Bio: Brian Phillips is an award-winning wedding photographer and photojournalist. Having worked under the direction of a Pulitzer Prize-nominated photographer and many other renowned photojournalists, he has extensive experience in cutting-edge documentary-style photography. Based in the Boston area, Brian is frequently tapped by Grace Ormonde Wedding Style Magazine to shoot everything from New York Bridal Markets to Fashion Week. For 2008, he's even landed the cover--putting him in the company of the industry's most elite wedding photographers.
Brian is a member of the Professional Photographers of America and the Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA). Notably, he placed amongst the Top 15 Wedding Photojournalists in the country in WPJA's quarterly photography competition. Brian has worked as a photojournalist, covering everything from presidential campaigns to rock concerts for such outlets as the Associated Press, Reuters News Pictures, Boston Herald and Buffalo News. He also attended Western Kentucky University for their nationally recognized Photojournalist program. These roots give him the skill to capture each moment of a wedding as it unfolds and tell the story through pictures.
Bio: I got back into photography after the birth of my son eight years ago. I decided as a personal project, to photograph him every day of his life. Three years later his sister was born and I have never missed a single day photographing their lives. In an effort to keep it interesting I experimented each day with angles, lenses, obfuscated views, etc. It turned me into a professional photographer. After focusing on child photography I began shooting weddings because I love the idea of telling an emotional, chronological story in pictures.
Bio: Channing Johnson is a national award-winning photojournalist who enjoys capturing the joyful moments and strong emotions found at weddings. A graduate of the renowned photojournalism program at the University of Missouri, Channing spent several years at different publications learning from some of the best visual story-tellers in the newspaper business. Channing has extensive travel experience, including living abroad, and loves to mix his passion for experiencing new places with his love of getting to know new people through photography.
Bio: Tanya grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and learned to love photography and natural light at an early age. She studied photography and history at Oberlin College and completed graduate work at UC Berkeley and MassArt in Boston. She worked as a freelance photographer for many years, but didn't find her true creative niche until she discovered weddings. In addition to photographing weddings, Tanya serves as the Photography Lead at Blue Coda Design Studios in Cambridge.
Bio: Born in NJ, Amy Zaouk went to George Mason University in Fairfax, VA where she received her BA in English (Writing). She worked for 8 years in DC for a medical journal. Amy moved to the Boston area in 2005 and attend the Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University where she received a certificate of achievement in Professional Photography in 2006.
Bio: Born and raised in Amherst Massachusetts, I have always had a love of art (it runs in my family), and began studying photography in high school. My relationship with the camera grew and matured throughout college. I graduated summa cum laude from the University of Massachusetts with BA in Art at the age of 31. I began shooting weddings in 2006 and have been working as a professional photographer since 2005.
Bio: I have worked as a professional wedding photographer for 5 years, averaging 30-35 weddings per year. I have 4 children and a beautiful wife. I am based in the Berkshires in Western MA, but I have been traveling around the country recently shooting destination weddings. Every year my family and I try to travel outside of the country. We've been throughout Southern Africa, South East Asia, Mexico, Central America, Bermuda, Costa Rica and a few other small islands. When my children are a bit older I plan on slowing down on the wedding photography and focusing my passion on travel and documentary photography. My personal hope for my career is to be traveling and shooting full time though out the world.
Bio: After receiving her BFA in photography from Rochester Institute of Technology, Alison joined the Peace Corps in Mali, West Africa. While there, she made award winning images that have been shown in the US and Africa. She has been photographing weddings for six years now and enjoys capturing all the fantastic moments on a wedding day.
Bio: Connie Miller is both a gifted artist and a reliable professional who loves her work. Formally trained at Wheaton College in fine art photography, Connie possesses a unique sensibility that allows her to consistently endow her images with compositional strength, emotional insight, and an understated elegance. Her work has appeared in publications such as O magazine, Brides Boston, and Labella Bride. Currently residing in Newton, Massachusetts, Connie photographs weddings throughout New England, but greatly enjoys documenting events in Tennessee as well, as Knoxville was her childhood home.
Bio: Matt Grazier is an international award winning photographer who studied under artists Arnold Newman, Abelardo Morrell, Laura McPhee, David H. Wells and many others. He has exhibited his fine art photography internationally and has been published in Elegant Weddings, La Bella Bride, PDN, Boston Globe Magazine, Range Finder, American Photography 16 and Art New England. Photo District News named him one of 2007 "Top Knots" wedding photographers. Matt is also avaialble for travel. Matt and his wife Enna work together to creatively document the emotions and details of weddings and offer themselves exclusively to 25 couples a year.
Bio: Eric started in photography working as a freelance photojournalist
in and around Boston, MA. Taking the skills learned while shooting
professional sports and spot news, Eric created his vision of what wedding
photography should look and feel like.
Bio:Liz Linder is a commercial and fine art photographer who loves chronicling milestone occasions. Her photographic style is classic, edgy and accessible, with work appearing in publications such as Rolling Stone, People, The New York Times, Boston Magazine, Martha Stewart Weddings and Spin. Linder's fine and corporate art have been exhibited both nationally and internationally.
With a degree from Haverford College and classes from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Liz has continued to develop the skills that have propelled her in this industry for over twenty years. Aside from the education, those skills include a blend of rock-star experiences and an incredible gut instinct for knowing how to capture iconic moments you return to again and again. Although Boston is currently home for Liz Linder Photography, Liz is very much open and willing to travel. Crossing borders is a welcoming experience. Liz has traveled to many corners of this earth, and yes, she's shot in a handful of those places as well.
Bio: Contemporary Wedding Photojournalism and Modern Portraiture. BA in Commercial photography and Interactive Multimedia. Married 14 years. When not shooting weddings on the weekends, Mark
works for the Peabody Essex Museum as the Associate Producer and Designer of Exhibition Media and also teaches Video and Animation to undergraduate Art majors at Salem State College. Phi Kappa Phi
member.
Bio: Douglas Despres first emerged eight years ago as the staff photographer for The University of South Florida’s award-winning daily paper, The Oracle. Now, he is a top-notch photographer who photographs around the world. What sets Doug apart is his quirky, humorous approach to photography, and to life. He holds a Bachelor of Studio Arts Degree from USF. In 2005 The Maine Photographic Workshops selected Doug to serve as a Digital Service Bureau Intern. From there, he put down roots in Boston, where the Boston Redevelopment Authority awarded him their Artist Certificate.
Exhibitions of Doug’s photographs include Amnesty International's 'Wake Up World!', 'The National Summit on Cuba' featuring Mikhail Gorbachev, and 'One Community, One Book' featuring Pulitzer prize winning playwright Nilo Cruz. Doug’s photographs are perhaps best known for their stark black and white, snapshot aesthetic, and his fine-tuned sentiment for light. The bright take off into wedding photojournalism began a mere seven years ago. Doug presses forward into the field with a certain joie de vivre, and seeks out peoples who make the ground of reality a wavering mirage.
Bio: Educaion: BA French St. Anselm College Work History: Ten years as a staff photographer with the Fla. Sun-Sentinel. Over ten years as a freelance photographer, working for the New York Times, Time, Newsweek, Agence France-Presse, as well as picture editor for the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Awards: Pulitzer Finalist in Spot News Robert F.Kennedy Journalism Award, Honorable Mention NPPA Pictures of the Year First Place in Spot News. Accomplishments: Proud father of three