Also Serving: Maryland, North Carolina, Washington D.C. and West Virginia
Bio: Mike Topham is a former member of the White House Press Corps. and covered President Reagan at the White House and on the road. Mike was issued a White House Press Photographers Pass in 1982. Other assignments include the Geneva Arms Talks, the famine in Ethiopia, The booming Japanese Economy, the fighting in Lebanon, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, a day with US Senator John Kerry, several US Hurricanes and coverage of war torn Darfur. Now Mike works to provide magazine quality wedding photos to his clients in Virginia, DC, Maryland and worldwide. The Knot Best of Weddings 2007 Pick.
Bio: Aaron Watson parlayed his passion for photography into a professional career while still in high school. While working for Rob Garland Photographers, Aaron earned numerous recognitions and excelled his creativity and skill through college while at the University of Virginia. Aaron then went on to start Aaron Watson Photography, and while still specializing in weddings has expanded to include sports, event and commercial photography. Through his travels worldwide Aaron has cultivated his passion and unique style.
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: I have an associates degree in photojournaiism and 13 years experience as a newpaper photographer. One of the highlights during my newspaper career was contributing to the Sigma Delta Chi Community Service Award with the Society of Professional Journalist in 1997 while at the W-S Journal. In 2001, I was commisioned by the North Carolina School of the Arts to document "A day in the Life" of the students there and 30 images from this project comprised a 12-month traveling exhibit for the school. This launched my free-lance career and I have been working with community based projects for non-profit agencies and advertising agencies since 2001.
I have carried my photojournalism background into wedding photography and family portraiture. Wedding photojournalism provides me with a pure storytelling outlet similar to many assignments/photo essays I enjoyed while working for a newspaper. I contract about 12 weddings a year. This leaves time for my non-wedding work as well as finding my own documentary projects. When I don't have a camera in hand, I enjoy time with my husband and our 2 "barking" kids. I am also an avid cyclist and "escape" to the mountains a couple times a month to mountain bike with friends.
Bio: For nearly a decade, Heidi has worked as a New York-based documentary-style photographer. Following an arts-based education at Oberlin College, she began shootings weddings while working as a second-shooter, photo album designer, and studio manager for acclaimed wedding photographer Holger Thoss, who shares a studio with contemporaries John Dolan and Philippe Cheng. Through her time with this studio, Heidi had the opportunity to work with some of New York's top event planners (The Wedding Library, David/Reinhardt Events, Olivier Cheng Catering & Events, among others). Over the past five years shooting since opening her own studio, Heidi has honed her craft to create beautiful, candid photographs through a "fly-on-the'wall" working style.
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 West Virginia 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 West Virginia 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 Mountain State, West Virginia is amply equipped to provide magnificent surroundings and rugged landscapes that bring back scores of tourists and provide a surplus of wedding locations and wedding photography sites. Outdoor enthusiasts will love the great outdoors provided by attractions such a Monongahela National Forest and the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.
Loaded with history, culture and scenery, West Virginia has much to offer wedding photographers in giving them options of backdrops to shoot pictures. There are more than 1 million acres have been saved for 37 state parks, 9 state forests and 2 national forests, giving couples endless options for wedding photography locations.
In areas where the land is level in West Virginia, the terrain is made of flat strips that lie along major rivers. The tallest point in West Virginia is Spruce Knob, which sits in the Appalachian Ridge and Valley Region, making for scenic panoramas that will enhance the pictures your wedding photographer will take. The land that travels eastward between Virginia and Maryland is known as the Eastern Panhandle, while the land traveling between Ohio and Pennsylvania is the Northern Panhandle, giving the state a beautiful and unique landscape to tuck in your wedding celebration.
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