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“The Knot Best of Weddings 2010 Pick”

Gulnara — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:29:42 +0000

I am proud to announce that GULNARA STUDIO has been rated by local brides and voted The Knot Best of Weddings 2010 Pick!!!!!

Thank you brides!!!!!

I am also thrilled to see my name next to great Andy Marcus of Fred Marcus Photography! We just met at a photography conference a couple of months ago and he one of the nicest people I ever met!

Bride’s Choice Award!!!

Gulnara — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 04:51:25 +0000

Gulnara Studio has been awarded 2010 WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Award !!!

Thank you all so much!

Official Press Release:

WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, just announced Gulnara Studio has been selected to receive the WeddingWire 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards™ for Wedding Photography!

The annual Bride’s Choice Awards recognizes and celebrates excellence in quality and service within the wedding industry, as determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 500,000 newlyweds.

Gulnara Studio is among the top five percent of all vendors in the WeddingWire community, which includes over 100,000 wedding professionals across the US and Canada. Awards were given to winners across 19 different service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers.

“We are excited to recognize and honor the success of the top wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “The annual Bride’s Choice Awards program has given us the unique opportunity to highlight the best wedding professionals in each region as reviewed by brides and grooms who have utilized their services in the past year.”

We are happy to announce that Gulnara Studio is among the very best within the WeddingWire Network, which includes WeddingWire and Martha Stewart Weddings. We would like to thank our past newlyweds for nominating us for the 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards.

Placed in the WPJA contest

Gulnara — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:44:58 +0000

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

I’m officially a Badass wedding photographer!

Gulnara — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:22:42 +0000

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!!

Three years old!!!! and ISPWP Wedding Contest Winners

Gulnara — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:38:54 +0000

My blog is THREE years old today!! I wrote 307 posts, shot many fabulous weddings and won bunch of wedding photography awards, including this recent one.

International Society of Professional Wedding Photographers (ISPWP) announced the Winners for their 2009 summer contest. It’s very hard to place in the sea of the most talented wedding photographers in the world but FOUR of my photos made it to the top 10.

2nd PLACE | RECEPTION

Michelle and Clay wedding

10th PLACE | EMOTIONAL IMPACT

Rebecca and Jason wedding

7th PLACE | THE DECISIVE MOMENT

From an awesome wedding I second shot with a dear friend of mine David Murray

7th PLACE | BRIDAL PARTY PORTRAIT

Tanya and Jacob wedding

ISPWP Wedding Contest Winners

Gulnara — Mon, 18 May 2009 23:18:06 +0000

International Society of Professional Wedding Photographers (ISPWP) announced the Winners for their 2009 spring contest. Six of my images placed, and I was voted 16th overall worldwide.

2nd PLACE | BRIDAL PARTY PORTRAIT

Elizaveta and Stepan wedding

5th PLACE | DETAILS

Stacey and Hiten wedding

6th PLACE | FIRST DANCE

Elizaveta and Stepan wedding

9th PLACE | RECEPTION

Natasha and Massimo wedding

6th PLACE | THE DECISIVE MOMENT

Emily and Jeremy wedding

3rd PLACE | VENUE

Wendy and Andy wedding

3 Images Won in WPJA Contests

Gulnara — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:55:43 +0000

Three of my photos were honored in the WPJA contest and that placed me on top of the New York listing.

There were 2 images from Liza+Stepan‘s Wedding:

..And one from Stacy+Hiten‘s ceremony:

WPJA Top 100 Photographers

Gulnara — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:22:00 +0000

I was very pleased to see my name came 28th in the Wedding Photojournalist Association Top 100 Photographers. The organization has way over 1000 members around the world. I am also the 2d in the New York State just 1 point shy from the 1st place.

I am also glad to see many of my friends in the list like the Photographer of the Year Ben Chrisman as well as David Murray , Matt Kim , Erwin Darmali , Robert Mirami .

I am really honored to be among this such a talented group.

WPJA Contest

Gulnara — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 07:00:00 +0000

One of the photos from Malina and John’s wedding got recognized in the Wedding Photojournalists Association (WPJA) contest.

WPJA contest winnings!!

Gulnara — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:25:00 +0000

I am very pleased to announce that I won the First place in the Dance/Action category and the Eighths place in the Ceremony category in the Wedding Photojournalists Association contest. I was competing against many very talented photographers around the world.

First Place (Amanda and Ben wedding):

JUDGES COMMENTS: I kept coming back to this photo. It is an incredibly high impact moment. The woman’s hair and dress puffed out from twirling around, her leg tossed in the air combined with an intense look in her partners face creates an electric moment.

Eighths Place ( Rachel and Michael wedding):

JUDGES COMMENTS: I like this picture for it’s simplicity of form, light and at heart the pure moment of the veil being taken off by the groom and the woman’s expression is so beautiful. At that moment she is both there and in some other world and you can imagine the next moment she snaps back into the present, but for the second the photographer took the picture the bride is somewhere else and I love it. The light and even the expression, care and tenderness that the groom is showing is beautiful. Excellent.

Check out Rachel and Michael’s wedding slideshow here.