About Jeff:
Columbia, SC, wedding photographer Jeff Blake was a photojournalist at The State newspaper in Columbia, SC for four years and a professional newspaper photojournalist for eleven years. He served in 2009 as the President of the South Carolina News Photographer Association. Blake graduated from the University of Georgia in 1998 with a major in newspaper journalism and an emphasis in photojournalism. He followed an internship at the Macon Telegraph by working for seven years as a staff photojournalist at The Athens (Ga.) Banner-Herald.
Columbia, SC, wedding photographer Jeff Blake was a photojournalist at The State newspaper in Columbia, SC for four years and a professional newspaper photojournalist for eleven years. He served in 2009 as the President of the South Carolina News Photographer Association. Blake graduated from the University of Georgia in 1998 with a major in newspaper journalism and an emphasis in photojournalism. He followed an internship at the Macon Telegraph by working for seven years as a staff photojournalist at The Athens (Ga.) Banner-Herald.
How to Contact Jeff:
If you like what you see, contact me today-dates are booked very fast.
If you like what you see, contact me today-dates are booked very fast.
To inquire about availability or to schedule a meeting,
email or call wedding photographer Jeff Blake at
Jeff@ColumbiaWeddingPhotos.com or 803-354-2128.
Dates reserved by retainer on a first come, first serve basis.
Blake has photographed Super Bowls, the last five U.S. presidents, The Final Four, numerous bowl games, major league baseball, and countless major and minor news events. In addition to his newspaper staff positions, he has free-lanced for Sports Illustrated, ESPN The Magazine, USA Today, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Parade Magazine and many other nationally recognized publications.
Over the past six years, he has won awards for First Place Sports Photo of the Year five times; Second Place Sports Photo of the Year twice; First Place Photo Illustration of the Year three times; a First Place and Third Place Sports Feature Photo of the Year; a First Place Feature Photo of the Year; and a Second Place and two Third Place Spot News Photos of the Year, in the year-end contests held by the Southern News Press Association, the Georgia Press Association, the South Carolina News Photographer Association, the South Carolina Press Association and the Associated Press.
Blake is an active member of the Wedding Photojournalist Association, the Digital Wedding Forum, WedFog, WeDJ.com, the National Press Photographer Association, the South Carolina News Photographer Association, the South Carolina Press Association and Sports Shooter. He also was a photojournalism instructor for three years at the annual Georgia Journalism Academy, a high school journalism summer camp held at the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. He was a featured speaker at the 2006 Southern Short Course in News Photography and the 2006 Georgia Press Association photo workshop.
Over the past six years, he has won awards for First Place Sports Photo of the Year five times; Second Place Sports Photo of the Year twice; First Place Photo Illustration of the Year three times; a First Place and Third Place Sports Feature Photo of the Year; a First Place Feature Photo of the Year; and a Second Place and two Third Place Spot News Photos of the Year, in the year-end contests held by the Southern News Press Association, the Georgia Press Association, the South Carolina News Photographer Association, the South Carolina Press Association and the Associated Press.
Blake is an active member of the Wedding Photojournalist Association, the Digital Wedding Forum, WedFog, WeDJ.com, the National Press Photographer Association, the South Carolina News Photographer Association, the South Carolina Press Association and Sports Shooter. He also was a photojournalism instructor for three years at the annual Georgia Journalism Academy, a high school journalism summer camp held at the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. He was a featured speaker at the 2006 Southern Short Course in News Photography and the 2006 Georgia Press Association photo workshop.
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