When I was a child, my father, Francesco Armocida, used to bring me to his little dark-room in our home in Brooklyn, where I was born. He was working as an artist and re-toucher for a large advertising agency in New York at the time. He had the great fortune to meet photographers like Avedon and Kertesz, who would shoot and print their photos where he worked. The dark-room was like a rebirth for me. It was a magical feeling to see the images appear slowly. This was my fantastic introduction to photography. We soon moved to Calabria, Italy, where I now live with my wife and children. As a young university student I adored photographing the wonderful aspects of nature. I loved using selective focus and shallow depth of field to create magical atmospheres that reminded me of my father’s paintings. I soon developed a great interest in portrait photography and studied lighting techniques. I took portrait courses and followed many wedding photographers helping them during wedding shootings: then I found out that not only in wedding photography you have to be a good photographer but you really should also have a certain behaviour to achieve a certain kind of photography, the one I was and still seeking for today: capture moments with low photographer ‘interference’. I prefer the documentary style, the one that captures the real, emotional moment. Unlike ‘fixed’ pictures and concocted scenarios, I am aiming to capture genuine life-moments. It is an honour to be part of the WPJA. Not only is it a guideline for B&G, but it is also a tool to help photographers meet couples’ needs. [Reggio Calabria Wedding Photographer]

After my personal experience as a bride, telling in pictures about this wonderful moment in the life of a couple who believes in love, mutual trust, and complicity has become my personal "mission". So I ventured into this difficult and complex world, but I immediately understood that wedding photography is an artistically vast, complete and always stimulating field. I admit that I love marriages so much because they bring out the best in people, they are rich with various emotions and the surprise is always around the corner. For this reason, above all, I love the authenticity of moments because magic happens just when you are simply yourself, together with the most important people in your life: real moments that come to life in a completely natural way. People who love me think that I'm cheerful, ironic, genuine and sincere. It's vital for me to spend my free time with the people I love, chat with friends about everything and anything until the most unlikely hours; I love the warm colours of nature in autumn and the summer light; my favourite colour is blue in all its shades. I am passionate about films and TV series that, in addition to entertaining and telling beautiful stories, can teach a lot about photography. Even if I don't have a favourite genre, I listen to a lot of music, a passion that is part of me since I can remember. [Trieste Wedding Photographer]

Linda is a wedding documentary photographer from Sofia, Bulgaria. She loves to tell the story of the wedding day in a lighthearted manner and with a lot of positive energy. Being the granddaughter of one of Bulgaria's greatest photojournalists, Linda developed her passion for photography about 10 years ago with the beginning of the digital photography era. She finds inspiration in street and portrait photography and also in her grandfather's albums. She loves to hunt emotions of all kinds and collect them with the help of her camera. Linda is fluent in English and Portuguese and is available to travel around the world. [Sofia Wedding Photographer]

A graduate of the Dun Laoghaire College of Art and Design, Shane is now based in Waterford City covering both national and international photography commissions. A lifelong passion, Shane O’Neill’s photography is as much a pleasure as it is a business. From weddings and portraits to commercial and media, his work is at once edgy and earthy, funky and fashionable. [Waterford Wedding Photographer]

Samo Rovan is an international destination wedding photographer based in the heart of Europe. Also a speaker and photography mentor worldwide. An ex photojournalist, who's been working for several major newspapers in his country. An architect, active in the field of photography, architecture and design. He's very happy to share his life with Romana, the muse and his love, and two incredible kids. He's a documentary storyteller, renown for his passionate, fun, fresh, direct, but also emotional, sincere and warm wedding photojournalistic style. On the other hand he enjoys hunting unusual and humorous situations on his own way. Complex compositions are his specialty. The purpose of his photography is to capture the genuine feelings that the bride, groom and their guests experience at the wedding. He opens the window back to the wedding day, so they can again smell the bouquet, touch the wedding dress,… He's available worldwide. [Ljubljana Wedding Photographer]