Favorite Destination Wedding Locations: Mexico, United States, Bermuda, Bahamas, Caribbean and Europe
Bio: Ozarks local and award winning photojournalist, Jeremy Lawson is the founding member of Big Smile Photography and the most sought after wedding photographer in his region. Jeremy currently resides in Ozark Missouri with his wife Lindsey his son Liam and their dog Charlie Brown.
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.
Bio: Gail holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Webster University and has been photographing weddings and portraits professionally since 1998, following several years of experience as an assistant for a St. Louis photography studio.
Bio: Adrienne Maples is an internationally award-winning artist with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in photography from the Savannah College of Art & Design, one of the largest and most prestigious art schools in the country. Her work has been published in magazines, newspapers & shown in galleries throughout the country. Adrienne is recognized for her unique ability to faithfully and artistically capture decisive moments and help individuals feel at ease in front of her lens. Her nationwide demand is so great that she limits herself to 25 weddings annually.
Bio: Peggy brings 16 years of experience as a former daily newspaper staff photographer and has produced award-winning images with the National Press Photographer's Association for many years. Her typical clients are people who enjoy the zest, fun and a joy of life no matter what challenges it brings -- people who live with "heart" and want the photographer who will capture that.
Bio: Steve Warmowski brings the experience of nearly 20 years as a photojournalist to his wedding photography. The Chicagoan started at the University of Illinois in physics but soon figured out making pictures was more fun. He photographed at the Daily Illini, had internships at newspapers in Saginaw and Muskegon, Michigan, and worked in LaSalle-Peru, Freeport and Decatur before becoming photo editor in Jacksonville. Steve has freelanced for national newspapers, his pictures have run in national magazines and his images have been exhibited in gallery shows. He has contributed to books, and served as a state coordinator for the America 24/7 book project.
Steve's talents have garnered awards at state, national and international levels. He's been recognized as one of the top ten photographers in Illinois and the Midwest through the Illinois Press Photographers Association's and National Press Photographers Association's monthly contests. He's won annual awards from the IPPA, Illinois Press Association and Illinois Associated Press Editors Association; been recognized in national NPPA contests; won for editing in the Pictures of the Year International contest; and even garnered a top state writing award for a feature on Haitian missionaries.
Steve is married to Tiffany, a designer and photographer who formerly worked at the Jacksonville newspaper and now is a Sign Language interpreter, fitness instructor and WeightWatchers leader. They live in Jacksonville (near Springfield) with their former stray dog, Kanon. They love to visit family in Chicago and to travel and stay with friends across the country and in Europe.
Some of the best Missouri 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). WPJA photographers define Missouri artistic wedding photography!
If you choose one of our WPJA Missouri 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 Missouri 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.
Known as the “Show Me State”, Missouri certainly has a lot of beautiful features to make your wedding photographs both stunning and memorable. Located in the Midwestern portion of the United States, Missouri borders eight states and is a state in which the Missouri River flows through and the Mississippi River flows down on the border, making for memorable wedding photography locations. The two larger cities, Kansas City and St. Louis, share metropolitan space with neighboring states and make for delightful attractions for your wedding party activities, including the Kansas City Symphony and the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (the Gateway Arch). The landscape is known for its rolling hills and alluvial plains that make for eye catching scenery to make your wedding photographs stand out with brilliance. The Osage Lakes area, home to the Lake of the Ozarks is a popular location that could make for creative wedding pictures that your WPJA wedding photojournalist will be delighted to shoot. Known as the Gateway to the West, Missouri offers various cultural features and outstanding natural beauty to make your wedding a picturesquely memorable occasion.
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