Top 6 Creative Aspen Wedding Portrait Photographers for 2024
Page Updated: January 31st, 2024
Wouldn’t you just love to hire a top creative Aspen wedding photographer to create artistic portraits on your big day? The Artistic Guild of the Wedding Photojournalist Association is here to help! Wedding photojournalists are, first and foremost, photographers — creative artists, in other words. In the AG contests, WPJA members exhibit their skills at digitally enhanced Aspen couple portraits.
Four Artistic Guild contests for Aspen wedding portraits are held annually, entered and judged separately from the regular WPJA competitions of moments. After each creative photo contest, we add another collection of award-winning portraits to our member profile galleries.
Want to have a top Aspen creative wedding photographer take some unique and artistic portraits? In a portrait (for these purposes), the photographer has staged the couple, the bridal party, or other participants or groups — such as family, friends, or children — on the day of the wedding. One distinguishing feature of portraits is that the subjects are aware of the camera and are maintaining their positions for the sake of the photograph.
Trent Gillespie is a Colorado wedding photographer with a Journalism degree from the University of Northern Colorado and experience in photojournalism. He specializes in creative portraits of couples, often taking advantage of natural mountain and rustic barn settings. Trent is skilled in off-camera lighting techniques, capturing beautiful shots at dusk and in low-light situations. He also has a talent for using flash in...
Sean Lara, a wedding photographer based in the Rocky Mountains, specializes in capturing love stories against gorgeous landscapes. Skilled in off-camera lighting, especially at night and dusk, he adds depth to his subjects with off-camera flash in daylight.
Nina Larsen Reed is a Colorado wedding photographer who specializes in capturing couples in winter adventure scenes. With over 150 weddings photographed, she helps plan dream elopements in the Rockies.
Lucy Schultz is an artistic wedding photographer known for her unique style and ability to create eye-catching imagery. With her off-camera lighting skills and love for night shots, she brings a touch of artistry to every wedding she captures. Lucy's clients appreciate the fun and comfortable atmosphere she creates, allowing them to be their authentic selves in front of the camera.
Ted Felsberg specializes in creative fine art portraits for couples, capturing romance and pure joy. Cherishing diversity in his work, he creates breathtaking portraits using off-camera flash.
Stacy Gillespie, a photographer based in Colorado, developed a passion for photography while pursuing a marketing degree in college. Her unique approach includes utilizing the stunning backdrops of mountain ski resorts and incorporating chair lifts into her compositions. Additionally, she excels in capturing the captivating beauty of the night sky during dusk lighting situations.
WPJA contest judges have been recognized by their industry peers, winning top awards as staff picture editors, staff photojournalists, and newsroom mentors while working for these and other leading publications and journalism organizations.
