After receiving her degree in photography from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Natalie dove into wedding photography by opening... her studio, Borrowed Blue Photography, and has been loving every minute!Read More
At age ten I entered the local Indiana 4-H photography competition. After losing miserably, I kept shooting. When the shoe boxes of...ctures began to overflow underneath my bed, my parents decided this was no longer a phase and bought me my own camera. I have been passionate about photography ever since.
I moved to DC to attend American University and study international communications. I got my first digital camera for my study abroad to Brazil. Within one hour of arriving in Sao Paulo, I was mugged. When my insurance reimbursed me, I decided to get a nicer camera. I figured I might be able to make a bit of money with it, so I found a local DC photographer and began assisting and second shooting for weddings.
I immediately fell in love with journalistically capturing such special days, and am thrilled to have been a part of so many great celebrations. Using my photography as a tool to help others has become a large part of what I do. I have documented the plight of AIDS orphans in Zambia, the struggle for land reform in Brazil, and the life of those who live under the totalitarian regime in Burma. I hope that in the future I can do more of this work and help bring to light the many situations that are not justly covered in the media.
Brian moved to Annapolis in 2007 from Connecticut. Since coming to the region, his business has continued to grow. He typically...oots 30-40 weddings per year, but never more than one per week! Brian firmly believes that apart from the posed portrait time, the photographer's job is document the event as a bystander, not influence it.
Brian's ideal clients are couples who value the art of photography and want a creative and accurate documentation of the events as they happened. He enjoys working throughout the DC/Baltimore region and beyond.
His wife, Birgit, has been instrumental in helping his business grow. They have no children (yet). Outside of the studio, Brian enjoys sailing (J/105) and skydiving. Read More
I've been a photographer for many years, most of that time working in the news business. From that I learned to tell stories with pictures...d also to let events unfold without my influencing them. Now, most of my work is weddings, and photojournalism training has served me well. I've won some awards here and there, but the biggest reward I receive is when my clients come to consider me as their friend rather than just their photographer.Read More
Bob Rives has been taking award-winning photographs for magazines, agencies, and corporations for more than two decades. His work has...peared in The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Forbes, Cosmopolitan, Rolling Stone, USA Today, McCall's, The Washington Post, and numerous other magazines, newspapers, and annual reports worldwide. He has the experience, and the artist's eye, to capture the special moments at your wedding that you will cherish for a lifetime.Read More
I picked up my first camera while on a 2-month long cross country trip with my parents and brother. That camera, an old all-manual...e, was my father's which he had bought while serving overseas in the military. I fell in love with photography on that trip. Over the next few years, I shot and shot and shot. Everything was my subject. I took every photo class available in my high school, but convinced myself that there was no career in photography.
I first became inspired by photojournalism while working at The Daily Collegian student newspaper as an undergraduate at Penn State University. I saw it as an opportunity to start shooting again and broaden my horizons in the world of photography. During college, I designed my own major to learn as much as possible about the craft of photojournalism and worked many, many long hours at the Collegian. I graduated in 1998 and followed my love of telling people’s stories while working as a photojournalist for newspapers in Celina, Ohio (The Daily Standard, 1999-2000) and in Montgomery County, Maryland (The Gazette, 2000-2006).
I left the newspaper business in 2006, when my son was born, to pursue weddings full-time and to be a stay-at-home-dad. I now work as a freelance photographer and as a wedding photojournalist through my own business and as an associate for Amy Raab Photography in Annapolis, Md., where I have worked since 2003. I live in Frederick, Maryland with my wife, Molly, son, Jackson, and beagle-mix, Brooks.Read More
Inspired by the landscape photography of Ansel Adams, I began documenting my travels as a professional musician while touring throughout...e United States and the Caribbean. When several of those photos were published in a national magazine it encouraged me to pursue photography more seriously. I began to experiment with architectural, sports, nature, and fine art photography as well. Recently I had the tremendous honor of having five of my photographs accepted into the permanent collection of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. I was drawn to wedding photography because I love the challenge of trying capture all the emotion of the wedding day, and to try to tell the story in pictures so clearly that future generations will feel like they were there.Read More
Dennis Drenner has been a photojournalist for the last fifteen years and has been shooting weddings for the last ten. His photographs...ve appeared hundreds of times in publications like the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and New York Times. His work has won awards in the prestigious Pictures-of-the-Year competition and earned him a Fulbright Fellowship to work in Pakistan. He has also won three grants from the Maryland State Arts Council in addition to grants from the Arthur Burns Foundation and Rotary International. Dennis lives in Baltimore and shoots 25 to 30 weddings a year throughout the Mid-Atlantic. His shooting style is extremely laid back and his images reflect the comfort that his subjects feel in his presence. In the off-season, Dennis has a habit of popping down to South America where he takes pictures, flies his paraglider and gets in a good bit of salsa dancing.Read More
My style of photography is creative, edgy and fun. I am not a big studio that treats everyone as a number. I work with people on...personal level to make sure they get the professional looking photos they expect without being intrusive or overbearing during the wedding day.
I began my career as a newspaper photojournalist in Michigan shooting for publications that included the Lansing State Journal, NOISE, and Michigan Sport & Fitness magazine. This background in photojournalism allows me to capture the mood and emotion of your wedding with beautiful candid images of you, your guests, and your whole wedding experience.
My typical clients are couples who know their wedding is going to be a blast and want that feeling captured in their photos. They are usually young professionals who don't have much time to spend dealing with wedding vendors. They want someone who is flexible enough to meet their needs but professional enough to give them the wedding photos that far exceed their expectations.
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My mother was a painter and gave me my first camera at age 12. I completely fell in love with the medium, spending all my allowance...ney on film and developing. After graduating from college with a degree in photography and graphic design, I jumped right in to shooting weddings. I have been photographing weddings for 7 years and have also worked as a graphic designer and teacher during that time. I love my work, how it connects me with people, and allows me to watch other folks enjoy their special day.Read More
Born in Argentina, Eddie has a degree in cinematographic art and years of successful experience in Photography. In 2002 Eddie moved... Washington DC with his family and created Eddie Arrossi Photography with his wife Andrea. The team provides Photographic art and Album design with a personal style. Eddie mixes photojournalism and candid portraits to create an unforgettable document of your wedding day. When he is no taking pictures, Eddie spends his time with his family in his beautiful location on South River. Eddie loves sailing and spending time with his wife and two young kids. Read More
Amy began her career as a photojournalist twenty years ago at a newspaper in Massachusetts. In her four years at the paper, Amy discovered...e thrill of being a photojournalist. Every day was a new opportunity to become intimate with a subject and share the subject's experience. At this point, she began using her skills to photograph weddings.
Wanting to explore the American West and return to a society of old fashioned values and traditions as she has experienced in Vermont as a college student, Amy moved to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. She worked and lived on ranches, capturing the connection between ranchers, their livestock and the land; documenting a lifestyle in threat of extinction. Her words and images were published in local newspapers and magazines, and exhibited in galleries and museums.
Amy is now living in Annapolis, Maryland, with her husband and two daughters. She is rated "One of Washington's Best Wedding Photographers" by the Washingtonian Magazine, and "Baltimore's Best Wedding Photographer" by her brides in the Knot Best of 2007 Wedding Pick Magazine. Read More
Robin Shotola began documenting weddings 10 years ago, while working as a photographer for a Connecticut newspaper. Her eye for unique...mera angles & her candid style of photography was popular with readers. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, TIME Digital, Woman's World Magazine & others. She has won several regional awards including Photographer of the Year for New England.Read More
Deb has been a photo editor at the Washington Post for the past 14 years and a photographer in the Washington area for even longer....r clients include The Washington Post, USA Today, various newspapers across the country, the Associated Press, Cosmopolitan and GQ. She's been shooting weddings since 2001 and has membership in the following organizations: the White House News Photographers Association (WHNPA), National Press Photographer's Association (NPPA) and Professional Photographers of America (PPA).Read More
Brian Slanger has a passion to capture the beautiful expressions and emotions that radiate from the faces of those attending the wedding....ving grown up in an artistic family, Brian has studied with some of the world's greatest living photographers and has earned an MFA (Master of Fine Art) from Vermont College. He has also done work for the White House, as well as magazines and corporate clients.Read More
Jon Soucy is an award-winning photographer based in the Baltimore/ Washington, D.C. area who has more than 10 years of experience as...working photojournalist. He has covered daily assignments as a staff photographer for a variety of publications including Delmarva Newspapers, Gannett News Service and The York (Pa.) Dispatch/ York Sunday News. He has also done freelance work for numerous other editorial and commercial clients.
Additionally, he has also served in the U.S. Army as a photojournalist and covered military operations in a variety of locations, to include Iraq, Kosovo as well as other areas. His work has received multiple awards from the Atlanta Photojournalism Conference, the Military Photographer of the Year competition, the U.S. Army’s Maj. Gen Keith L. Ware Awards program, Landmark Community Newspapers Editorial Awards and many others. He has played in several bands, has a knack for remembering the most obscure details about a vast array of subjects and can easily be talked into driving across the country in vehicles of questionable mechanical aptitude.
Mike Topham is a former member of the White House Press Corps. and covered President Reagan at the White House and on the road. Mike...s issued a White House Press Photographers Pass in 1982. Other assignments include the Geneva Arms Talks, the famine in Ethiopia, The booming Japanese Economy, the fighting in Lebanon, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, a day with US Senator John Kerry, several US Hurricanes and coverage of war torn Darfur. Now Mike works to provide magazine quality wedding photos to his clients in Virginia, DC, Maryland and worldwide. The Knot Best of Weddings 2007 Pick.Read More
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Based in Washington, DC, my work has been featured in publications including Time, The Atlantic Monthly, Newsweek, Condé Nast Portfolio...d many books. I've photographed over 150 weddings around the world and found the experiences I've had to be a wonderful complement to my photojournalism work. Read More
Karin von Voigtlander grew up in the Midwest and developed a love of photography at age 12. Later she attended college at the nationally...cognized photography school at the Rochester Institute of Technology in upstate New York. Karin has worked as a freelance and staff photojournalist along with growing her wedding and portrait business since 2002. Her love of travel and photography has led her to specialize in destination weddings, taking her to Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Bermuda, Greece, Nevis, Puerto Rico, and numerous destinations in the United States.
Karin's wedding images and photojournalism have been published nationally in USA Today, American Photo, The Washingtonian, Elite Wedding Collection, PDN (Photo District News), The Economist, Brides, Elegant Bride, Real Weddings: Australia, The New York Post, The Toronto Star, Destination Weddings and Honeymoons Magazine and beyond. Karin is available for travel worldwide. Karin's home base is currently New York City.Read More
Tracy Timmester is a passionate, enthusiastic photographer who feels lucky to have the greatest job in the world, documenting couples... their happiest days and kids in their first years of life! Tracy received her BFA in Photography in 2002 and after a year of living abroad in London, returned home to begin her career. She started by working as the wedding photojournalism Second Shooter for a Northern Virginia-based wedding photographer, and eventually branched out on her in own with Timmester Photography in 2005.
Tracy's photography style is very unobtrusive. She loves photographing moments in a candid and natural way so that each wedding is documented authentically. She believes that wedding photos shouldn’t be a collection of fake smiles and awkward poses, but an authentic reflection of the special day and its unique emotions, moments, and beauty. Read More
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I have an ongoing interest in Latin America and continue to work on personal projects there. I've worked for Newhouse News Service... Washington DC, The Providence Journal, The Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph, The New Orleans Times-Picayune, and the Helsinki News. I was a finalist for the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography, winner of the Clarion Award for Excellence in Communications and the Individual Artist Award from the Maryland State Arts Council. Personal projects have been shown at the Washington Project for the Arts, The Ellipse Arts Center and the 505 Gallery. Former clients have made me a recommended photographer in Washingtonian Magazine's annual wedding guide for the past several years and in The Knot's 2007 national Best of Weddings guide.Read More
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Since shooting his first wedding while a sophomore in high school, Max has taken his passion for photojournalism and applied it to...lling the story of a couple's wedding day. His images have appeared in publications throughout the country including NY Newsday, The Morning Call, The Washington Post, the Star Ledger, the Miami Herald, and the Jersey Journal.Read More
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I have always loved photography but it was while working as a communications specialist at the United States Agency for International...velopment (USAID) that I realized the ability of photographs to quickly and powerfully tell a story or convey a message. I left my job at USAID to study at the Center for Digital Imaging Arts Boston University.
I have spent time working in Senegal, Turkey, and Kurdish Iraq photographing a range of subjects including emigration and religion in daily life. I strive to put my subjects at ease in my presence, creating engaging, intimate pictures that connect the viewer to the subject. I currently work as a freelance photographer covering editorial, event, wedding, and corporate photography. I am also a member of the National Press Photographer’s Association (NPPA), the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) and the Wedding Photojournalist Association.Read More
Joseph calls on his experience in the different disciplines of photojournalism, fashion, editorial and portraiture to capture images...at speak to the moment. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including the Harpers Bazaar Washington Post, Washington Life Magazine, Capital File Magazine as well as international publications.
Having started in photography in high school, Joseph began working as a paid professional photographer while still in college. Primarily shooting in the Washington, DC area, Joseph is often called to photograph weddings as far south as Palm Beach and as far north as New Hampshire. Washington Life Magazine, a premier luxury-lifestyle magazine in the National Capital Region, recognizes Joseph as “one of the District’s most versatile photographers”
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From my first wedding in 1991, to the present, I have looked for moments that take my breath away. My father sculpted my photojournalistic...yle from an early age and was one of my strongest influences. He left me my most treasured possessions, his cameras, his photography books and best of all, a love of photography. He taught me that time moves so fast and photography stops it. He started my hands on photography education and I continued it through high school and college. Being a firm believer in keeping my education current, I yearly take seminars and workshops.
I've won numerous awards locally and nationally. The number of weddings photographed is limited to less than 20 a year so that I can provide the best quality and only the finest service. I am married to the love of my life who supports me in so many ways and has even helped me build an indoor and outdoor studio. I am passing on my photography heritage to my daughter, Joriana, who I am proud to say is also an active member of WPJA. I love working with her, her unique photojournalistic perspective and that my father's artistic blood is still flowing through her veins!
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Growing up in the world of news photography has shaped Jay's outlook on weddings. His father, a television news photographer passed... valuable lessons which led him to where he is today. Working as a full-time freelance photographer, his typical clients include those who are aware of the impact and importance of images which provide a visual narrative of the events as they happen and who want a strong bond with their photographer. His work at newspapers including the Boston Globe, Denver Post, and Washington Post, among others, has given him a strong foundation to build on. He shot his first wedding in 2000 and has not looked back, shooting over 25 weddings in 2007.
Jay spent the past three years working for the Washington Post as a Photo Editor. During that time he worked with some of the best photojournalists in the country and gained insight into the inner workings of a top-rated major metro print organization and is adept at understanding the impact of strong images. His photos have appeared in The Washington Post, Boston Globe, Denver Post, Christian Science Monitor, Washington Times, Atlantic Times, Fayetteville Observer, News Photographer Magazine, on ABC.com, and have been distributed by the Associated Press, Newhouse News Service, Religion News Service and ZUMA Press.Read More
Pulitzer Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist Hans Ericsson brings a high level of experience and style to contemporary wedding photography... Philadelphia. His work has appeared on the front pages of the New York Times, the Washington Post and in other renowned newspapers and magazines around the world.Read More
Joe Brier earned an MS degree in Photojournalism from Syracuse University in 2004. Since that time, Joe has worked as a staff photographer...r a daily newspaper in Northern Virginia. He has also worked as a freelancer, producing work for various papers across the country. Read More
Just wanted to let you know how much I value my WPJA membership, and to thank you and your staff for all the work you do to keep the organization running.
Being a WPJA member has had an incredible effect on my business. I'm getting more inquiries and bookings than I ever have before because of WPJA's great publicity, a well organized website, and all of the great advertising - word-of-mouth and otherwise. Entering the contests and seeing the work of other members has pushed me to a new level creatively.
But the best part about being a WPJA member and the high ethical standards of the organization is that when I'm booked or (God forbid) unable to shoot an event because of an emergency, I know that I have an entire network of like-styled and, more importantly, like-minded photographers who I would absolutely trust to take my place. In fact, I don't even refer clients to non-WPJA photographers anymore.
Anyway, keep up the great work and, as always, if there's anything I can do from Baltimore/DC, just ask.
—Robin Shotola, MARYLAND
KEVIN QUINLAN, MD
Let me start off by saying that although I have only been a WPJA member for a short period of time, I am very impressed with the organization. I have already booked a few weddings directly through the WPJA. The WPJA forums have also helped me a great deal in finding a new more reliable printing lab to get my proof prints through.
I get TONS of hits from WPJA, and pay so much more to advertise at other sites that hardly bring me any traffic. I won't be renewing those this year.
Yesterday I met with a B&G and they said they googled my name and the judge's comments from a winning image of mine came up. They said the judge's comments on my work were so beautifully and thoughtfully written; perfectly describing the type of photography they had been searching for. It confirmed their instinct that I was the one for them!
1. Oh my goodness, in the past 4 days I have had 2 contacts that have come for WPJA. One of the contacts, I am meeting with on Tuesday and the 2nd booked right over the phone. I am very excited!!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you again. I did not want to be a part of WPJA for the marketing, but more to be a part of an association that has the best photographers in the world and a style that I love, but the marketing is pretty cool!! Thank you again :)
2. I am still amazed at how many hits and jobs I have booked from WPJA. The great thing is many of them book over the phone, which is wonderful :)
All my quality brides seem to come from WPJA and most of my hits that are not referrals from other clients are coming from WPJA :) You have a great organization here.
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As a Mid-Atlantic state, Maryland offers a surplus of unique perspectives and cultural experiences that bring the blessings of both the north and south of the United States together. With a nickname of “America in Miniature”, this fine wedding destination includes the sandy dunes, marshland regions, and oceanic ports of the Atlantic coast in the east, the rolling hills of forestry in the central Piedmont region and the mountainous, pine-filled regions in the west. Water activities and seafood delights are in plenty throughout the coastal regions of Maryland, making for prime traveling options for your wedding guests and family members who come to celebrate your special wedding occasion. In addition, you will find classic wedding photography opportunities that your wedding photographer will be delighted to shoot. History is studded throughout Maryland, with its connection to the nation’s capital, Washington D.C. and its varied Civil War historical sites. In addition to being the state capital, Annapolis, home of the United States Naval Academy, is considered by many to be the sailing capital of America, which offers a backdrop of maritime experiences and fine photographic opportunities. Maryland uniquely borders the states of Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and Delaware, and offers a coast to the Potomac River, the Chesapeake Bay and the magnificent Atlantic Ocean that can present creative opportunities to set the stage for stunning wedding photographs. These exclusive Maryland features make for a wedding experience filled with distinctive photographic opportunities that will leave you with indelible memories of your Wedding Celebration.
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