The Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA), an organisation having members from all over the world, represents professional photographers talented in the documentation of weddings and events in a candid, unobtrusive way. The WPJA was formed with an aim to uphold excellence in the field of wedding photography. WPJA leads the way in wedding photography and strives to enhance the technical, creative and visual skills of wedding photographers around the world. Its members are well qualified, holding industry-leading standards, skills and business integrity.

The WPJA conducts educational programs such as seminars, conventions and workshops only on wedding photography and also hosts wedding photojournalism competitions, judged by top working photojournalists and active news photo editors from the photojournalism industry. The aim of these contests is to encourage the photographers who document and record the wedding moments.

The main objectives of the WPJA are to give opportunity to individuals and planners research wedding photojournalist professionals and to become a major wedding photojournalist resource for promoting skills and networking. The credibility of the WPJA rests in the hands of its members and the honesty of the photographs submitted in the contests. The images submitted for the contests must be captured from real weddings, not shot during a seminar or other staged events. The images taken from anywhere other than actual weddings are not eligible for entry.

The aim of the WPJA’s Wedding Photography Forum is to streamline professional networking among its members. As they always try to keep the most stringent standards regarding all aspects of their organization, those who join the WPJA will obtain the experience and expertise of our world’s top wedding photojournalists. This Forum serves their members by means of a very informal but professional setting, the members get the opportunity to impart and receive informed opinions and great insights. So the WPJA’s Forum serves as an exclusive networking or communication tool for wedding photographers dedicated to achieve outstanding performance in the wedding photography industry and all its members can get access to this premier wedding photographer forum freely.

The WPJA has a magazine known as Online Wedding Photography Magazine that is a complimentary resource for wedding couples, photographers, wedding planners and all wedding photojournalism enthusiasts. Every issue of this magazine contains articles of various topics such as general wedding photography advice for the couple, technical discussions and articles on award-winning members, business/marketing discussions and so on…As many of the information presented by WedPix Magazine is taken from interviews with outstanding members the readers of WedPix get the opportunity to learn from the experience, skill and knowledge of some best photojournalists in the world.

Thus the WPJA takes extreme measures for the welfare of the wedding photographers all over the world and a budding photographer, as a member, should make maximum use of the services rendered by this Association to become an established wedding photographer. People, on their part, can approach the WPJA to clear their doubts regarding wedding photography and when required, hire a suitable photographer for their WEDDING.