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And if a day goes by without my doing something related to photography, it's as though I've neglected something essential to my existence, as though I had forgotten to wake up. I know that the accident of my being a photographer has made my life possible.
~Richard Avedon, 1970
![[day 17] laundry day](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3277/2809047737_d2e1f50517.jpg)
I am a 43 year old mother to a bunch of adult kids who seem to never plan to move out of my house and now a grandmother. I live in a 100+ year old farmhouse in rural Mississippi (OK A few miles from a town of 40,000) with an odd and ever changing assortment of animals and characters.
II am taking time off from full-time photography to.... well, to pursue photography. Confused yet? :-) I am moving from east central Mississippi to Little Rock, Arkansas and just not quite sure what path I want to pursue in the future. I'm taking time off from photography "work" to pursue photography "play". I am re-shooting my portfolio, getting more education, and exploring my options for the future. At the moment, I want to work on more conceptual work and less pretty girls dressed in "fashion" standing in front of a white backdrop. If you have a great concept for a shot, contact me! I'm willing to shoot tfp for all good ideas.
Summer 2010: I have decided to totally re-shoot my portfolio! I want my port to reflect my interest in conceptual work. I need models and stylists with some cool concepts for me to shoot. If there is something you have always wanted to see in your portfolio, send me an email and tell me about it. We'll both get some great new shots for our portfolios.
I really want to do some vintage pinup work with themes (sailor suits, military uniforms, etc), rockabilly, and STEAMPUNK!
Email me if you want to get in on the Summer portfolio shoots and get some new cool work in your portfolio. Rebecca.M.Benson@gmail.com
I am shooting in and around the Little Rock Arkansas area on a regular basis and around Meridian MS about one week a month. Email me for my schedule if you are interested.
Although photography is my primary preoccupation at the moment, I am also an eclectic artist. (That's a nice way for saying dabbler, right?) My real passion is designing and making jewelry. I work in hot glass, both fusing and lampwork bead making, and cold glass, as well as metal clay and most recently adding traditional metalworking (mostly silver, some copper) to my designs. I am also working on some pendants featuring my art photography set in sterling silver under clear glass-like resin.
I enjoy all sorts of crafty pursuits.... a little sewing, stained glass and china mosaics, digital scrapbooking, visual journaling, a little painting, remodeling and decorating my 100+ year old home, gardening, making soap and herbal concoctions, cooking and baking, and anything involving power tools!
Flickr is not my professional portfolio. Flickr is where I put the pictures that I shoot for fun. Pictures of butterflies and rainbows and my kids. Pictures of my cat and things that strike me funny over the course of the day and roadtrips.
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Contacts (434)
Groups (50)
- Four A Month 187 photos, 158 members
- Arkansas's Society of Photography: Feat. Models, Beauticians, C 15 photos, 9 members
- Brooke Shaden Workshop 278 photos, 261 members
- Interior Styling 6,533 photos, 3,717 members
- PRINT 4 PRINT 34 photos, 64 members
- Monster Children 44,899 photos, 2,811 members
- Carve your stamps 7,834 photos, 1,961 members
- Letterboxing 456 photos, 148 members
- tasra365 3,952 photos, 191 members
- The Greater Little Rock Camera Club 1,669 photos, 71 members
- Cheapshots: It's not what you use, but how you use it 1,114 photos, 41 members
- Lady Strobists 1,347 photos, 314 members
- Seamless & Cyc 5,550 photos, 2,070 members
- The Numbers Project 158 photos, 97 members
- Building a Senior Portrait Business 4,363 photos, 686 members
- Jackson Mississippi Photographers 723 photos, 45 members
- Recycled Art 11,146 photos, 1,087 members
- Metalicious 14,612 photos, 905 members
- steampunk 15,902 photos, 2,746 members
- Steampunk Italia 5 photos, 7 members
- Steampunk Leather 221 photos, 95 members
- The Steampunk Home 476 photos, 171 members
- iPhone 118,213 photos, 4,699 members
- St. Augustine 8,147 photos, 585 members
- Florida, USA 97,652 photos, 5,322 members
- Jacksonville Metro 2,567 photos, 206 members
- FLORIDA ☼ "The Sunshine State!" ☼ NO PEOPLE as Main Subjec 56,078 photos, 2,499 members
- Story People 3,304 photos, 712 members
- Little Rock 5,877 photos, 230 members
- Creative Toddler & Baby Photography 8,920 photos, 1,797 members
- Sew, Mama, Sew! 89,739 photos, 7,683 members
- The Long Thread 395 photos, 394 members
- Cult of The Rubber Duck 187 photos, 77 members
- S2000 4,160 photos, 595 members
- Over the Rainbows 214 photos, 106 members
- Figs 430 photos, 166 members
- My Necklace 1,394 photos, 157 members
- Portrait Photography Business 111,716 photos, 12,014 members
- English Smocking 503 photos, 94 members
- Christening Gowns 138 photos, 47 members
- s t i l l 17,837 photos, 1,556 members
- Inspiration Boards 3,675 photos, 4,260 members
- Original 1950s 6,995 photos, 1,153 members
- Simplify in '07 29 photos, 33 members
- Belly Gallery 5,558 photos, 1,231 members
- Suzuki Motorcycles 8,776 photos, 1,688 members
- One Strobe Pony 53,415 photos, 7,575 members
- GOYA - Get Off Your Arse 778 photos, 113 members
- OneLight Workshop Fans & Alumni 12,975 photos, 2,716 members
- Shutter Sisters 317,001 photos, 11,295 members
Testimonials (4)
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J Gilbert says:
"Rebecca gets well-deserved attention for her great wildlife photography, but she's a really fine photographer of all aspects of life. She's always capturing something interesting from the world around her. I wonder when she'll let us see some of what comes out of that great studio(/mind) of hers."
15th August, 2006
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catmadogma says:
"I have been looking back as approach the end of my first year on Flicker and one of the wonderful people I owe a thank you to is RebeccaB. I have learned so much from her wonderful photography. She is coming into her magic season and the world of dragonflies and butterflies she will open up to us is one I eagerly await. She has a magic voice and sings to the dragonflies and holds them in her sway while she has her photographic way with them. Insects and flowers fill her stream with beauty. She even has eagles living in Mississippi. There is magic in RebeccaB, it shines out of her images. I am glad she is my friend and I hope you will pay her a visit!!"
9th June, 2006
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Trucker....Steve says:
"Rebecca is the person that first got me intrested in this wonderful hobby. She is a wonderful photographer artist and best of all great friend. She is a master of butterflies and dragonflies. Check out her photo stream not question you will enjoy it."
18th May, 2006
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!!WaynePhotoGuy says:
"Rebecca is a master of capturing nature and she of course really loves dragon flies and butter flies. She does them oh so well.
Keep up the great work."17th February, 2006
- Name:
- Rebecca B
- Joined:
- March 2005
- Hometown:
- Meridian, MS
- Currently:
- Little Rock, AR
- I am:
- Female and Taken
- Occupation:
- artist












