One of my photos from Amanda and Jeremy’s wedding was honored in the WPJA contest

One of my photos from Amanda and Jeremy’s wedding was honored in the WPJA contest

Now that the wedding season is over some of you may wonder what do wedding photographers do off season. I only shoot 25 weddings a year and it may sounds like I only work 25 days a year. True? Wrong!!!!
I have no weddings to shoot in December but I am finishing up the last two weddings I recently shot, designing and retouching 11 albums ( believe me, this a lot!), processing print orders, working on a new website. Plus marketing, networking and meeting new and old clients.
Joe Milton, who runs ISPWP, great organization of wedding photographers I belong to, recently published a survey on the ISPWP blog:
Click here to see the article – What do Wedding Photographers Really Do?
Now you know the secret
A comment from Laura and Darren:
“Gulnara – you are brilliant! Can’t wait to see more! We saw how hard you worked at our wedding to capture all the moments to be able to tell our wedding story in photos and, needless to say, we are so grateful and SO HAPPY we chose you as our wedding photographer!!”

Second Shooter: Paul O’Reilly
Ceremony: St. Peter & Paul Orthodox Church
Reception: Basking Ridge Country Club,
Flowers: Flowers on the Ridge
Gown Boutique: Demetrios
Hair: Christopher Morris
Makeup Artist: Alison Valk Woolworth
Musician/DJ: Paul Anthony Entertainment
Cake: Gourmet Touch Bakery
Videographer: Ilya Spektor















Congrats to these two creative directors who did an amazing job planning and conceptualizing their entire wedding!
Guest Photographer: Pasha Antonov
Ceremony & Reception: Indian Trail Club
Flowers: Perry’s Florist
Cake: Desserts of Distinction
Dress: Vera Wang
Shoes: Manolo Blahnik
Incredible DJ: Dina Regine
All of the bridesmaids received hand beaded necklaces made by the bride.

















A collection of a few of my photos took home the grand prize at the Foundation Conference Photo Competition, “Badass Wedding Photographer” , this weekend in Addison, TX. Congrats to all of the other winning photographers and competitors! It was also great to see all my friends who share the same passion!!








