Stephanie Robin ‘The Blog’

Oh my oh my…. some may wonder where exactly I’ve been lately as my response time for emails has not been wonderful.

Well the long and short of it is… I’ve been the subject of international interest. This past week I was fortunate enough to have been featured in a number of lovely articles run in the UK, one of which was presented in the UK Daily Mail in which information about me along with examples of my work were featured along with information and images from two other newborn photographers out of Nebraska currently publishing a book featuring newborn photography. Unfortunately, from there, several media and production mix ups occurred resulting in the use of my work in numerous Australian newspapers promoting this upcoming book, in which credit was given for my images to the other photographers. Obviously this was very distressing to me and I have been in the active processes of clearing up these mistakes.

Most recently, I have also been mentioned in the March 8th issue of In Touch Magazine within an article featuring the above mentioned photographers along with beautiful examples of their work and their upcoming book. The article, in fact, has listed me as an author…. so I feel a public note of clarification is in order.

For those of you visiting my site due to the recent media surrounding the articles in the UK Daily Mail or In Touch Magazine, I am not in any way affiliated with any other photographers whether in Canada or the US, I have no current affiliation to any publishers including Sellers Publishing, and though I have maintained a friendly relationship over the past few years with the photographers mentioned along with myself in the UK article as well as the In Touch article, I am in no way a colleague or associated author of their work. I feel very strongly about the fact that I do not wish to take ANY credit for work that is not my own.

I am proud of my skill and my portraits! All the work you have seen on my site and blog has been conducted in CANADA. That’s right people. I am a proud CANADIAN PHOTOGRAPHER. Everything I have done has been with my own two hands and the knowledge I’ve gained through my years working as a registered physiotherapist and Canadian Newborn Portraitist. Though I have been friendly with many professional photographers both domestically and abroad, I have never so much as attended any other photographer’s workshops or mentoring sessions and have learned everything through my own experiences, trials and tribulations. Again, I am proud of my skill and of my portraits and am so honoured to have had so much attention and enthusiasm surrounding my work as of late. I send much love to those in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Spain and the States amoung other countries who have emailed to express their accolades for my work and hope to inspire others in the field to continue to develop this very specialized area of photographic portraiture.

I also thank those media outlets who have continued to promote my work with due and proper credit and am so happy to have struck a chord with so many through my imagery. Your comments and support are so appreciated.

In closing, I would like to make mention of the many photographers worldwide who have expressed concern over the issues which occurred within the Australian press and whose emails both to myself and the papers to demand proper credit for my printed images are much appreciated. I am so so thankful to those whose moral compasses led them to fight for what is right and just. You’ve shown me that we truly are a community of artists working together!

Steph Robin xoxo.