Bio:My love of wedding photography started out on the streets of New York. My biggest joy was to walk for hours with just my camera always on the lookout for that defining moment. I still search for those moments at every wedding, that I'm lucky enough to attend. My education started with my mother (an interior designer). After I left the nest I studied color in NY, then went to school at home in upstate NY to study the technical side of photography. As a photographer my proudest moments come from shooting for the CNY Heart Gallery, an adoption program for older children to have their photograph taken and then displayed throughout New York State.
Also Serving: New York City, New York (Long Island), Connecticut, New Jersey
Bio: Denise Cregier studied at SUNY New Paltz with a concentration in Painting and Photography. She has trained with various professional photography organizations including PPA, WPPI and DWF, as well as studying with photojournalist Denis Reggie.
Her experience includes photographing celebrity events for the Joe Torre Foundation and Christopher Reeve Foundation. Recent publications include The Knot magazine.
Also Serving: New York City, Vermont and North Carolina
Bio: Shortly after Rae received a BA in Fine Art, she was asked to photograph a wedding, based upon her senior art exhibit. Very hesitantly (thinking weddings were the bottom of the barrel for photographers), she accepted the job. Now, after over 100,000 wedding images have been captured through her lenses, she can't imagine her life without wedding photography in it.
Bio: David Wilson Burnham has a BFA in photography from a small liberal-arts College in New England and has been an active photographer for 23+ years as a corporate photographer for medical institutions, a toy photographer and an editorial photographer for magazines and book publishers. As a studio owner, David is shooting for his own clients, which includes contract photography for Harley Davidson motorcycles, Magazines and Advertising Agencies. Burnham has received Grants from Getty Images, Foundations for the Arts and has worked along side of National Geographic photographers and editors. He often presents his work in Galleries to national recognized curators and collectors.
Bio: I am a creative wedding photographer living in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State. I have been involved with wedding photography since I was 16 years old, where I began by
editing wedding photographs for local Rochester photographers after school. Since then, I have established a successful wedding photography studio in Western New York and personally photograph
25-luxurious weddings each year.
I would best describe my style of wedding photography as sophisticated wedding photojournalism, where I am not merely capturing the moments and emotion, but rather, creating captivating images
through the artful use of light and with the care and attention to detail that will make you connect with my photography. I continually expose myself to art at museums across the country, in order
to keep my creative vision fresh and my photography motivation high.
Bio: Michael is an intuitive fine art photojournalistic wedding photographer. His style comes primarily from his combined background in dramatic fine art portraiture, candid child photography, and newspaper photojournalism. He shoots his weddings in color, but specializes in B&W and sepia imagery.
Bio: Rachel graduated with honors from San Francisco Art Institute in 2001. In 2007 she won first place in the WPJA "Emotions" category, the Kodak Gallery award, Judges Choice award, Highest scoring wedding print, as well as the highest scoring print at Professional Photographers of New York. In 2006 Rachel was honored by having "Junkyard Dog" added to the PPA Showcase book.
Bio: 2007 Microsoft Corp. Pro Photographer of the Year, Paul resides in Rochester, NY where he received his MFA in Fine Art Photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Paul's work has been published in many photographic magazines, including PDN Magazine, Digital Photo Pro, CMYK, Photographer's Forum, Professional Photographer, Camera Arts, and Creative Quarterly Magazine. Currently, Paul works as a commercial photographer, educator and exhibiting artist in the Western NY area.
Bio: Exceptional wedding photojournalism from an experienced
professional whose work has appeared in Time, Newsweek, People, Vogue and
many other publications worldwide. John's work is included in the collection
of the National Portrait Gallery in London. He has enjoyed the unique
inspiration and creativity of wedding photojournalism for over ten years.
Also Serving: Northern California, Hawaii, New York City, New York (Upstate) and Rhode Island
Favorite Destination Wedding Locations: New Zealand, Mexico and Europe
Bio: Dennis got his start as a photographer while attending the University of San Diego, California. While working towards a degree in Mass Media Communication, it became clear that he had an eye for creating beautiful images. By chance, Dennis picked up a camera while working for his college newspaper and immediately became obsessed. It was at that moment he handed himself over to photography - devouring everything the medium had to offer with passion only a true artist can fully understand.
Dennis is dually located in San Diego, California and Dunedin, New Zealand with his wife, Jaime and son, Alex. When he isn't busy working internationally as a photographer, Dennis can be found surfing, fishing, and photographing his favorite locations. Dennis is also passionate about music and has been DJing for almost a decade with bookings in New Zealand and the USA.
Also Serving: New York (Long Island) and New York (Upstate), New Jersey and Connecticut
Favorite Destination Wedding Locations: Caribbean, South America, Mexico, Europe and Russia (Moscow)
Bio: With more than twenty years of photography experience, my background includes fine arts, fashion and photojournalism. My photographs are widely published around the world and have received many prestigious awards, including First Prize in the World Press Photo competition and nomination for the Pulitzer Prize. I earned a diploma in photography while in Russia and hold certificates from the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York and the Rochester Institute of Technology. My photographs are part of the collections of the New York Public Library, the Museum of the City of New York, the Museum Of Modern Art and numerous private collections. A wedding is a very significant and emotional event, and my approach is to make it as stress-free as possible.
Bio: Andre is a full-time professional wedding photographer. He has trained with several of the most respected contemporary wedding photographers, including Bambi Cantrell, Cliff Mautner and Joe Buissink. Andre was awarded a 13th Place in the Shadows, Good Light and Silhouettes category of a recent WPJA contest. In an earlier phase of his career, Andre was an assistant editor at Universal Pictures in Hollywood, California.
Bio: Andy is a full-time freelance photographer, who has extensive experience as a photojournalist and editorial photographer. He has been photographing weddings all over New England, with a focus in Vermont, since 2000.
Also Serving: New York (Long Island), New York (Upstate) and New Jersey
Bio: As much as he has enjoyed photographing celebrities like Madonna, Billy Joel and the Dixie Chicks, nothing beats the thrill that Harvey gets when capturing the high emotion that fills a wedding day. Using the finest cameras and lenses available, he has photographed hundreds of weddings over the last 20 years.
In collaboration with his wife, Harvey has offered clients the option of turning one of their wedding photos into a work on canvas that combines photography and paint similar to the pieces displayed at their New York City gallery.
Also Serving: New York (Upstate), New York (Long Island), New York City, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
Some of the best Upstate NY 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). AGWPJA photographers define Upstate NY artistic wedding photography!
If you choose one of our WPJA Upstate New York 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 Upstate New York 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.
The upstate region of New York offers major mountain ranges like the Catskill and Appalachian Mountains, and massive bodies of water like Lake Erie, the Niagara River, Lake Ontario, the Finger Lakes and the St. Lawrence River, offering a vast landscape to host your wedding activities and will add life to your wedding photographs. One of the greatest draws that can add to your wedding is the famous Niagara Falls, with its majestic water falls and scenic activity. Buffalo, Rochester and Albany, some of upstate New York’s familiar cities offer diverse landscapes, classy restaurants and hotels that will bring enjoyable wedding hospitality. Up in the north, you will find the magnificent Adirondacks, which takes up two-thirds of the upper state region. Filled with beautiful mountains and crystal clear lakes like Lake Placid, you will find the most stunning locations for your wedding photographer to shoot your pictures. Destinations are in plenty as you can opt to have a fabulous spring/summer wedding, a fall foliage celebration or a winter snow capped nuptial. In Central-Leatherstocking, you can enjoy the historic spas and or spend the days surrounding your wedding celebration in the cozy bed and breakfasts. Your wedding photojournalist will be delighted to shoot pictures with the scenery offered in this region. In addition you’ll find beautiful waterfalls and parks that will instill nature’s beauty into your wedding.
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