Buffy Goodman trained as a photojournalist, and worked as a newspaper photographer before discovering weddings and falling in love...th them! She's photographed over 200 weddings in the past 8 years, and she also photographs commercial and editorial projects for magazines and corporate clients in the off-season. Her work is distinguished by bright color, quirky settings, and the skilled use of high-end fashion lighting. Her clients love her sense of humor and the relaxed yet professional attitude she brings to every shoot.Read More
Alisen is a professional photojournalist who has been photographing weddings in Jasper National Park since 2005. With a diploma of...urnalism Arts majoring in photojournalism from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, she spend two years covering a variety of small town and national news events from her home base in Jasper, Alberta, Canada. After this she left her staff job at a local newspaper to pursue wedding photojournalism full-time. Living in the heart of Canadian Rockies, Alisen is extremely active and it's on the trails or in the mountains where she feels most at peace. She photographs approximately 25 weddings per year in Alberta & B.C. and has also traveled for destination weddings.
As a photographer, and also a writer, Alisen finds herself drawn to the storytelling abilities of photography and the chances it gives her to connect with other people. Though her initial interest in photography started in the meditative red glow of a her high school darkroom where she first began developing her own prints, she now works exclusively in digital. Past milestones in her career include an award as part of the Edmonton Sun photo department for photographic coverage of the Mayerthorpe RCMP tragedy. She also opened her first exhibit of original art prints titled Rock, Root, Leaf & Light in December 2008 in Jasper.Read More
Rick Collins is a fine-art documentary photographer specializing in wedding and portrait work at home and internationally. His style...lies on the use of landscape and natural beauty. Rick uses his 20-year career as a photojournalist as the backbone to producing both stunning portraits and emotional moments. He lives with his wife Cheryl and their two boys just outside of Vancouver in a turn-of-the-century farmhouse.Read More
Some of the best Alberta 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 Alberta artistic wedding photography!
BRIDES MAGAZINE & the Wedding Photojournalist Association proudly present a Wedding Photojournalism Contest.
The WPJA/BRIDES Wedding Photojournalism Contest spotlights the finest images from the best wedding photojournalists on the pages of one of the most world-renowned wedding publications and the web sites of the WPJA and BRIDES.
For most brides and grooms, wedding photojournalism is no longer a trendy alternative to traditional wedding day photo-coverage; rather, it is mainstream wedding photography. The WPJA has been leading the way in promoting and rewarding photographers who excel in capturing the un-styled and un-scripted moments of the wedding day. More and more couples are seeking out the top wedding photojournalists in the world through the WPJA web site.
If you choose one of our WPJA Calgary or Edmonton Alberta wedding
photojournalists as your wedding photographer, please let them
know you found them through the Wedding Photojournalist Association.
The WPJA at a glance: The Wedding Photojournalist Association
puts the best Alberta wedding photographers at your fingertips,
by granting membership only to the most talented professional
wedding photographers in the world--photographers who focus solely
on using their documentary photography skills to capture the
moments of your wedding day.
Alberta’s grandiose beauty will bring certain delight to wedding couples who desire to have their wedding set amongst the backdrop of rolling foothills and massive mountain ranges found in this picturesque Canadian province. The stunning Canadian Rockies, parts of which make Alberta’s Rocky Mountains, are home to beautiful resort towns such as Banff, Kananaskis, Jasper, Lake Louise, Waterton and Canmore. These Rockies hold a stunning beauty for wedding festivities that will be sure to deliver absolute exquisiteness to your wedding photographs. As you exchange your wedding vows you will have the double blessing of experiencing gorgeous outdoor scenery as well as classy wedding facilities to make your wedding celebration memorable. Your wedding photojournalist will be delighted to shoot brilliant wedding photographs by taking advantage of the gorgeous mountain ranges that will surround the ceremony and reception.
Named after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria, Alberta is home to beautiful farmlands, as well as the bustling cities of Calgary and Edmonton. Calgary is the largest city in Alberta, known for its petroleum industry and for being a winter sports destination for many. Calgary’s city life and suburban communities both make for outstanding wedding locations. Edmonton is Alberta’s capital, offering the longest stretch of urban parkway in North America as well as a massive river valley, making room for creative wedding picture opportunities. This city also offers wedding participants a dream shopping getaway at the West Edmonton Mall, North America’s largest shopping and entertainment complex; offering over 110 dining locations and 800 stores. Above all, Alberta presents remarkable wedding destinations that will make your wedding photographs stand out among the rest.