As a child, my father
introduced me to the joys of photography and I think
I eventually managed to steal (or perhaps I should say
“borrow”) every piece of camera gear he
ever owned. I spent years running around in the mountains
photographing wildlife and landscapes without a single
human or manmade object of any kind in the images. Then
my friends started getting married. And my sister got
married. And much to my surprise – I enjoyed doing
this wedding photography thing.
It wasn’t
long before somebody told somebody else and they told
somebody else and before I knew what was happening,
I was being hired to shoot small weddings. My mom still
teases me about the frantic phone call…
“Mom,
I just got hired to shoot a wedding and they’re
gonna pay me THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS!”
That was almost
20 years ago. Since then wedding photography has completely
taken over my life and I couldn’t be happier with
the many winding roads I’ve traveled with a camera
in hand.
Along the way, one
of the most valuable photography lessons I’ve
learned is that you can either do a lot of things poorly,
or one thing really well. That’s why for the past
10 years I’ve dedicated my business to shooting
weddings, and ONLY weddings.
My style is to be
a storyteller. I come to your wedding with my mind totally
open - no expectations of what can or can't be done
in a wedding photo and no expectations of how the story
of your day will unfold itself.
Most weddings follow
a somewhat traditional outline, but within that framework,
every wedding is full of unique twists and small details...
so to me, the true art of wedding photography is in
the photographer’s ability to see the uniqueness
of your wedding and capture the day in a complete story.
My goal is to create a visual story that will amaze
and entertain your family and friends long into the
future.
I suppose I've been
drawn to wedding photography because I love people and
I thrive on the creative challenge of doing something
different every day. I truly enjoy meeting new people,
seeing new cultures and new places, and most of all,
I really do enjoy being a part of your family and your
world on such a special occasion. I love that I get
to be a witness, and a recorder, and a friend in this
incredible moment of your life.
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My primary style of
shooting during most of the wedding day, is photojournalistic.
I prefer to stay in the background quietly documenting
everything I see and I won’t embarrass you by yelling,
“Stop! Hold that pose!” or anything like that.
During the family
group time, I'm not shy - years of substitute teaching
and working as a rafting guide (prior to becoming a photographer)
taught me a lot about how to wrangle a crowd, so organizing
everyone for a couple group shots will not be a problem.
In the evening, or
whenever we can sneak away from the crowd, I love the
challenge of working with you in a creative collaboration
to make a few dramatic couple portraits. During this time,
all those years of landscape photography come in quite
handy as I work to integrate you into the landscape in
a way that is all at once, dramatic and romantic and natural.
Over the past 10 years
I’ve photographed hundreds of weddings in the US
and roughly 50 destination weddings outside the US, in
locations such as Jamaica, Mexico, the Bahamas, Aruba,
Hawaii, Barbados, Tortola, St. John, St. Thomas, St. Lucia,
the Dominican Republic, Greece, Italy, Fiji, Tahiti, and
Hong Kong.... Whew! (see
the map) And the list keeps growing as couples surprise
me with new destinations I’ve never even heard of.
You brides never cease to amaze me with your cool choices
of locations.
In 2006 I was approached
by the publisher John Wiley & Sons to write a book
on wedding photography. After many grueling months behind
the laptop that project finally became a reality and you
can now find “Digital
Wedding Photography: Capturing Beautiful Memories”
on the shelves at any major bookstore and online at Amazon.com.
I still can’t believe that I have had the opportunity
to share so much with the 40,000+ new photographers who've
purchased the book so far. I just recently signed the
contract to re-write the book for a second edition.
I also recently got
invited to be on the board of a new photography organization
called... BestofWeddingPhotography.com
As the name implies, this is an organization
for the best of the best in the wedding photography world
and I have had the honor of helping to form the group
and choose which photographers to invite as members.
Back to Wedding Photography....
My prices, contract and calendar can be found in the links
above as well as a selection of articles I’ve written
that will help you plan your wedding day to get the most
out of your photographer.
If you don't have
a wedding location yet, here are a few
venue
suggestions from places I've seen all around the world.
I look forward to
hearing from you,
Glen
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