Jenny is a wedding, portrait and nightlife photographer with a photojournalistic approach. She regulary photographs for Seattle publications,...cluding The Stranger and The Seattle Weekly and has served as house photographer for two prominent local music venues. Jenny's work has placed in WPJA and Photo Distric News (PDN) international wedding photography contests.Read More
A photographer for over 17 years, Pulitzer-finalist photographer Ron Wurzer was a staff photographer at The Seattle Times for 10 years...fore embarking on a solo career. In addition to shooting weddings, Ron shoots for Starbucks, T Mobile, Microsoft and other large corporations in the region. He is known for bringinng an artistic, unobtrusive style to wedding photography.Read More
For nine years I have been documenting life through photography. I have had the priviledge of working for newspapers in six states...ere I have won awards from the National Press Photographers Association and the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. I also lived and worked in China where I documented the lives of an ethnic minority and taught English to 500 first graders.Read More
Keri received her BA in Photography from the Evergreen State College and continued her education in New York City at the prestigious...ternational Center for Photography. While in New York she interned with famed photographer, Mary Ellen Mark and worked for many others including legendary Magnum photographer, Bruce Davidson. Besides photographing weddings, she works freelance for several magazines such as People, Sunset and Budget Travel and is a contributor to the top stock photo agency, Getty Images.Read More
Kim Hayes graduated top of her class from the Art Institute of Seattle and has been photographing everything for the past 10 years....cently married herself, she resides in Seattle with her Husband and two dogs.Read More
Thomas Sikora was born in Europe in 1972. Photography has been his greatest passion since early childhood. Thomas moved to the US 20...ars ago and strongly pursued this natural inclination in fine arts, where he graduated with a degree in anthropology and photojournalism in 1999. He spent a few years freelancing for local and national publications, as well 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 to work 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. They document 25-35 weddings every year, keeping the number of events low, allowing them to work with their couples on a much more personal level.
I am a freelance photographer based in Seattle, Washington. I am married to my best friend, Jenny, and we have a precocious baby boy,...stin. I graduated Summa Cum Laude from SUNY Purchase with a B.A. in Media, Society + the Arts. My freelance work has appeared in the Seattle P.I., Vancouver Sun, and Smithsonian Online.Read More
I grew up inseparable from a paintbrush and canvas in hand. I studied art and oil painting in college and throughout Europe. Upon graduation,...purchased my first professional SLR camera and I was hooked. I ventured into the world of wedding photography and I have not looked back. In addition to the WPJA, I am a member of the Seattle Professional Photographers Association. I have received many awards and have been published, but nothing compares to the accolades I have received from my clients.Read More
Niki J. Desautels is a Seattle-based freelance and wedding photographer with a background in photojournalism. She has worked for newspapers... California, Pennsylvania, and throughout Washington State; including the Bellingham Herald, the Daily Herald in Everett and the Seattle PI. She has won recent awards from the National Press Photographers Association and the Associated Press.Read More
The two best compliments I've received from my couples are: "You became part of our family for the day," and "We barely noticed you...but you were everywhere!" This really covers the most important parts of my job - to capture all the important, fleeting moments of your day without intruding on them, and to make you comfortable enough with me and my camera to be able to do that.
I spent eight years as a photojournalist in SC, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky. I've covered everything from hurricanes (ask me about the time I was trapped in my car) to stories on uninsured women fighting cancer. I started my photography career to change the world; I'm still doing that - one quiet, intimate moment at a time.
I document a maximum of 15 weddings per year, to be able to give each of my couples the personal attention they deserve. Their stories are beautiful, unique, and important, and deserve to be treated that way. Read More
Photography has been my passion for 20 years. I studied the fine arts in college while shooting for the newspaper and yearbook. After...master's degree, I taught English and humanities at the collegiate level in Washington State and Arizona. Later, I lived in Spain for several years, where I focused on architectural photography and photojournalism-style street photography.
After those experiences, I decided to follow my passion by starting my own wedding photography business in Spokane. I bring my diversity of interests to my wedding photography. I aim to capture all the essential moments of the wedding that the bride and groom can relive whenever they look at their photographs. I have been married for 17 years and have a 5-year old son.Read More
For 20 years, Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Daniel Sheehan has created lyrical, artistic images for corporations and publications...cluding 10 years on staff at N.Y. Newsday. Since 1997 he has photographed more than 200 weddings in the Pacific Northwest and around the world, for those who appreciate classic photojournalism with a style that is straightforward, subtle and unobtrusive. He also enjoys photographing jazz musicians in performance and lives with his wife and daughters in a Seattle Craftsman bungalow.Read More
Lucas Mobley has photographed Bill Cosby, Lyle Lovett, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sheryl Crow. He started his career early, taking his...rst photojournalism class when he was 16. He attended Ohio University's renowned School of Visual Communication, graduating with a BS in photojournalism. Lucas has worked for publications across the country, photographing the devastation of wildfires, the joy of NASCAR victories and the love that families share while overcoming hardship. He has made award winning, impactful images in the most stressful of situations. Now, he has shifted his focus and brings the skills that he has learned to documenting the beauty, emotion and fun of weddings.Read More
Bradley Hanson is a professional photographer living in Minneapolis, MN. For the past 10 years, Bradley's main area of concentration... wedding photography, which he approaches with a natural, fly-on-the-wall style in order to create beautiful images as they unfold. He also applies this style to portraits, promotional images, live music, commercial and editorial work for a number of clients and publications.
His wedding work is often described as wedding photojournalism or documentary style. Bradley was heavily influenced by the work of Ralph Gibson, Anton Corbijn, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Elliott Erwitt, as well as film noir cinematography and his two children, Gabriel and Miles. Although he is a Minneapolis based wedding photographer, he regularly travels for weddings, and has been commissioned to photograph weddings all over the world. Recent travel weddings include: Bali-Indonesia, Hong Kong-China, Udaipur-India, Bangkok-Thailand, Seoul-Korea, Zihuatanejo-Mexico, Honolulu-Hawaii, Washington DC, Vancouver-BC, Portland-OR, Sun River-OR, Minneapolis-MN, New York-NY, Phoenix-AZ, Seattle-WA, Napa-CA, Fremont-CA, Palm Springs-CA, Palo Alto-CA, Berkeley-CA, Carmel-CA, Los Angeles-CA, Sausalito-CA and San Francisco-CA.
His work has been featured in ad campaigns for Amazon.com and Ericsson mobile phones, album cover art for musicians: Pete Droge, Downpilot, Fauna, Kim Field and The Mighty Titans of Tone, Rachel Harrington, Sugartown, Brother Sun Sister Moon, Visqueen, Truckstop Souvenir, and Broadcast Oblivion. His images have been printed in local and national magazines, including Rolling Stone (Germany), Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle Times, Seattle Sound, Seattle Weekly, The Stranger, Photo District News (PDN), MSNBC.com, ROCKRGRL, The Big Takeover, Three Imaginary Girls, Washington Free Press, Local Planet, Seattle Police Annual Report, Seattle Police Foundation Calendar, Women's Health Magazine, Grace Ormonde Wedding Style, Seattle Bride, Seattle Metropolitan Bride & Groom, The Knot, Conde Nast's Brides Magazine, Wedding Pages Magazine, Wedding Expo, Herban Feast's wedding brochure and Banquet & Event's promotional literature and billboards.
Some of Bradley's wedding work is currently on display in Seattle at Greenwood Sip & Ship and portraits at the Ballard Sip & ShipRead More
Beginning in 1993, Karen gained experience in the wide variety of photography professions, from architecture and annual reports to...shion and photojournalism, through assisting other photographers. Combining those experiences with her innate desire to travel and always carry a camera, Karen developed her own documentary style. She photographed her first wedding in 1998. She also photographs motorcycles, corporate events and lifestyles. She has been published in magazines such as Easyriders and Sunset.Read More
Sol has 7 years of experience as a staff photographer for The Oregonian, and has earned a Pulitzer Prize with a team of journalists...vering breaking news in southern Oregon. His passion is sports photography, which has earned industry recognition with multiple awards from POYi. Twice he was awarded in the Top 3 for Sports Photographer of the year. When he's not photographing cool folks on their wedding day, he is off traveling the globe looking for fun and squirrelly sporting events.
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The first thing out of our mouths when we're already booked for a date is, "have you visited the WPJA website?" It is such an easy referral tool for us, and I love the fact that I feel I can trust any of the members to provide quality [wedding] photojournalism, thanks to your membership screening process. We have been getting more and more leads from the WPJA. The new site looks great. :)
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—Laura Schoeggl, WASHINGTON
BRADLEY HANSON, WA
1. I just booked someone this morning who found me on the WPJA website!
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2. I just got back from weddings in India and Thailand, both the same couple. They found me on the WPJA site, so I know it works.
Locally, magazines are currently overrun with ads for wedding photographers, all of them claiming to be wedding photojournalists, making it harder for clients to make intial cuts on who to look at. The site is a great resource for brides, and just last night, my consultation told me that the found me on WPJA, and that it was the ONLY place they looked because of the quality of the work represented on it.
—Bradley Hanson, WASHINGTON
KIM HAYES, WA
Thank you so much for putting together such a great resource!! I have been a memeber for over a year and I have LOVED everyone of my clients that I have received from WPJA! I get to shoot the way I like-and it's all thanks to you!!
Keep on doing what you're doing!
—Kim Hayes, WASHINGTON
DANIEL SHEEHAN, WA
I just wanted to say how happy I am with my listing. Two weeks ago, I redesigned my website http://www.abeautifuldayphotography.com/ and I have had 61 referrals from wpja and booked one wedding.
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The northwestern most state in the contiguous states, Washington state sits along the border of the Canadian province of British Columbia on the north, borders Oregon to the south, Idaho to the west and the massive Pacific Ocean on its western border. As a part of the Pacific Northwest, Washington offers mountainous regions, stunning coastal regions and natural beauties of nature that can make for picturesque sites to shoot wedding photographs.
The Cascade Range cuts the state from north to south and includes massive volcanic and non-volcanic mountains, making way for fascinating, yet towering backdrops for your possible wedding photography shots. Washington also contains dense forests, grasslands and farmlands that can all present diverse wedding photography opportunities for your photographer to shoot.
The state has varied contrasts from deep forests in the Olympic Peninsula to the dry region east of the Cascades, to Mount Rainier which is the tallest mountain in the state and is covered with glacial ice, a dream backdrop for a wedding picture. The Puget Sound is the hub of active cities like Seattle, Olympia and Tacoma which contain numerous ports and a bustling city life, yet have numerous views of the ice capped mountains of Washington in the background; making for incredible wedding photography locations.
Some of the best Washington 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 Washington artistic wedding photography!
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