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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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Weddings By Amy 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 2008 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 2,500 contest entries, and analyzing over 75,000 votes and viewer scores, the top three winners and runner-ups are now revealed.
 View Wedding Photo Contest Winners |
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"Bridal Flare"
Wedding Photo of The Month
Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark II
"The sun was positioned perfectly on a cloudy day, so I wanted to take advantage of what little light we had. The bride's dress was the perfect choice to showcase her long, graceful legs..."
By Corey Mcnabb, NC |
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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!
Enter Photoshop CS3 Giveaway |
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How to Create a Flash Portfolio Website
BluDomain Photography Flash Site Service Review
Ccommercial 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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A Pirate Wedding Photoshoot
Interview with Wedding Photojournalist Myong Hong
 If you are planning to get married, and a traditional church and reception wedding sounds a little... too traditional, there is hope. Wedding couples have other alternatives. Theme-based weddings are growing in popularity. Whatever theme or ideas you may think about incorporating into your wedding, be sure you include your wedding photographer when brainstorming possible ideas...
Full Pirate Ship Wedding Photoshoot Interview |
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Should Your Propose to Your Man?
by Wedding Journalist: Eva Hogan
 Most women spend their entire time willing their partner to propose to them. But others – albeit not many – take matters into their own hands and ask the men to marry them. Whatever you think of the role reversal business, there are clearly reasons for and against popping the question...
Pros and Cons of Female Marriage Proposal |
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A Photojournalist's Revelation
by Wedding Journalist: Parris Whittingham
 I felt trapped. One of my greatest pleasures was quickly becoming a daily grind. I was spending more time talking to potential clients, and completing business tasks, than I was photographing and collaborating with other artists. I was rapidly falling out of love with photography, and it was becoming a "desk job". How did this happen?...
More About a Photojournalist's Discovery |
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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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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...
Full Wedding Planning Checklist Tips Part 1 |
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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...
New Wedding Traditions Exploration Article |
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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...
Learn How to Pick Your Wedding Photographer |
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Wedding Videography: Planning & Research
Videography Know-How Part 1
Wedding videography is similar to wedding photography in terms of booking. The best wedding videographers will be booked as much as a year or more in advance. Proper planning, research and execution will ensure your acquisition of a qualified professional. It's also important to open the lines of communication between your photographer and videographer long before your wedding day...
Learn to Plan and Choose a Wedding Videographer |
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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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Everyone Has to Start Somewhere
by Wedding Photographer Tracy Turpen
 Having doubts in achieving one's financial goal via a career in wedding photography, I did not take my myself too seriously in the beginning. Like a typical artist, I embraced the beach with my fiancé in a 13-foot camper trailer. I looked for every possible way to save money. My humble "office" consisted of an ink-jet printer and a 12-inch laptop plunked proudly on the dining table...
Full Wedding Photography Career Article |
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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Review
by WPD Columnist William Bobos
In spite of years of Apple Aperture's dominance, Adobe has finally released its long-awaited photography management software: Photoshop Lightroom 1.0. Adobe consulted many photographers during the development of Lightroom. In addition to a staggering amount of support for digital image formats, Lightroom has proven itself to be a true essential photographer's toolset from its first release...
Full Adobe Lightroom Review 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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How to Look Amazing for Your Wedding Photos
by Wedding Photojournalist Meghan Hof
 A good photographer who specializes in photojournalism will capture your shared tender looks and laughter. In theory, such capable wedding photojournalist can make any situation work. However, both the photographer and the bride and groom would have to collaborate: take what happens and make the best of it. You need to simply have fun and forget the rest...
Full Consumer Wedding Photography Tips Article |
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Digital vs. Film: Does It Really Matter?
by Wedding Photojournalist David Hill
 If you ever worry about whether your wedding photographer uses digital or film, there's plenty of reason you should; a sort of a mini conspiracy is working against your wedding sanity. Maybe you feel a romantic attachment to the notion and "look" of film (sometimes I do, too), but you're wrong if you assume that film still looks like film. I'll tell you why in a minute...
Full Consumer Wedding Photography Medium Study |
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Begin Your Wedding Photo Sharing Journey
by WPD Columnist William Bobos
Wedding couples may be overwhelmed when trying to decide how to best share their wedding photographs among friends and families. There are many photo-sharing websites to choose from, but they are often cluttered with overwhelming features, limitations, and fees to confuse the photo sharing beginners. Most photo sharing services also lack the support for user comments and blogging...
Full Photoblog.com Review and Founder Interview |
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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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Wedding Photojournalist State Bios
Alabama (AL),
Arizona (AZ),
California (CA),
Colorado (CO),
Connecticut (CT),
Delaware (DE),
Florida (FL),
Georgia (GA),
Hawaii (HI),
Illinois (IL),
Indiana (IN),
Kansas (KS),
Louisiana (LA),
Massachusetts (MA),
Maryland (MD),
Michigan (MI),
Minnesota (MN),
Mississippi (MS),
Missouri (MO),
Montana (MT),
North Carolina (NC),
New Hampshire (NH),
New Jersey (NJ),
New Mexico (NM),
NV Nevada (NV),
New York (NY),
Ohio (OH),
Oregon (OR),
Pennsylvania (PA),
Rhode Island (RI),
South Carolina (SC),
Texas (TX),
Virginia (VA),
Washington (WA),
Wyoming (WY).
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