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About the Author
Michael Allen is a professional photographer, filmmak-
er, speaker and author based in Memphis Tennessee
where he lives with his family.
Michael’s business and photography skills have kept
him busy in the beauty industry, Michael helped his
his wife Janice run a highly successful salon and spa
business, where he used his photography to promote
their business, winning them award after award as
one of the Top 200 salons in America. Today his wife
is an award winning hairstylist and frequently travels
with him working on editorial magazine shoots.
His fashion photography has been featured in maga-
zines around the world inspiring millions of salons and
their customers since 1990. Michael began photo-
graphing weddings professionally in 2003, and has
been published on wedding blogs and magazines
such as Emmaline Bride, The Knot, Southern Bride, Bor-
rowed and Blue, Southern Wedding News, Epic Love
Stories, Colin Cowie Weddings and more.
Michael is also an editorial photographer and writer
for Southern Bride Magazine, and has traveled all
over the South, from Florida to New Orleans, and to
such destinations as Mexico. His wedding photogra-
phy style is beautiful, compelling and keeps his studio
booked year round with weddings.
Michael’s commercial photography projects have
also attracted a lot of attention, he shoots for major
companies such as Walmart Soundcheck, photo-
graphing such celebrity music stars as Lauren Alaina,
Dierks Bentley, and more. He has recently worked on
a major shoot with Conde Naste for GQ magazine as
an assistant photographer for Sebastion Kim featur-
ing Justin Timbelake. One of his recent portrait clients
includes Leigh Anne Tuohy from the film “Blind Side”.
He’s also an award winning film maker shooting for
major corporations and indie studios across the coun-
try.
At the end of the day, Michael simply loves photog-
raphy, and his goal is to share what he’s learned over
the years to help inspire other photographers.
