Top 2 Creative San Diego Wedding Portrait Photographers for 2024
Page Updated: February 11th, 2023
Wouldn’t you just love to hire a top creative San Diego 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 San Diego couple portraits.
Four Artistic Guild contests for San Diego 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 San Diego 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.
Shaun Baker, a USA-based photographer, transitioned from videography to pursue his passion for photography. In 2009, he shot his first wedding and has since specialized in unique and artistic wedding day portraits. Shaun excels in capturing the beauty of sunset, late afternoon, and golden hour lighting. He is also skilled in using off-camera lighting techniques for night shots, particularly in the dusk lighting he favors.
Darren Hendry, an unconventional and alternative wedding photographer, showcases his unique storytelling abilities through natural, emotive, and honest portraits. Drawing inspiration from his background in architecture, he captures stunning wedding stories with a bold, colorful, and striking vision. His use of contrast, silhouettes, and expert play with light creates visually balanced and graphically impactful images.
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.
