Meet Barb
Hi! I am Master Photographer Barb Gordon and I understand how difficult it can be to be in front of a camera. If you want to get portraits you will love, call me, I know how to help you be your best. You are the key to a great portrait and you will be coached, educated, and comfortable so you can enjoy the Gordon Photography Experience.
Reflecting on some of the photo sessions I have had throughout my 25 plus years in this wonderful art, I am so grateful. I have worked with hundreds of newborn babies and nervous new parents. I am now photographing some of my past high school senior client’s children. And as it comes full circle when I know I am recording the last photograph a person will have taken. It is such a privilege to be a part of so many families. It is an honor to do something so meaningful and priceless for people.
My favorite part of the photographic process is the unveiling. My reward is seeing the expressions, tears, excitement, and the connection people have with each other. If I can boost someone’s self esteem, enhance their home with artful images, capture relationships and wrap it up in a memorable experience-I’m a happy artist.
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I am an internationally published and award winning photographer, entrepreneur, speaker, and writer.
- Master Photographer-with PPA
- Photographic Craftsman-with PPA
- Certified Professional Photographer -with PPA, less than 4% of the 20,000 members in 54 countries of PPA hold this mark of excellence.
- Photographic Business Degree: Business Impact Zone of Iowa (BIZ)
- 2011 Graduate of the E-Myth Mastery Impact, Core Business Development Program
My most prestigious awards include:
- Photographer of the Year, Silver Level at PPA’s 2010 International Print competition.
- Iowa’s Master Photographer of the Year-2010
- Fuji Award 2010
- PPA Loan Collection 2010
- PPA Loan Collection 2006
- PPA Showcase 2003
- twice named Iowa’s Top Ten Photographer of the Year
I am a member of Professional Photographers of America International (PPA), Professional Photographers of Iowa (PPI) , Northeast Iowa Professional Photographers which I organized in 1990 and has served many offices.
I serve on the alumni board for the photography department for Hawkeye Community College where she graduated in 1985 with an AA degree in Portrait Photography.
I have been locally honored by YWCA Tribute to Women of Achievement 2001 and Advanced Entrepreneur of the Year 2003.
Portraits & Stories founder and photographer August of 2009. www.PortraitsAndStories.com
Also in August 2009 I launched www.BarbGordonPhotoCoach.com to reach out to photographers across the country who are looking for encouragement, inspiration, and mentoring in their photography careers.
The studio regularly hosts interns and job shadow students, photographs the Special Prom each year, and budgets for giving to missions.
