by Cameron Bishopp Davis | Click Editor in Chief
*cover image by Emma Wood
One of the big moments for me in the planning of Click came in the form of a girl crush.
It was an unseasonably hot (even for Atlanta) afternoon in June, and we were grateful to be indoors for a website planning meeting. The designer sitting across the table from me was talking about the photographer who’d been capturing images of her two sons since infancy. “I have such a crush on her,” she was saying (actually, gushing). “Her personality, her jewelry, her hair, her life. She’s faaabulous.”
Hmm… Interesting.
Was the road-map to Click being drawn by our meeting partner’s adorable semi-obsession? Could it be that the secret to this photography magazine was that it isn’t really about just photography? Was its true focus the woman in love with photography, and what that passion says about what she wants from life? Could Click be a magazine for a woman whose passionate, intuitive and wholly original personality infuses not only every part of her existence, but also the lives of the people fortunate enough to share it with her? I think we’re about to find out.
As you read this, Clickin Moms’ new bimonthly magazine — 124 pages printed, bound, stamped and mailed — is making its way to you (that is, unless you actually haven’t subscribed yet! You can do so here though.). Click is for every woman in every stage of her complicated, exhausting, gorgeous life. Women whose creative pursuits aren’t indulgences but necessities. Our lives are far from elementary so we knew Click couldn’t be either. In addition to providing some of the best photography inspiration and education we can find, we’ll cover home, kids, style, design and other subjects that inspire and feed and further our imaginations.
We’re so happy to include a village of great women in our first issue: Tara Whitney and Karen Russell are among the premiere features. And one of my favorite pieces is a wonderfully written story about photographing boys with CMpros Lacey Meyers, Lynne Rigby, Celeste Pavlik, Elle Walker and Tami Wilson. Another bright
spot is our own Sarah Wilkerson’s absolute masterpiece on how to include yourself in family photos. Originally posted here on the CMblog, Sarah’s article is the most popular ever published, and we thought reincarnating it in the pages of the first issue would create a perfect centerpiece.
Every piece of this magazine, down to the very last drop of ink rolled on to its pages, is a product of an even greater village of genuinely amazing women: the Clickin Moms community. A new world has been created here, by not one or two individuals, but by thousands of passionate and engaged women coming together to create a nurturing and challenging online salon, university and sisterhood. It’s a place where a favorite hobby is free to bloom into a creative, even lucrative, form of self expression. And it all comes together in Click—the first printed, portable, huggable celebration of the modern photograph(her).
To subscribe to CLICK now, go here.
Cameron Bishopp Davis, GeorgiaDirector of Publications
Will be checking my mailbox with a vengeance!
How can I check if my subscription went through? I know I subscribed previously, but don' see the charge on my account, and of course , Im SUPER eager to get my hands on this mag ! So excited for all of you!!
hi cyndi!
Just email mollie o'shea with your full name name and email you subscribed with at mollie@clickinmoms.com to see if you are on the list.
Thank you Cameron!!!
fine. i caved. can't wait to get my subscription!!
Ohhhh yay can't wait to get mine in the post, do you know how long International delivery will take?
Very exciting! Isn’t there a digital version too ?
woo hoo!!!! i will be stalking my post lady until those pages are in my hands!
Awesome!! I can't wait to see this magazine and I'm so thankful to you Cameron for all of your hard work in making it happen!
I quite like reading a post that will make men and women think. Also, thank you for permitting me to comment!
It's gorgeous. I love every single page!
I was wondering if I just subscribed today when what will be my first issue be? I'm hoping I get the above. Crossing my fingers.
Love this article, Cameron! You are so eloquent with your words and have described the sentiments of so many photographers. I cannot wait to have the first issue in my hands!
I adored working on the cover with you Cameron, thank you so very much for all the hard work that you've put into this, and everyone else on the Click team – you're amazing.
Just received my copy of CLICK in the mail yesterday…….read it cover to cover. I love it. Can’t wait for the next issue. Great Job.
Received my copy of Click this week and read it cover to cover the first day. Great magazine. It can only get better each time. Congratulations and THANK YOU!
It couldn’t have come at a better time. The weather is snowy in Calgary and just perfect for this very much anticipated magazine xx
Today the October 27 th and I have not received my copy of Click yet. I subscribed the day the announcement was made….so I am waiting on the first issue.. Also I am in Texas..has anyone else in Texas received theirs?
The magazines have been shipped and are still arriving in mailboxes. If you don’t receive it within this next week, you can email subscriptions@clickinmoms.com for a status update.