Gregory Bleck has been an award winning wedding, portrait and fine art photographer in Madison, Wisconsin for over 32 years. During that time he's personally photographed over 1000 weddings in Madison, Wisconsin and across Southern Wisconsin. He is primarily a documentary photographer but is also well versed in both classic and contemporary portrait design. Gregory brings his unique vision to every photograph he creates. Gregory Bleck has developed multiple photographic entities to separate his different photographic enterprises. Stillpoint Photographic Arts handles his photographic commissions including family portraits, wedding photography, couples portraits, maternity portraits, child portraiture, senior portraits, engagement portraits and his fine art photography. Gregory's Photographic Arts is the entity that oversees both the portrait and wedding photography created by Stillpoint Photographic Arts but also administers his fine art photography workshops and teaching schedules and handles sales of his fine art photography prints and wedding client image sales. Included in this is the administration of his Leaving The Surface blog site where Gregory shares his images and comments on how photography and the art world interact with the creative spirit to influence our culture and world view. Stillpoint Photographic Arts creates awarding winning photography in both digital color and black and white. Gregory specializes in the artful creation of exquisite black and white imagery especially for his family portraits and fine art landscape, documentary, abstract nature scenes and photography of rural Wisconsin. His passion is making photographs of his beloved driftless area in the southwest corner of Wisconsin including the beautiful Wisconsin River valley.
If you're a random visitor who just stumbled across this site, please forward the link to anyone you know who may be getting married and needs award winning wedding photography or is looking for an expressive family portrait or who enjoys collecting stunning fine art photography. Greg and his wife Peggy will take good care of them. Gregory Bleck's professional resume follows for those people interested in that type of information.
Professional Resume:
- Wisconsin Photographer of the Year - Wisconsin Professional Photographers Association
- Multiple Kodak Gallery Award Winner
- Multiple Fuji Masterpiece Award Winner
- Multiple Outstanding Artistic Achievement Award winner from Wisconsin PPA
- Multiple Best of Show Awards from the Wisconsin Professional Photographers Association
- Photographer of the Year - South Central Photographers Association
- 3 Best of The Knot awards for wedding photography
Education
Gregory keeps up with current trends in the arts by constantly attending workshops and seminars to augment his professional degrees listed below:
- Master of Photography degree from the Professional Photographers of America
- Associate Arts degree in Visual Communications, Madison College (formerly MATC)
Gregory Bleck has taught classes in professional Wedding & Portrait photography in Madison, Wisconsin as well as other parts of the state on subjects including artistic composition, lighting on location, digital workflow and professional photography business practices.
Fine Art Exhibitions
His fine art photography which includes Wisconsin rural landscapes, contemporary urban life, abstracted nature scenes, alternative process imagery and vintage snapshot collages have been exhibited in museums and galleries across Wisconsin and beyond including:
- The Elvehjem Museum of Art (now the Chazen Museum) Madison, Wisconsin
- Porter Butts Gallery Madison, Wisconsin
- Steenbock Gallery Madison, Wisconsin
- Epcot Center at Walt Disney World Orlando, Florida
Published
Gregory Bleck’s wedding & portrait photography has been featured in many publications and periodicals including:
- Presence: An International Journal of Spiritual Direction
- Bloomberg's BusinessWeek
- Brava magazine
- Madison Magazine
- Professional Photographer magazine
- Wedding Planner & Guide magazine published by Joy publications
- Multiple Loan Collection books published by the Professional Photographers of America
- Studio Photography & Design Magazine
Giving Back
Gregory's Photographic Arts has long been a financial supporter of the Aldo Leopold Nature Center (ALNC). ALNC's mission is to instill a love & understanding of nature and the environment into the minds and hearts of children in the greater Dane County area with special programs, classes and events which take place throughout the year. A portion of each wedding event retainer Gregory's Photographic Arts collects is donated to ALNC to help fund these many projects. Gregory's wedding & portrait photography in Madison, Wisconsin has been responsible for thousands of dollars in donations to ALNC in large part because of the voluntary membership in ALNC by his clients & friends.
"Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received." 1 Peter 4:10
Pax Christi
Master Photographer Gregory Bleck is a member in good standing of the Professional Photographes of America.
