuilds enduring legacies, whether through perfect family photos or corporate images.

Amber earned an undergraduate degree in Spanish, with concentrations in religious studies and fine art, from Mercer University. She also holds a Masters Degree in Theological Studies from Vanderbilt Divinity School.

Amber credits some of her perspective to several years spent between degree programs as an Americorps volunteer in southern Colorado, where she worked with undocumented families as a case manager and nonprofit marketing assistant. After obtaining her Masters, Amber gained valuable experience as a Director of Communications and Marketing at a Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce before starting Amber Wilburn Photography and AMM Designs, a design company

Straw Hat Press Linocut Poster Making | The Goat Farm, Atlanta

03.05.13 Personal

My friend Cati is quite the creative. Truly, she has both the crafty side (You know, the I-make-hand-made-custom-screen-printed- Christmas- wrapping- paper-with-those-trendy-cute-arrows) to her other high art side: the deeply trained Brooks School of Photography. So when her birthday came around this year (Feb.15th), I decided it would be rad to do something local and creative together and hopefully a bit unique. I just wasn’t sure where to look for such an ambiguous activity fitting those very ambiguous descriptors in a sea of creative options in Atlanta.

But like most all great finds in my life, one thing lead to another and my answer was a step away.
A friend had randomly invited me to go hear some music at the Goat Farm.
While scoping the venue’s page for details on the artist, I found
instead this amazing Valentine’s Day Special for Straw Hat Press!
A 2 Hour Private Workshop for couples (platonic pals and besties too)Straw Hat Press is a printmaking workspace located within the Goat Farm. It was started by a group of friends and classmates at SCAD-Atlanta — Laura Cleary, Shaun McCallum, and Ashley Schick. We had the chance to meet all three of these lovely people but worked closely with Ashley. Ashley is patient, funny and a great instructor.

We were given a block and had to trace the image. You rub chalk on the back of the image you selected, flip it over on the block and by pressing deeply with a pencil, the lines you’ll use as guides appear on the gray surface. From there, you sketch out your image and carve out the design.

The bird (above) is a great example of the types of lines you can create in varying thickness. You have to work with the block not against, as Ashley says. There are interchange parts you carve with – some create deep grooves. AND – It’s reverse of what you think – the places you want to be sans ink need to be carved out. I found it required a lot of concentration not only to keep the negative space element in mind but also to cut lines that small with the carving tools. As you can see, we all have our deep in concentration faces on.

I chose an image from photographer, Lois Greenfield. After studying abroad in Seville, Spain, I still connect with the traje de flamenca most especially in red. I’ve always loved the intensity of reds and it’s symbolism of courage and passion. It’s no secret if you know me that I also highly fancy and will one day wear one of Vera Wang’s red wedding gown collection.

Cati chose a portrait she had taken of her dog, Reggie (see #reggiepants) and her brother’s dog, Callie. Cati is a amazing with dogs and is working on a series of portraits that great. Yes, Callie is wearing real pearls below. I think Cati should do a series around “The Dogs of Atlanta.” Could be really fun, I think.

Just FYI, this space was FREEEEEZING. See the tiny space heater next to the computer? We kept warming up our flats on it. The building is partially underground and with the concrete floors and brick walls, it’s frigid. I would seriously wear boots and layers.

After you have sufficiently carved, you get to a place where you want to test it and get a feel for what else needs to come out of the design. Cati inking up.

You place the block on the press and the paper goes on top of it followed by a soft fabric that mitigates the impact as it goes through.

The image actually prints on the reverse side that it is carved. I was really pleased with how it turned out. Going through it once, I feel like I have a better understanding of the process and would love to try it again. Ashley said they are offering group classes later this spring!

Straw Hat Press

Fine Art Printmaking
at the Goat Farm Arts Center
Studio LMR-1, Building B-8
1200 Foster Street
Atlanta GA 30318

www.strawhatpress.com

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Sage + Alex | Pine Mountain, Georgia

03.04.13 Weddings

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Seaside, Florida | 30A

10.20.12 Personal, Travel

Photographs are like fingerprints. Tiny traces of where I have stood and reminders of what was. Subtle things never forgotten and as strange as it sounds, I often remember what I was wearing what lies just outside each frame. On a theological level, photography often makes me ponder the memory of God and nothing is forgotten, not even the slight detail.

The quietness of this Sunday afternoon in May lingers. ArtQuest had packed up only blue skies and leisure were to be had after Emily and Jay’s wedding.

Nestled between Panama City Beach and Destin, Seaside is actually quite famous. It is one of the first cities in America designed on the principles of new urbanism, yes, whatever that means officially since my knowledge of architecture and design is, well, nonexistent . From what I read it’s really about walkable neighborhoods and the ease of living in a way that makes more practical and livable sense.

Regardless, the town has become the topic of slide lectures in architectural schools and in housing-industry magazines, and is visited by design professionals from all over the United States. It was also the location for the Truman Show. Here are a few of my walking around Seaside shots. Real cam mixed with iPhone. It’s a great place to visit and relax.