Tania has come from a family who has creative talent & business sense. With parents born in Poland, they came to America trying to...ild a life for themselves together. Her mother loved to paint still life, and photographed Tania and her brother countlessly when they were little. Her father, the businessman, worked in a factory since he was in 6th grade and then at the ripe age of 18, built his own transportation business, which he still runs today.
Combining talent and motivation, Tania had the support and strength to create her own business right after her first son, Alex, was born. Photographing just two weddings for friends as gifts, she was referred to other couples and photographed 24 weddings the following year. She expanded her portfolio to photograph boudoir, trash-the-dress, bar/bat mitzvahs, baby/family and pet portraits and corporate events. Her photography style is best described as free-spirited yet classic.
Tania is blessed with her husband, two sons, Alex and Aiden, along with two dogs, Sam and Lucy.
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I always wanted to be an artist. While my brothers would pester our dad to take them to NY to see the Yankees, I would jump on the...ain to go to the Met.
There was only one problem. I couldn’t draw to save my life. Things were getting pretty ugly until I bought my first camera.
That’s when the fun began. Instead of facing an empty canvas for hours a day, I could face the world. I would drive to the mountains or New York and spend entire weekends just making pictures.
I went back to college and got my degree in art and then I faced my second major hurdle, a mountain of student loans. A teacher helped me get a paid internship at a newspaper and that’s pretty much all she wrote for the next fifteen years.
I loved working for newspapers. Not only were they paying me to take pictures, every day was different and exciting. I would spend one day with a homeless veteran and the next day with the CEO of a Fortune 500 company. I had box seats at the Yankees and floor seats at the Huskies. I traveled all around the world to places like Kosovo, Costa Rica and Mongolia.
But most of all I got to share and make incredible pictures during the most intimate and emotionally powerful moments of peoples lives, from graduations to hospital beds, from Little League championships to 100th birthdays, from backyard swings to Broadway openings.
I was able to get a job as a full-time staff photographer at a major metropolitan newspaper because I could make great photographs, but working for a newspaper taught me how to tell a story with pictures that could touch the lives of people all over the world. Telling these intimate and inspiring stories is my passion.
Three years ago, when my daughter was born I left my full-time job as a photojournalist to start my own studio. But making great pictures and telling stories with my photographs is still the heart and soul of my work. Now, I just work for myself.
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Julie Brown received her BFA in photography from Rochester Institute of Technology. Julie has worked on the photography staff's of...th the Oakland Tribune in Northern CA and the Berkshire Eagle in MA. In 1990 Julie began running a successful documentary style wedding business, giving her 17 years of experience in the business. Julie's photos have appeared in the San Jose Mercury News, Yale Alumni Magazine, Rolling Stone Magazine, Fortune, SF Bay Guardian, Business 2.0, and Q1 (Yale School of Management Alumni Magazine).Read More
Jane Shauck is a WPJA award-winning photographer who uses a photojournalistic approach to show her clients' true personalities in beautiful...ys. She has been a photojournalist for the Associated Press and a commercial photographer for Fortune 500 companies. Jane has been published in TIME Magazine, Connecticut Bride, Newport Life, Brides Connecticut, The Knot Best of Weddings, and HOUR Detroit Magazine. Jane has shot TIME's 100 Most Influential People Gala in New York since 2006, photographing over 150 of the recipients as TIME's photographer and most recently, photographed dramatic black and white portraits of the 2009 New York Mets for SNY and The Mets. She is a member of the industry organizations WPJA, DWF, ASMP, and the Advertising Photographers of America. Jane lives in West Hartford, CT with her husband Mike and two boys, Sebbie and Jude.Read More
David Butler II is an award winning photographer based in North Central Connecticut. He has worked as a freelance photojournalist covering...ws events and national sports including MLB, NFL, NHL, PGA and NCAA. His work has appeared in magazines, newspapers and websites around the world including Sports Illustrated, ESPN The Magazine, USA Today, Der Seigal, LA Times, MSNBC's "Week In Pictures" to name a few. Over the past five years David has used his photojournalistic skills to document weddings for countless clients, capturing lifetime memories.Read More
Carla graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology's acclaimed photography school with a BFA in Photojournalism in 1995. She has...terned at The Hartford Courant, The Democrat & Chronicle/ Times-Union In Rochester and the Associated Press in New York City. Carla is also a current recipient of the prestigious Ann T. & Edward C. Roberts Foundation Grant for a photography project based on women and their idea of beauty. This work will be on display in Sept. 2007 in Hartford CT. She lives in Hartford with her husband and two small children.Read More
Robin's photography experience began in high school through a portrait and documentary studies elective which she pursued in college... well. Robin graduated from Southern Connecticut State University in 2003 with a degree in Studio Art Photography. Her degree required formal art training with courses geared around personal expression and core concepts of art, including drawing, sculpture, painting, art history, graphic design, and photography. Robin's work has been featured in local exhibits and professional print competitions. She is an award winning photographer who continues to pursue her love of art through her photography and several other creative media. Robin continues to educate herself through photography workshops and collaboratives with other local photographers. Averaging between twenty and thirty weddings a year, Robin's typical shooting season runs from April to November.
Born and raised in Connecticut, Robin is the youngest of three and loved art from a very young age. Arts and crafts were a part of every day life as Robin's mother is a talented quilter and teacher. Robin currently resides in a quiet beach town in New Haven County with her musician husband and infant son (born 9/9/09). Read More
In addition to Zoë's BA in film from Baylor University, she has studied film at NYU and spent a year in Madrid, Spain learning cinematography...er background includes films, commercials, and news broadcasting, where she has been both behind the camera and in the editing room. Zoë is pleased to be back in New England after living most recently in South Korea. Still photography has always been a passion of hers, and she is happy to have switched from movies to photographs. Although Zoë enjoys many aspects of photography, she specializes in weddings and children's portraits in the photojournalistic style.Read More
In 2009 Maggie Conley enters her 13th year of photography. She studied at Penn State University, serving a term as a documentary photographer... Peru with a biological research team. Upon her graduation in 1997, she relocated in New York and worked under Geographic photographer Steve McCurry and alongside his colleagues at Magnum Photos. Street photography had always been her passion, photographing in seaside Latin American towns, trailer parks in central Pennsylvania, and circus performers in France. In 1999, Maggie began turning inward and photographing her own family. This created an appreciation for family heirlooms and ultimately launched her business shooting weddings and family portraits. She is an award winning WPJA photographer and a proud shooter of film and medium format cameras. Her style of photojournalism has her street aesthetic tangled up with her personal whimsical sensibility.Read More
Emin Kuliyev is an award-winning wedding photojournalist who has been documenting weddings for over seven years. Emin's photos have...en published in Brides New York, Digital Photo, Phot' Art International, Popular Photography, and the After Capture.
In 2008, Emin became a Photographer of the year in the AGWPJA.Read More
Eric Lagstein is an international award-winning wedding photographer. He was recently named the 1st runner up photographer in the world... the WPJA. He and his wife Brooke Lagstein are a husband and wife photography team specializing in the fine art of wedding photography using a photojournalistic style. They are based out of Northern, NJ.
Eric's successful career began during the planning of his own wedding. He realized that using his craftsmanship to document the laughter, love, and special moments of a wedding day would bring him joy on a regular basis. He is inspired by the love of his family, dynamic imagery and a super high appreciation of the connection between two people who love each other. His work regularly appears in numerous publications including The Knot, Brides NJ, and (201) Magazine.Read More
Rich Janniello is an award winning wedding photographer based in New York. Originally from the New York City area, Rich began his...otography career after graduating from Fordham University. His work has been shown in numerous galleries and published world-wide. When he's not behind the camera, Rich likes to spend time with his very supportive wife and 3 children.Read More
André Maier has been a professional wedding photojournalist since moving to New York City in 1992. Andre studied Chemistry and Molecular...ology in Berlin and London, before studying photography, which has been his true passion all along. Apart from English, André also speaks German, French and Spanish fluently.
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Harvey Manger-Weil is proud to be chosen as Best Wedding Photographer in America by Extraordinary Bride Magazine for his work "unmatched... terms of originality, color, composition and spontaneity. Harvey makes it a point to photograph brides across the ethnic and socioeconomic spectrum."
Harvey started his first photography business when he was only 16. After graduating from Dartmouth, he has spent the last 20 years photographing primarily weddings, while also selling his fine art photography exclusively through Gallery 721 @ Sobro in New York City. The list of celebrities he has photographed include Madonna, Janis Ian, Billy Joel and the Dixie Chicks. Harvey's photographs are published in "Subway Diaries" by Heidi Cole. Harvey's photography is on permanent display in Mekelle, Ethiopia at Manger-Weil House, the 8,000 square foot orphanage Harvey and his wife helped to fund.
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Lisa studied fine art photography at the Rhode Island School of Design, and now photographs about 20 weddings each year using Medium...rmat film. She lives with her husband in Indiana and also has a base in Barrington, RI. Lisa curates shows for a contemporary fine art photography gallery and draws much of her inspiration from the art world. She often shoots for fellow artists and designers as well as other creative souls. Her photography has been featured in Grace Ormonde Wedding Style, Bride's magazine, and REAL SIMPLE weddings.Read More
Radhiika Chalasani's 16 year career as a staff photographer for Agence France-Presse in Hong Kong and since as a freelance photojournalist...sed in Vietnam, Kenya, France and New York has taken her to several continents and numerous countries meeting people of widely different customs and cultures. Her work on Aids and famine in Africa has won several international awards and recently her Hurricane Katrina work for CNN was recognized by the Communication Arts Annual and exhibited in New York and Washington D.C.
Radhika's wedding photography combines classic magazine story telling and informal portraiture. Her goal is to capture the emotion and fleeting moments that make up one of the most important days of your life. She has photographed traditional Indian ceremonies, Jewish weddings, French marriages at the local city hall,intimate destination weddings, and traditional American weddings big and small. Radhika brings a compassionate eye and a caring heart to her pictures.Read More
Toby Morris has worked around the world on various editorial projects. His wedding work is an extension of his photojournalistic style...is eye for detail and keen perception allow him to capture the truly important moments of your day.
He attended the University of Texas at Austin, and the Art Institute of Chicago. Recent clients include Newsweek and France's LeMonde, Adbusters, Business 2.0, the Hartford Courant, and others. A Texas native and a Spanish speaker since the age of 7, Toby attended university in the city of Guadalajara and has worked on editorial assignments throughout Mexico.Read More
Based out of New York City, Jared has been making a name for himself among brides looking for a photographer to capture beautiful images... their day in a non-obtrusive manner. Before becoming a wedding photojournalist, Jared was a portrait photographer whose clients were so pleased with his style and easy going personality, that they starting asking him to photograph their weddings. The majority of his wedding bookings are referrals from happy couples with whom he's worked. Jared takes pride in not only capturing beautiful images for his clients, but building lasting relationships with them as well.Read More
Formal training at Bowdoin College and Brown University. Brian's development began while working with National Geographic photographer...len Rowell in western Tibet, Nepal and India. The techniques developed were simple: be consistently respectful, unobtrusive and friendly. Brian quietly charmed his way in and out of Chinese jails, through rioting civil servants in Kathmandu and was welcomed to photograph more prohibited elements of real daily life then most ever get access to. Brian learned there that a quick smile, a respectful nod and an unobtrusive approach can create incredible photographic opportunities.
Brian continued to take on various editorial assignments throughout Asia, Central America, Canada and The United States. He has covered everything from sea turtle rescue efforts in Costa Rica to documenting the impacts of logging in British Columbia. His work appears in a variety of publications including books by Random House, as well as regional and national magazines.
But how and why weddings? At Brian's own Hawaiian beachside wedding, he was amazed by how obtrusive his otherwise incredibly talented photographer was and thought that there had to be a better way. It's his incredible creativity, quick sense of quiet humor and commitment to capturing the real essence of a wedding that make his photographs unique and cherished. With studios in San Francisco and Maine, Brian teaches photography workshops throughout the United States and supports destination weddings worldwide.Read More
A few of my many passions are photography, traveling the world, camping in Vermont, summer picnics in Central park, my two Cavalier...ng Charles Spaniels, my friends, and my family. I first picked up a camera in high school and there was no turning back from there. Starting old school, before the days of digital, I shot in black and white film, developing in a make shift dark room in my bathroom.
The first wedding I shot, I fell in love with the emotions of the experience. An overflow of photographic opportunities. Today, nearly seven years later, I am still loving it. I photograph with a photojournalist edge, capturing unique moments most would never see. I have had brides tell me seeing their photographs are like reliving the day, only better, because this time they see those special little moments they would have missed had I not been there.Read More
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Craig Warga is an award winning photojournalist living and working in New York City, primarily as a Staff Photographer with the New...rk Daily News. He has won numerous awards and honors from the New York Press Photographers Association, National Press Photographers Association, and POY, among others. His work has brought him to cover such world events as the 9-11 attacks on NYC, Hurricane Katrina, The London Subway Bombings of 2005, and more recently, the devastating earthquake in Haiti.
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Fadi Kheir is a distinctive, award-winning photographer who has been published internationally including The New York Times, Elegant...ide, Italian Vogue and Brides. His portrait and wedding clients include art directors and acclaimed recording artists like Eddie Vedder and Willie Nelson who love his reportage style. A working photographer since the age of 16, Kheir has developed a successful business based on an honest and sincere love for his craft and an ability to capture the beauty in everyone. Although based in New York City, Kheir has photographed weddings worldwide including Morocco and Italy. His custom-designed albums reflect his reportage style of telling the story through real moments and emotions. Kheir is a graduate of New York’s prestigious High School of Art and Design and the School of Visual Arts where he majored in Commercial Photography. He is a contributing member to PPA, WPJA and APA.Read More
Mariann who is a professional photographer, has been photographing love affairs, celebrations and weddings for over nine years. She...ves capturing the emotions and traditions of the special day and all the details weddings entail.
Mariann has a unobtrusive approach to wedding photography and captures the moments and emotions as they happen naturally. Mariann graduated from Western Connecticut State University with a B.A. degree in Photography and she continues to learn through various photography workshops and conventions and also by working with other photographers across the states.
Mariann only takes on a limited number of weddings a year (about 20) to give each special event her utmost attention, energy and creativity. Mariann is based in New York City and is happy to travel worldwide.
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With more than twenty years of photography experience, my background includes fine arts, fashion and photojournalism. My photographs...e widely published around the world and have received many prestigious awards, including First Prize in the World Press Photo competition and nomination for the Pulitzer Prize. I earned a diploma in photography while in Russia and hold certificates from the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York and the Rochester Institute of Technology. My photographs are part of the collections of the New York Public Library, the Museum of the City of New York, the Museum Of Modern Art and numerous private collections. A wedding is a very significant and emotional event, and my approach is to make it as stress-free as possible.Read More
I have had a passion for photography ever since I was young. Many years ago, I was asked to photograph a family member's wedding. When...ople saw the images, they were amazed. I was then asked to shoot for a friend, and the requests began to grow. So I left my formal education and job as a scientist to pursue this avenue.
Applying my professional background as a scientist, I believe has been a big advantage as a photographer. I look at my environment, people, and the world much more critically. I have learned in my science training to think several steps ahead and that has been a great asset as a wedding photographer, being able to anticipate.
Having spent time photographing in places as far away as the People's Republic of China, the passion has grown deeper and deeper. I formally started my photography business in 2006 and haven't looked back. Read More
I have been photographing weddings since 2006. I love to capture the emotions and real moments that happen on what is one of the most...portant days of a couple's life. Most of my brides range in age from their early 20's - early 30's, and they share a love for photography. They don't hire me just to take pictures of their wedding; they hire me because photography is important to them and they want images from their wedding day that they will want to look at over and over again.
My love for photography started when I was 10 years old, when I bought my first camera. I shot as many rolls of film as I could afford to buy and develop.
I typically shoot 16-20 weddings a year. I also enjoy shooting lifestyle portraits and senior pictures. I've been married for 5 years, and my wife and I just had our first child. He is a real blessing and joy.Read More
Denise began her interest in photography as a child and went on to study Fine Arts at the College at New Paltz, in New York. She has...ained with various professional organizations including PPA, WPPI, and DWF, and considers photography a part of life's ongoing journey. Photography has been a gateway into sharing, capturing, and remembering people's most sacred moments and occasions. She has had the privilege of working with various non-profit organizations including the Joe Torre Foundation, Christopher Reeve Foundation, and American Cancer Society. Her work has recently been published in Brides Connecticut, Modern Bride, and The Knot.Read More
Combining a love of beautiful portraits with a photojournalistic style, Brooklyn-based photographer Jennifer Boyle is assertive when...cessary and inconspicuous when not. With seven years under her belt as a professional photographer--working in Minnesota, Florida, the Dominican Republic, and New York--Jennifer has experienced many different walks of life and has received the chance to capture true diversity in people. Read More
Sarah Kang is a professional photographer whose love of photography began decades ago with her first course in darkroom development...he has a unique eye and sense of anticipation that translate into her beautifully honest and emotional photographs. Sarah graduated from Brown University and studied photography at the New York Institute of Photography. Aside from shooting weddings, she loves to travel and salsa dance. Sarah currently lives in Newton, MA with her husband and has photographed weddings across the country.Read More
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Connecticut, along the Long Island Sound offers many scenic
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Some of the best Connecticut fine art wedding photographers are now just a click away through the Artistic Guild of the WPJA! The AG takes the world-renowned artistic approach of WPJA wedding photojournalists to yet another level through post-production processing (usually Photoshop). AGWPJA photographers define Connecticut artistic wedding photography!
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