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Wedding Photography Directory is a consumer directory open to all wedding photographers and photojournalists. The WPD features extensive wedding photo galleries, photographer rates, package prices, and biographies for each wedding photographer member.
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Theorie Photography is a Southern California photography boutique with an artistic, contemporary flair. We work in a relaxed and friendly manner to document what is actually happening on your wedding day. With an eye for candid moments and contemporary portraiture, we create images that are fresh, real, emotional and fun. Available for travel worldwide...  Wedding Photographer Bio
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Tana Hayes graduated from Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Landscape Architecture with honors. With over eight years professional photography experience, her attention to detail and contemporary style will captivate your unique memories on your wedding day... Wedding Photojournalist Bio |
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Wedding Photo Contest Winners Announced
The WPD 2009 Creative Wedding Photo Contest is officially complete. The contest was open to WPD members and outside professional wedding photographers alike. Photo contest entries were open for public view, and critiqued by voters like you. After receiving over 3,000 contest entries, the top three winners and seven runner-ups are now revealed.
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"Flower Girl Gaze
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Wedding Photo of The Month
Camera: Canon 5D
"This shot was taken outside a private villa in Breckenridge, Colorado in mid-September. Everyone is focused on a vocalist out-of-sight to the right..."
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Adobe Photoshop CS3
Monthly Giveaway
Are you a startup photographer, a photo hobbyist, or a student on a tight budget? To support the arts community, the WPD is giving away a copy of Photoshop CS3 each month!
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Wedding Photography Directory News (RSS):
2/18/2010 - New consumer wedding article: Tips to Engagement Photo Session by John Morris.
2/8/2009 - WPD February 2010 Photo of the Month selection: "Flower Girl Gaze" by John Hudetz.
2/1/2010 - New professional photography article: Photographer: Know Your Wedding by Amanda Galloway.
1/27/2010 - WPD 2009 Creative Wedding Photo Contest Winners Announced.
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Guide to Engagement Photo Session
by Wedding Photographer: John Morris
 With the extra cost of an additional engagement photo session you may ask, "Is it worth it if I will be taking professional wedding photos already?" There are plenty of reasons why so many couples are choosing this option. For one, the engagement photos can be included in your wedding album to create a prequel; leading into the wedding day story...
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Weddings Invitation Stationery Guide
by Wedding Journalist: Eva Hogan
 Wedding stationary is not just invitations; there are various types of cards you will need to have to get your guests in order. Wedding invitations are the first thing you consider when it comes to organizing your wedding guests. They are the most important cards because they are the main way to ensure all the friends and family you wish to attend the wedding can and do."...
Full Wedding Invitation Stationery Guide |
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Google Optimization Tips for Photography Sites
by SEO Specialist: Zach Presnall
I'm a photography search engine optimization expert. After helping many photographers optimize their websites I want to share the most overlooked search engine optimization factor: links. Most photographers already know about keywords and meta data, but links play a huge role in helping your photography business shine in the eyes of Google...
Full Website SEO Optimization Guide |
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Photographers: Know Your Wedding
by Wedding Photographer: Amanda Galloway
 You consider yourself a photography professional; one who records things as they happen rather than manipulating the scene. So when a guest turns to you and asks, "Why haven't we started the cake cutting yet?" You not just have to respond but also direct to smooth the progression of the wedding, educate the guest and meet your client's needs...
Full Professional Business Tips Article |
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Weddings on a Budget
by Wedding Photographer: Sonya Cogan
 Money is extra tight nowadays. I frequently encounter clients asking how they can plan a beautiful wedding that fit into their budget. They want to know what the secrets are and how they can cut costs but not compromise their wedding experience and photography quality. Here are a number of great tips I would like to share...
Full Wedding Budget Planning Article |
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Choosing Your Wedding Entertainment
by Wedding Journalist: Eva Hogan
The first question you need to ask yourself is whether you want a live band or a DJ. While both are popular options for a wedding reception, they offer different things and the main advantage of a band is the atmosphere it helps create. However a band may lack the variety and diversity of music of a professional DJ...
Full Wedding Entertainment Tips Article |
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Weddings on a Budget Take II
by Wedding Journalist: Eva Hogan
The recession has hit us all hard and none more so than couples planning to marry. Gone are the days where you, the bride-to-be, can afford to go all out on that Gucci dress. This how-to guide focuses on dressing down, money saving presents and thrifty trips to get your wedding planning started...
Full Wedding Budget Planning Article Take 2 |
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3 Steps to Choose Your Wedding Photographer
by Wedding Photojournalist: Danny Iskandar
 Choosing a photography style is similar to choosing a movie: you would consider the cinematography, composition, approach, or the era of the film, such as animation, documentary, or vintage classic, etc... The first fundamental step in identifying a good photographer is a distinct style that sets him/her apart from the competition...
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Wedding Photography Cost
Interview with Wedding Photojournalist Caroline Ghetes
 How do you know if you're paying fair price? What about determining a photographer's skills and your anticipated quality standard to match your budget? In this interview, we get answers to Caroline Ghetes's perspective on wedding photography cost, and what you should get for your dollar...
Full Wedding Photography Cost Interview |
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Achieve a Picture Perfect Wedding Day
by Wedding Journalist: Eva Hogan
The joys of wedding jitters sending you into a blind panic. What should you consider when choosing the right photographer? Which photography styles should you consider? How can you help ensure you get the picture perfect photos? In an interview with a slew of professional wedding photographers, I bring you their two-cents...
Full Wedding Photography Tips Article |
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Creating Flash Portfolio Sites with clickbooq
A clickbooq service review
clickbooq is one of the newest kids on the block. Drawing its roots from a web design firm since 2002, clickbooq is celebrating its first year milestone of delivering a convincingly polished product. Its ease of use, fully integrated Flash Toolbox console, customer support, and a reliable media delivery system based upon Amazon's S3 web service technology make clickbooq a serious contender to its competitors...
Full clickbooq Service Review Article |
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Model Release Primer
When You Need it, How to Get one Signed
You don't need a model release for capturing photos, but it's often required when you are submitting your photos to a non-editorial publication, a stock photography agency, or use it in any other forms of commercial gain. In the world of copy-right awareness, privacy concerns, and commercial release, the fine line between legal obligations and business feasibility is a blurry one....
Full Model Release Explained Article |
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What Do Wedding Planners Do?
by Wedding Journalist: Eva Hogan
Many brides hire the services of a pro these days and find their services invaluable. However, for those who have yet to tie the knot, what a wedding planner does is largely just one big mystery. Wedding planners aren't just for the disorganized and time-poor. They're also ideal for those who have it all organised and just want to sit back and relax...
Full Wedding Planner Demystified Article |
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10 Wedding Day Photo Tips
by Wedding Photographer: Glen Johnson
 Professional wedding photographers are limited to work around your wedding day environment. You might be surprised at how much you can provide to your photographer to improve your wedding day photo. From lighting, decoration, to the proper way to put on your wedding rings, let's review some photography tips you can take away...
Full Wedding Day Photos for Dummies Article |
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Wedding Planning Checklist Part 1
Emergency Survival Kit, Travel Coordination, and Families
You may not need to arm yourself to the teeth as Jennifer Lopez did in the movie The Wedding Planner, but don't underestimate the importance of preparing for your emergency bride survival kit: a lifesaver, makeup artist, tailor, and more is designed to get you through your wedding day. If you invited many friends and relatives from out of state, ask local hotels for a group discount...
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How to Create a Flash Portfolio Website
BluDomain Photography Flash Site Service Review
Commercial photographers should focus on the core of their art and business, not the technical challenges that tie down daily operations. If the above describes your current business predicament, how do you strike a balance between quality, creative freedom, and budget with your Flash photography portfolio website project?
Full BluDomain Flash Website Design Service Review |
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Your Rights to Photograph and Image Usage
Location Photography and Intellectual Property Study
With recent changes in copyright laws and internationalization of photo distribution, the knowledge of privacy and usage rights has become one of the most essential skills for any photojournalist or art student. The true meaning of photography location shooting rights and intellectual property ownership is often subjected to interpretation...
Learn About Your Photographer Legal Rights |
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How to Publish Your Wedding Book
by WPD Columnist William Bobos
Wedding albums are a great keepsake, but why limit your wedding memories to a photo album? Why not go beyond the stale and low quality format to remember your wedding by? Fortunately, there is hope, and a secure way to share, protect, duplicate, print and publish your wedding photo albums with book-quality output without any professional printing knowledge or spending a fortune...
Full Blurb Photo Book Printing Service Review |
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New Wedding Traditions - Ready for Change?
by Wedding Journalist: Eva Hogan
Ok, so "til death do us part" isn't going to change to "til next time you bug me." There are certain traditions that are not quite a given anymore. Let's take a look at the pro's and con's of four of what are fast becoming the "new traditions" in tying the knot: Keeping Your Last Name, Writing Your Own Vows, Joint Bank Accounts and Staying Together the Night Before the Wedding...
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How to Choose Your Wedding Photographer
by Wedding Photographer: AnnMarie Sciascia
 Picking the perfect wedding photographer is no easy task. This how-to article focuses on three key elements of photographer selection: professional photography credentials and certification, importance of a strong traditional wedding portraiture portfolio, and the photographer's personal approach to working comfortably with you...
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The Do's & Don'ts of Saying "I do"
by Wedding Journalist: Eva Hogan
When it comes to wedding planning, some things are a given. But other things are more a matter of choice - and, more importantly, a matter of taste. To invite the world and its mother or just the world? To ask the groom's opinion (and to take it?!) Taking the top 5 topics of wedded debate, here is a compiled list of the do's and don'ts of saying "I do"...
Top Five Debated Wedding Questions Answered |
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Copyright and Photography Ownership Rights
Protect Your Photography Intellectual Properties
A common misconception: once you've captured a photo, it belongs to you. In the unlikely event of a copyright infringement suit, your best bet would be to prepare your property correctly, register your photos promptly, and understand your rights fully. Only then you may ensure the recovery of your losses, and preserve what's rightfully yours as a professional photographer...
Full Copyright Your Professional Photography Article |
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Wedding Day Schedule Planning
by Wedding Photographer Heather Nelson
 What time should I start my wedding day? How long should I spend at the hair salon? Should I take formal posed portraits before or after the wedding ceremony? These are only some of the important questions to consider as your special day approaches. One common strategy is to plan your day according to the starting time of your ceremony...
Full Wedding Day Schedule Planning Article |
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Bridal Boudoir Wedding Photography
by Leisl Clark
 One may not think about "sexy" and "wedding" in the same thought. Of course, there is always the lure of the honeymoon and the anticipation of all that awaits.
Boudoir comes from the French word "to pout or sulk" and refers to a woman’s dressing room, bedroom, or private sitting room - all of which can lead to thoughts of beautiful things... Full General Article
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Your Private Wedding Portrait Sessions
by Kristin Reimer
 While the candid, unobtrusive wedding photojournalism style remains popular, the images wedding couples respond to the most are the stylized, “artistic shots”. Directed at the gentle coaxing of the photographer.
Feel free to show samples to your photographer and discuss how much time would be necessary to achieve the images you like...
Full Consumer Article
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South Carolina (SC),
Texas (TX),
Virginia (VA),
Washington (WA),
Wyoming (WY).
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