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<span class="text"><font color="#000000" class="text"> <p style="text-align: center;"><img width="400" height="267" alt="" src="/users/AlexWallace8319/Image//AlexanderWallace.jpg" /></p> <p> </p> <p>I am a member of the prestigious Wedding Photojournalist Association. To date I am the only New Zealand based photographer to receive this accolade. The following is taken from the Wedding Photojournalist Association website <a href="http://www.wpja.com">www.wpja.com</a></p> <p><strong><em><span style="font-size: small;">"Leading the way in Wedding Photojournalism, WPJA represents the most discriminating talent around the world technically, creatively and visually. Qualified members hold industry-leading standards, skills and business integrity. The Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA) is a professional organization composed of photojournalists and wedding photographers from around the world. What sets our members apart in the industry is their candid, documentary approach – a distinctly artistic vision toward wedding photography."</span></em></strong></p> <p> </p> <p>I was born in Guernsey, Channel Islands and in my mid twenties visited New Zealand to further my fledgling photographic career. I spent 2 years assisting the country's top advertising photographers and returned to my island home with a wealth of new ideas to begin work in a busy studio. The work was exciting with a range of international clients spread throughout Guernsey, Jersey and London, but the cost of living expensive and the weather lousy! So seven years later I am returning "down under", bringing my Kiwi wife, Tracy, back home to her family and planning to establish my business on sunnier shores. </p> <p>Whilst wedding photography is often seen as the poor relation to commercial work, I have always been drawn to the challenge and the responsibility. It offers something special - something beyond the controls of my commercial assignments, where everything is carefully manipulated to acheive the perfect result. Wedding photography is quite different - it's spontaneous and it's authentic. You have barely any say in what happens - and there is no time to set-up lights and arrange props. But this is the challenge - to be in the right place at the right time and capture the great shots as they are revealed.</p> <p>For several years I too photographed weddings in the traditional style, however I became increasingly frustrated at the time it took and the interuption it caused over the whole day. However, I had something of an epiphany whilst assisting a fellow shooter on a large wedding. His background as a seasoned photojournalist led him to tackle the job in quite a different manner - but instantly I recognised that this was the way forward. It was certainly a challenge to ditch the safety net of a posed shot list but the transition came about very naturally, and the resulting pictures have always been the better for it. This pure documentary style will not be to everyones tastes, though I am meeting more and more couples who appreciate its benefits.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <hr /> <h2 style="text-align: center;">To view my commercial photography please click here;</h2> <h2 style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.alexwallace.co.nz">www.alexwallace.co.nz</a></h2> </font></span><br> <h1> Alexander wallace photographer, wedding photography, auckland, New Zealand, documentary, candid, reportage, wedding photojournalist, </h1>
