JACKIE & JOHN: PUBLISHED IN THE KNOT

Wow! We are published in The Knot.

Jackie and John's wedding was an event to remember. I always say any time the police visit a reception... well that's a party! The ceremony was held in Jackie's parents' backyard and portraits were shot on a stairwell which was specifically designed for this day. Grace with Grace Leisure Events pulled it all together with her amazing skills as a planner. The reception was underneath a circus sized tent, which housed great food, a candy bar, wonderful flowers by Tre Bella and amazing music. Their wedding also helped me win a couple of awards from the Wedding Photojournalist Association. I like it when that happens.

PUBLISHED IN THE KNOT

Andrea and Rich's wedding, which Christobal and I (Kathleen) shot last October, was recently published in The Knot magazine. It was a beautiful wedding at Highgrove Estate and Andrea enjoyed planning it so much that she's started her own wedding and event planning business, Bustles and Blooms, with her partner, Sherrie. Good luck you guys, we know you'll do very well!

FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER: CHRISTOBAL PEREZ

This month's WedPix magazine has a great article about Christobal, check it out...

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FEATURED IN WEDPIX MAGAZINE

Christobal was interviewed for the latest edition of WedPix Magazine, an online publication of the Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA) discussing purism in wedding photojouranlism, an interesting topic for those of us who started our careers as journalists. Below is an excerpt:

WEDDING PHOTOJOURNALISM PURISM
How pure are you? When it comes to wedding photojournalism, purism is a good thing, which is why the WPJA strives to recognize and award purists.

Yet purism isn’t some religion; it’s about results.

So what is pure wedding photojournalism, and how does it impact the pursuit of good shots, as well as “giving the clients what they want”? We solicited expert perspectives from three successful WPJA members—all acclaimed contest winners who came to wedding photography with photojournalism backgrounds.

BEING A TRUE BELIEVER
During his 15 years as a Pulitzer Prize nominated photojournalist, Christobal Perez worked on staff for the Houston Chronicle, The News and Observer in Raleigh, NC and the Shreveport Times. Now he covers weddings with his wife Kathleen (also a WPJA member) at Azul Photography in Raleigh, NC.

“I approach weddings in the same way I used to approach my assignments at a newspaper,” he says. “I don’t direct, I don’t tell people what to do. I’m there to observe and absorb the environment and document it as it is. Just like you don’t want to lie to the public when you publish an image in the paper, I don’t want to do that at a wedding.”

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PUBLISHED IN THE KNOT

Heath and Terri's wedding was published in the most recent issue of The Knot Texas. They were married March 25, 2006 at the Michael B. Menard House in Galeveston, TX.

As many of you know Christobal is a native Houstonian and former staff photojournalist at The Houston Chronicle. He loves any chance he can get to return home. We photograph several weddings each year in the Houston, Galveston and Austin, TX areas and love the opportunity it gives us to see our friends and family in the Lone Star State. We'll be down there again in March to document a wedding in Austin.

“What impressed us about Chris was that he used his photojournalism background to think outside the box with photography and pursued more candid shots,” Terri says.