Bliss Photography came about as a collaborative project to make art, express an idea, and sell a product. The project itself is a collaboration between two very unique artists, Erica Strawther and Jay Cordero. Bliss Photography combines elements of photojournalism, fashion, abstract, and editorial style photography to give each photo its unique balance of both glamour and realism, resulting in almost a surreal look that transcends the average photograph. We treat each client as an individual, with distinctive needs, and our job as artists and photographers, is to listen to our clients needs and build a project with those in mind.
Erica Strawther was born in Orange County, California, the youngest of two sisters, in 1980. Her mother, a Southern California beach native, is a emergency room nurse, and her father, a Midwestern transplant, does both marketing and technical servicing, of pro sound equipment. Erica grew up around cameras as a result of her fathers interest in photography. Her grandfather on his side, was also a professional wedding photographer. Erica won her first art award for Disney's "Award of Excellence" in art, in middle school for color, with a mixed media piece. She was invited to second time to attend Disney's award program in high school, this time for one of her black and white photographs. In high school, Erica won first place in her student art show, again, for one of her photography pieces. She attended Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, CA and majored in psychology and minored in philosophy. At the age of 20, Erica started the cosmetology program at Fullerton College, and completed 1100, of the 1600 required to graduate from the program before deciding a life behind the stylists chair wasn't for her. After four years of working at Costco, in the electronics department, she decided to pursue her long standing dream of making a living doing what she always loved best, making art for people to cherish.
Jay Cordero was born in Hackensack, New Jersey in 1983. He was the only child to a father who did woodworking, and a French born mother, who holds a degree in psychology and works as a human resources director. Jay, like his father, also developed a talent for woodworking and carving after being around his parents antique restoration business which they ran for six years, as a husband and wife partnership. In middle school, Jay won awards for his photography work in his schools art show. In high school, Jay also kept up his interest in the arts, and again was awarded for his achievements in photography. When Jay graduated high school, he decided to follow in his fathers footsteps, and attended New York's Rochester Institute Of Technology to learn woodworking. After two years, Jay decided to pack up, and move to Long Beach California and attend National Institute of Technology for electrical engineering. Jay, an artist at heart, has always wanted to work a craft, where he could use his creative skill to give clients a sense of joy and wonder.
This is the realization of our vision.
