There are those rare moments when you know the truth of something because you see it clearly for the first time. Cartier-Bresson called... the "decisive moment" when a photograph suddenly reveals itself to you. That moment came to me at a wedding. As I put down my glass of champagne and picked up my brother's camera, I saw the simple truth: two people joining together with families and friends to celebrate a beginning, a next step, a new life. I'm Daniel Stark, a documentary wedding photographer based in Portland, Oregon. Starting in high school, I knew that photography was something special. And as a photojournalist for my college newspaper, it became a real passion as I learned how to frame and find the images that meant the most to me. But once I realized that photojournalism at its best and most meaningful is about real people at life's most important moments, it became a career. I see wedding photography as simply capturing a love story through the lens, documenting a new life, revealing those "decisive moments." Some of my work has been featured in National Geographic Magazine online as well as a number of regional publications. Weddings have even taken me abroad––the best of all worlds since I love travel and culture. I also break dance with my twin brother once in awhile. And I have the photos to prove it.Read More
I studied photojournalism and graduated with a Bachelors degree from Ball State University. I freelanced for local newspapers in Indiana...d continued my freelance career in Portland, Oregon. When I started to photograph weddings, I fell in love with it. I have been photographing weddings for seven years. I have lived in Portland, Oregon for four years now. I am married and I have no children, but I do have the world’s greatest black lab.
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Lauren Brooks is an eleven-time, international award-winning wedding and portrait photographer. For the past twelve years, she has...voted herself to taking photographs that communicate stories, moments, and feelings. Trained in Photojournalism at the University of Georgia, she brings her story-telling approach to each wedding that she photographs. Her commitment to photography continues to follow her to each wedding and person she photographs. Lauren values the personal connection that her job allows her to have with her clients and she feels very fortunate to make a living doing something she loves.
Lauren is based in Portland, Oregon enjoys running, reading, and spending time with her husband, Lincoln Barbour, and their two cats, Alice and August. Lauren and Lincoln photograph weddings as a husband-and-wife team.
Lauren's work has been published in Portland Bride & Groom, Oregon Bride, and The Knot Best of Weddings. Her work has also appeared on wedding-style websites including Snippet & Ink, Style Me Pretty, The Knot.com, and Portland Style Unveiled.
In addition to the Wedding Photojournalist Association, Lauren is also a member of the International Society of Professional Wedding Photographers & Wedding & Portrait Photographers International.
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Jessica has a bachelor's degree in fine arts, concentrating in photography. She originally studied at the School of Visual Arts in...w York City, and then completed her degree at the State University of New York at New Paltz. After college Jessica discovered the Pacific Northwest, during a summer long road trip, and shortly relocated.
When asked to photograph her first wedding Jessica was hesitant but accepted. She discovered that each couple is unique, and enjoys capturing the story of the day. Many weddings later, she loves the tension, pace, energy, and emotion of weddings.
Jessica runs her business full time, offering both lifestyle portraits and wedding photography. She is located just outside of Portland, Oregon.Read More
My name is Brandon and I own and am the principal photographer for FotoVitae. I started FotoVitae in 2006 and specialize in wedding...d engagement photography. Personally, I shoot between 25-35 weddings per year. While I'm based outside of Portland, OR, I shoot throughout the Pacific NW and Alaska. Of course, I'm also open to travel for destination weddings around the country and world.
My interest in photography started in high school and I eventually ended up studying photography in Johannesburg, South Africa; focusing on wildlife photography at the time. I've since realized that interacting with people is what makes the job great and I can truly say that I love what I do. Aside from studying photography, I also recieved my bacholors degree in business administration from the University of Oregon. I focused on entrepreneurship which has been an incredible asset as a small business owner.
While I was in Eugene for those 4 years, I met my future wife and we eventually married in August of 2006. Sunshine & I were married at a small cabin we built in Yaak, Montana and that's where we spend most of our free time and where I still take time to capture wildlife.
Last year Sunshine and I started our family and we now have beautiful twin boys, Abdur & Nursun. Fatherhood is a lot of work but an incredible adventure. I should also mention our furry children Kootenai (our cat) & Zulu (our Doberman).
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Leah Nash is an award-winning photojournalist who has been documenting weddings since 1997. With a graduate degree from Missouri's...hool of Journalism, Leah uses her journalistic background to tell stories through photographs. This approach is used to capture the unique moments of a wedding.Read More
Cammie has been a professional photographer for many years, with experience as a photojournalist, wedding and portrait photographer...hoto editor and artist.
She was the recipient of The New York Times Award for Excellence in Photojournalism and the Greg Robinson Memorial Photojournalism Scholarship and has produced work that showed in New York's New Museum of Contemporary Art, the Camerawork Gallery in San Francisco and the Wight Art Gallery in Los Angeles, among other places. Read More
I got my start in photography during a year-long college exchange program in Japan. It was there that I discovered the power photographs...ve to let you relive moments and emotions associated with those moments. Upon my return to the US, I started formally studying photojournalism and freelancing for newspapers. It wasn't until a friend of a friend asked me to shoot their wedding that I realized how perfect an opportunity weddings were for me to not only pursue my passion for photojournalism but also allow my clients to relive the moments from their weddings through the photographs I capture. I soon started shooting weddings full-time, and over the next 5 years I developed into a regularly sought out photographer on the national and international level.
My greatest passion besides photojournalism is traveling, which probably explains why my favorite weddings to document are ones with strong multicultural influences. I like working with adventurous and worldly couples, especially ones with family visiting from overseas. I am located dually in Hawaii and Oregon and when I'm not busy flying to the next wedding location, I can be found hiking, cooking Italian food, and playing ultimate frisbee. I am also passionate about karate have been practicing martial arts almost half my life.Read More
Welcome to Matt Emrich Photography. Based in Oregon's beautiful Willamette Valley, Matt specializes in wedding photography. Matt's...otography has taken him around the world, from New Zealand and India to Europe and Asia. A member of the WPJA (Wedding Photojournalist Association), Matt's photos have been published in various magazines and newspapers. Matt has incorporated his photojournalistic approach into his wedding photography, resulting in full, candid coverage of your most special day.Read More
Jingzi received her photography training in the Chicago Photography Center and the Escuela de Imagen in Buenos Aires. She specializes... capturing events and lifestyle portraiture. Her photography work has been exhibited at Portland galleries and published in the 2005 Alumni Book of Escuela de Imagen.Read More
My wedding photographs have been featured in Modern Bride, The Knot Weddings, Brides.com and TCW. I obtained my Bachelor of Fine Arts... 1998 with a focus on Photography and Graphic Design and started my wedding photography career in 2005.
When documenting weddings, I enjoy focusing on capturing the beauty and emotion of the day which I always feel honored to be a part of. I take otherwise ordinary moments and artistic portraits and strive to transform them into unique pieces of art with the use of lighting, Photoshop techniques and composition.
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Having earned an MFA at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, Stephen approaches wedding photography from an artistic perspective...s an artist, he has learned the importance of balancing careful preparation and a thorough respect for his craft with an attitude of spontaneity and adventure. In addition to shooting weddings, Stephen photographs editorial and catalog projects, and is a practicing artist who shows etchings, woodcuts and installations.Read More
My career includes 10 years as a newspaper photographer in my home state of Oregon. The final the final seven as a staffer for The...ortland) Oregonian. In 2007, I was part of a group effort that earned us a Pulitzer Prize. Read More
Erin recieved a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Oregon's School of Journalism and Communication in 2002. She has...en passionate about photography since the age of 14, knowing even at a young age that she wanted to eventually start her own photography business. She worked for school publications and newspapers for 6 years and always loved that work. But when she shot her first wedding at age 19, Erin immediately new she had found her calling. In 2002, upon graduating from the University of Oregon, she started Erin Grace Photography. Erin's passion for wedding photography is evident and she feels honored to be involved in each and every wedding she shoots.Read More
Katharine Kimball is an award-winning, bilingual (Spanish/English) photojournalist whose work has been published worldwide including... The Los Angeles Times. Using her unobtrusive style and artistic eye, Katharine specializes in documenting spontaneous storytelling moments and emotions. She worked as a daily newspaper photographer for eight years where she learned the importance of establishing trust and building a rapport with the people who invite her to photograph them.
Katharine earned her Masters degree in photojournalism from the University of Missouri Graduate School of Journalism. Prior to beginning her career as a photojournalist, she was a Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic and a Spanish teacher. When she is not looking at life through her lens, she is traveling, hiking, eating sushi or training for her first half-marathon.
She has had an absolute blast photographing weddings and engagements. Katharine loves meeting couples, their families and friends. She has been extremely fortunate to photograph some truly dynamic people.
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Craig Mitchelldyer is a freelance wedding/editorial photographer in Porland and the Pacific Northwest. He shoots around 50 weddings...year. When not shooting weddings, he shoots for a large varitey of editorial clients covering everything from national news to local prep sports. The variety of assignments he shoots shows in his approch to wedding photography. He has won numerous awards from the WPJA for his wedding photography as well as other awards from various organizations for his sports and editorial work. His work has been published in many publications including USA Today, New York Times, Dallas Morning News and the Oregonian among others.Read More
I have been a full time professional photographer for 17 years. The first 12 as a newspaper photographer working at papers in Texas...alifornia and Oregon. Five years ago I quit my job to work for myself.
I run a small successful studio shooting weddings, families and for a handful of commercial and editorial clients. I have photographed over 100 weddings, but now limit myself to 12 a year to give each client my best.
I live with my wife and two wonderful daughters in Corvallis Oregon, but photograph weddings all over Oregon and the US.Read More
Graduating from The University of Michigan with a BFA in Photography in 2004, I first started photographing weddings while in college... age 19. After 219 weddings, I have truly come to love this magical ritual between two people. Marriage really is a life changing experience and I approach wedding photography with a keen and artistic eye, a passion for creating timeless art and a unabashed excitement for your future together as husband and wife.Read More
I cut my teeth as a photographer by creating a number of photo-essay books, including two published by Simon & Schuster. The first... these, "Eagle Drum," follows a Native American boy dancing in powwows. The second, "Let's Rodeo," covers young rodeo riders in the Pacific Northwest. At the time, running from bulls in the rodeo arena or photographing traditional Indian dancers in their full regalia, I remember thinking, why would anyone ever want to be a wedding photographer? Fortunately, I learned of wedding photojournalism, and learned what a pleasure it is to learn that one could actually shoot a wedding as though it were a powwow or a rodeo -- that is, with an eye for action and color and capturing the telling moments.Read More
I grew up carrying around a camera wearing rainbow suspenders and cowgirl boots. I have come a long way since but I find it curiously...sightful that I somehow knew then what I should be doing with my life. I respect the art of photography for this significance but I also find it freeing and natural.
I was one of those high school yearbook photographers that lurked under the stairs to find a unique image. I grew wings in college and began my post-collegiate career doing work in the field of psychology. At the time photography was my hobby and studying the way people made decisions was my vocation. After years of research and feeling starved for more creativity, I returned to school for a dedicated photographic education. In 2005 I attended the Brooks Institute of Photography and haven't looked back since.
I operate my business out of my home in Portland, Oregon, but I have spent years in California and love documenting stories there as well. I will travel to any state in the US and actually travel more often than I stay local these days. When I am not photographing weddings I love documenting state fairs and other iconic American celebrations. I am also an avid swimmer, cyclist, runner, triathlete, all-around outdoors-person and most recently a break-dancer. Read More
Ron Storer is an Award Winning Photojournalist with the WPJA and the AWPJA. Ron is based out of the Seattle area and is available for...cal as well as destination weddings. Ron Storer has been married to his wonderful friend, Neesie, for nearly the past 22 years and they have two amazing boys; Grant and Torey. Ten years ago, Ron Storer worked on a freelance basis with non-profit Organizations doing relief work around the globe. Now on occasion Ron still assists NPO's when possible and as his schedule allows.
What motivates Ron is the passion of the moment. Ron believes that every wedding has incredible priceless moments and he works hard to capture and preserve them for each couple. His typical clientele is someone who wants their wedding memories captured in a unique and special way. His clientele also tend to be artistic and relational as many of his clients have become dear friends. Besides receiving awards here at the WPJA, Ron Storer has also received numerous awards at the AGWPJA and is currently listed in 10th place worldwide for 2009.
Ron has studied under Joe Buissink and Becker. Other photographers that have impacted his life are Robert Capa, Eddie Adams, Sam Abell, Josef Scaylea, Jeff Ascough and Nate Kaiser. Prior to his photography career, Ron Storer raced on the US Cycling Team earning a Silver Medal in the Olympic Trials and a Gold Medal in the Pan-Am Games. Read More
Thomas graduated with a degree in photojournalism in 1999. He spent a few years freelancing for local and national publications, as...ll as showing his art in galleries. Soon after graduation, Thomas began the transition to wedding photography, a great outlet for his artistic expression.
Sikora has been known for his fresh and vibrant style. Being located just outside of Portland, Thomas Sikora, of Sikora Photography has the pleasure of working with couples in the entire Northwest and beyond. Sikora continues to create stunning images, keeping up with current trends and always seeking new ways to impress couples. Thomas works with Margaux in a male/female team to ensure no moments are being missed. He documents 25-35 weddings every year, keeping the number of events low, allowing him to work with couples on a much more personal level.
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...BTW, since I am writing, I just have to tell you that being a member of the WPJA has been very beneficial. A LOT of people are finding me from the WPJA site, the fact that you have achieved (and an achievement it is!) a high Google ranking has really paid off.
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