photographik, the elite photographers network, screens all applicants for quality of work and technical aptitude. By doing this, photographik recognizes truly elite and accomplished wedding and portrait photographers across the United States and throughout the world. By offering the consumer a pre-screened directory of photographers sortable by region and area of expertise, photographik exposes them to top notch photographers in their region as well as highlights the differences between cookie cut photography corporations and talented artists who work independently.

With a nod toward the current trends in social networking, knowledge-sharing sites and online communities, photographik has developed an industry-changing innovation: Blurbits. Similar to blogs, Blurbits are a directory members-only area where the photographer can create and manage posts that will be viewable and searchable by photographers and the public at large. photographik believes that Blurbits have the potential to impact the industry by spreading awareness, advice and knowledge to photographers, photographer-seekers and anyone else interested in photography.

And for photographers who don't make the cut the first time around, photographik has implemented the Hire an Expert program where the photographer can access world-renown wedding and portrait photographers for a personal portfolio critique. By doing this, photographik hopes to help amateur or "not quite ready for prime time" photographers learn more about photography and improve their quality of work.

photographik is already working on various enhancements to improve both website searchability and Blurbits results and rankings. These improvements are slated for launch in early April, 2008.