Also Serving: Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Thailand and Yucatan, Mexico
Favorite Destination Wedding Location: Costa Rica
Bio: Craig has been a freelance photojournalist since he graduated with a Photography degree in 1999. His images have appeared in many publications including: Brides Magazine, Sports
Illustrated, The Times Picayune, Sun Valley Magazine and Patagonia Clothing Company. Over the last five years, Craig has incorporated his documentary approach to include weddings so as to capture
these events and emotions as they truly happen. He also teaches photography courses at his local community college and mentors seniors at the High School who have chosen Photography for their Senior
Project.
Bio: Kirk is both a wedding photographer and working photojournalist with work appearing in the New York Times, L.A. Times, USA Today, The Chicago Tribune, MSNBC Online and AOL News. He was selected as one of 100 people worldwide to participate in the Eddie Adams Workshop in 2006. His editorial/commercial work represented by Aurora Photos was awarded best portfolio for 2007. Kirk's mentors include some of the top photographers in the world: Jose Azel, Corey Rich, David Edwards, Ed Kashi, Ami Vitale and Peter Schwepker. They taught him a lot about how to shoot with the heart and find the story within the story.
Also Serving: Nebraska, Arkansas, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Alaska, Idaho
Bio:Becca Young Williams is a wedding and freelance newspaper and magazine photojournalist who has completed photographic projects on six continents. She received her Master's degree in Journalism from the renowned University of Missouri School of Journalism and is a frequent contributor to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She also exhibits her work in galleries.
The Artistic Guild of the WPJA puts some of the best fine art wedding photographers at your fingertips! The AG takes the world-renowned artistic approach of WPJA wedding photojournalists to yet another level through post-production processing (usually Photoshop). WPJA photographers define 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.
May 16th, 17th & 18th, 2008: Sponsored by the WPJA, the three-day VII Seminar in New York City will be held at the Klitgord Auditorium of the NYC Technical College. VII will put on
presentations by each of their 11 photographers, a few of their new Network photographers, sponsors and special guests. They are organizing a panel discussion on "Photojournalism within the context of
Contemporary Photography". They will also be hosting exclusive VII Seminar evening events in the new VII DUMBO space on 28 Jay Street.
If you choose one of our WPJA Idaho 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 Idaho 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.
In Idaho, wedding photography choices abound. With its 83,574
square miles of outdoor beauty, Idaho offers backdrops of rivers,
woodlands, and rolling hills for the bride and groom to choose
from. This state boasts of having a 'mighty big backyard' providing
very scenic locations for your Idaho wedding. Depending on
your wedding location, the couple or members of the wedding
party might enjoy a mellow afternoon ride through downtown
on the Boise River or head north to the Payette River for a
more exciting run. Before or
after the wedding, guests may enjoy fishing or rafting on one
of the many white water rivers Idaho has to offer. If you'd
like to have your wedding in the mountains of Idaho, your wedding
photos might include the beautiful tunnels and trestle bridges
in the higher elevations. With these backdrops unique only
to Idaho, wedding photographers will be able to take advantage
of these
natural settings.
Because of the beautiful green grass and rolling hills in Idaho,
golf courses are found throughout the state. If you choose
to have your wedding at one of the many award winning country
clubs in Idaho, wedding photojournalists will enjoy the elements
these well groomed facilities add to their images.
Aberdeen
Ahsahka
Albion
Almo
American Falls
Ammon
Arco
Ashton
Athol
Atlanta
Atomic City
Avery
Bancroft
Banks
Bayview
Big Creek
Blackfoot
Blanchard
Bliss
Boise
Bonners Ferry
Buhl
Burley
Caldwell
Cambridge
Carey
Careywood
Carmen
Cascade
Cataldo
Challis
Chubbuck
Clark Fork
Clayton
Coeur d'Alene
Coolin
Cottonwood
Council
Craigmont
Dixie
Donnelly
Downey
Driggs
Dubois
Eagle
Elk City
Elk River
Emmett
Fairfield
Felt
Filer
Fish Haven
Fort Hall
Franklin
Fruitland
Galena Lodge
Garden City
Garden Valley
Gibbonsville
Glenns Ferry
Gooding
Grace
Grangeville
Grasmere
Grouse
Hagerman
Hailey
Hamer
Harrison
Hayden
Hayden Lake
Hazelton
Homedale
Hope
Horseshoe Bend
Howe
Idaho City
Idaho Falls
Inkom
Irwin
Island Park
Jerome
Kamiah
Kellogg
Ketchum
Kimama
Kooskia
Kuna
Landmark
Lava Hot Springs
Leadore
Lemhi
Lewiston
Lowell
Lowman
Lucile
Mackay
Malad City
Malta
Martin
May
McCall
Meridian
Midvale
Montpelier
Moscow
Mountain Home
Mud Lake
Mullan
Murphy
Murray
Nampa
New Meadows
New Plymouth
Nordman
North Fork
Oakley
Olson
Orofino
Osburn
Paris
Parma
Payette
Peck
Picabo
Pierce
Pine
Pingree
Plummer
Pocatello
Pollock
Porthill
Post Falls
Potlatch
Prairie
Preston
Priest Lake
Priest River
Princeton
Rathdrum
Rexburg
Rigby
Riggins
Ririe
Rupert
Sagle
Salmon
Sandpoint
Shoshone
Shoup
Slate Creek
Soda Springs
Spalding
Spencer
St Anthony
St Charles
St Maries
Stanley
Star
Sun Valley
Sunbeam
Swan Valley
Tetonia
Three Creek
Twin Falls
Victor
Wallace
Warren
Weiser
White Bird
Winchester
Yellow Pine