Gurvir Johal is an international wedding photographer based in Midlands, UK. In a very short space of time he has won numerous awards and accolades along with earning his titles of Master photographer (WPPI) and Fellowship Photographer (SWPP). The fellowship title from SWPP is held by the top 1% of the memberships of most of the UK's representative bodies. These select few have achieved the highest professional standards in imaging, creativity, presentation and behaviour.

With these achievements, Gurvir has travelled the World photographing Indian Weddings, teaching many sold out workshops along the way, as well as judging many prestigious photography competitions internationally.

He is a self taught photographer who refers to his style of photography as "fairytale timeless classics with an injection of fashion."

Widely regarded as one of best wedding and portrait photographers in the world, Jerry and his wife Melissa are based in Las Vegas, USA but is a proud Greek as he was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia which is the world’s second most populated city of Greeks in the world.

Jerry is the most awarded photographer of the Wedding & Portrait Photographers International organization (WPPI) and became their first Grand Master. He was also included in their list of top five wedding photographers in the world. Jerry was also named by American Photo Magazine in their first list of top ten best wedding photographers in the world and was also given a United Nations Leadership Award by the International Photographic Council. 

A Nikon Ambassador,  Jerry was named the Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP) Fashion Photographer of the Year and represented the wedding and fashion industries in the landmark Nikon D850 camera campaign.

Named by PDN magazine as one of the top photography workshop instructors in the world, Jerry is also the inventor of the revolutionary Ice Light (a portable hand held LED light) and the world's first 15-in-1 reflector, the Omega Reflector. The Jerry Ghionis brand has become synonymous with excellence, mastery and innovation in the photography industry.

Asian photographer Johnson Wee is an upcoming raw talent specializing in pre wedding and engagement shoots. Hailing from a family of great professional photographers (granduncle was an Hon FBIPP), JOHNSON WEE had no interest in photography during his early years. It was until he took up the job of assistant photographer following his mothers recommendation, when his first photography education started. His journey into the world of photography took flight and has never slowed down ever since. Johnson’s interest towards the world of fashion and the dramatic edge of artsy movies from the likes of Martin Scorcese and Wes Anderson helped develop his cinematic and unique concept in creating his work. His exceptional capability to discover innovative out of the box ideas and applying these to his masterpiece is second to none. Engaging the ability to turn the picture into a magical and emotionally stimulating attachment is what he has consistently been linked to. Upon entry into professional photography competitions for 2 1/2years only, he has raked up more than 200 international awards, including the first ever Asian photographer to score a perfect 100 points in WPPI competitions and also the prestigious 2015 MPA Overseas Master Photographer of the Year. A Master of WPPI, WPPI online and print competition judge and also a Fellow of the Master Photographer’s Association (UK), Johnson is regularly traveling around the world for overseas elopement and pre-wedding assignments, as has been invited as a speaker and educator to USA, UK, Greece, Turkey, Italy, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Indonesia for countless photography conferences and workshops. HIS ACHIEVEMENTS TO DATE: WPPI First Asian Photographer With Perfect 100 Score MPA Awards 2015 Overseas Photographer of the Year MPA Awards 2015 Portrait Photographer of the Year MPA Awards 2016 Portrait Photographer of the Year MPA Far East Awards 2016 Master Photographer of the Year Grand Award SWPP 2017 20x16 Print Competition Overall Winner Grand Award Fellow-FMPA Master Photographers Association (UK) Signature Weddings 2015 Top 30 Wedding Photographers WPPI 2013 Second Half Competition 2nd Place in Fashion WPPI 2013 Second Half Competition 3rd Place in Engagement WPPI 2014 16x20 Print Competition 1st Place in Bride or Groom Alone WPPI 2014 16x20 Print Competition 3rd Place in Bride or Groom Alone WPPI 2014 16x20 Print Competition 3rd Place in Bride&GroomTogether WPPI 2014 16x20 Print Competition 1st Place in Engagement WPPI 2014 Second Half Competition 2nd Place in Fashion WPPI 2014 Second Half Competition 3rd Place in Engagement WPPI 2015 16x20 Print Competition 1st Place in Engagement WPPI 2015 16x20 Print Competition 2nd Place in Group Portrait WPPI 2016 16x20 Print Competition 1st Place in Couple Together ( Non Wedding Day ) WPPI 2016 16x20 Print Competition 3rd Place in Fashion WPPI 2017 16x20 Print Competition 1st Place in Engagement MPA Awards 2014 Best Overseas Fashion Of the Year MPA Awards 2014 Best Associate Panel of the Year MPA Awards 2015 Best Classical Portrait of the Year MPA Awards 2015 Best Portrait Art of the Year MPA Awards 2015 Best Classical Wedding of the Year MPA Awards 2015 Best Travel & Lifestyle the Year MPA Awards 2015 Best Landscape and Location of the Year MPA Awards 2015 Judges' Choice of the Year MPA Awards 2016 Best Classical Portrait of the Year MPA Awards 2016 Best Portrait Art of the Year MPA 2014 Malaysia Print Competition 1st Place in Portrait MPA 2014 Malaysia Print Competition 2nd Place in Wedding MPA Far East Awards 2016 Best Portrait of the Year MPA Far East Awards 2016 Classical Portrait of the Year SWPP 2017 20x16 Print Competition Overall Portrait Winner SWPP 2017 20x16 Print Competition Classical Portrait Winner PWS 2015 Print Competition Grand Award Pre Wedding PWS 2015 Print Competition 1st Place Pre Wedding PWS 2015 Print Competition 1st Place Engagement PWS 2015 Print Competition 1st Place Fashion PWS 2015 Print Competition 2nd Place Portrait PWS 2016 Print Competition Grand Award Portrait PWS 2016 Print Competition 1st Place Pre Wedding PWS 2016 Print Competition 1st Place Fashion PWS 2016 Print Competition 3rd Place Black & White A total of more than 264 International Awards ( Nov 2013-Feb 2017)

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Nik Pekridis is a Greek based wedding photographer.All ready professional for more than 30 years,a 3rd generation wedding photographer.

He actually re-born only couple years ago when he was attend a seminar with Yervant in his town on 2007.It's a matter of time to get in truck and start following seminars,conventions,organisations and photographers globally.

On 2009 he establish the PWS ,a unique competition based community (www.photoweddingstories.com,www.wedseminars.com) with another two Greek photographers.

Since then he became member in many many organisations and societies all over the world and start to submit his images into print and electronically competitions.

Now he is a master of wppi and wwpAsia plus phoenix pro-team and a Graphistudio testimonial

On 2016 alongside with Keda z feng and Johnson wee they create the “fantastic 3 “ teaching concept and they organise workshops all over the world (www.thefantastic3.com)

He start teaching and demonstrating his style in Santorini first  on summer of 2011 and then all over Greece ,in swpp convention 2011 and 2012,and 2014 in Pws convention 2011 and 2012 and next to Yervant,Bambi Cantrell,David Beckstead and Michael Greenberg in Corfu in 2011.Also he had teach and judge in wppi since 2012 and wppm Malaysia and “i am photographer” in Estonia

He conduct  workshops all over the world like  Romania,Turkey,Italy, UK ,USA, Taiwan,Colombia ,China and Singapore just to name a few.

His style are mostly environmental portrait and he likes the romance and editorial stylised images.

His experience can conduct from  keynote theory in light and portraits or pose till a full 4 day workshop with shooting and workflow in LR,editing in PS and album designing.

Professional photographer since 1992. Co founder of Photo Wedding stories, one of the biggest society for wedding photographers. Owner of "Myalbums" - a company that print and bind Wedding Albums, Tasos has also been awarded many times in Greek and international wedding competitions. Also representative of North Greece photographer to the Greek Federal of Photographers from 2006-2009.

Tasos is a specialist in Adobe Lightroom and he is teaching in seminars and workshops in south Europe. Other Industry Affiliations: As company (photo wedding stories), Think tank, Goboda, spiderholster, icelight, epson.

Melissa Ghionis has developed a reputation for her skills in creating and cultivating relationships and for her excellent customer service.  A reputation she earned after 17 years of experience in the photography industry.  After running a successful, award-winning studio in Boston, MA for over a decade she is now manages two high-end studios in Melbourne, Australia and in Las Vegas, Nevada with her husband, Jerry.  Melissa’s most recent passion is the creation of her non-profit charitable organization named The Soul Society (www.thesoulsociety.org), a charity she co-founded with Jerry. The Soul Society was created with the specific purpose of caring for poor, homeless and orphaned children in third world countries, one soul at a time.

Dennis graduated with a Higher Diploma in Photography, Film, & Television from London in 1980 . He started his career as a Landscape photographer, working for The Daily Telegraph Magazine and Getty Images. In 1995 he turned his attention to Wedding Photography and in 1999 he was awarded “UK Wedding Photographer of the Year” by The UK Guild of Wedding Photographers.

The following year Dennis attended The Wedding & Portrait Photographers Convention (WPPI) in Las Vegas. Over the next few years he entered the 16x20 International Print Awards, winning over 70 “Accolades of Excellence” including four 3rd place, three 2nd place , and two 1st places in the competition. In 2004 he achieved the highest level in the WPPI Accolades Program – “Accolade of Lifetime Photographic Excellence.”

In 2005 Dennis was awarded “UK Wedding Photographer of the Year” for the second time and upon his return to Las Vegas in 2006 was presented with WPPI’s highest honour, “The Lifetime Achievement Award ” for his services to the photographic community.

Dennis speaks and teaches,  both nationally & internationally, on all aspects of Contemporary Wedding Photography. He has also been in demand as an International Judge. He has judged nationally in the UK , Ireland, Australia, and USA. He has been a Judge at WPPI for the last 7 years and has Chaired the Judging Panel on several occasions.

Dennis loves to “see” the story in an image. In judging a print he likes to reward, innovation, technique but above all emotion.

George Spiridis was born in 1967 and deals with photography from an early age. In addition to his studies, he attended photography lessons and seminars.  He is constantly evolving by attending seminars and exhibitions both in Greece and abroad

Knowing the work of internationally renowned photographers, he knows the demands of both social and corporate photography and advertising and architectural photography. Thanks to his talent his unique sense and his unsatisfied character, he manages to overcome his abilities in every job he undertakes.

He is also excellent at capturing the uniqueness, personality and feelings of those fortunate to be opposite his lens.

He loves to photograph every moment of life! He specializes in wedding and baptismal pictures! He has been awarded for a very large number of photos in domestic and world competitions. Of course, his creativity and ability is complemented by all the members of his team, each of whom helps to complete his professional work.

David Movsesyan

He was born in Armenia in 1992. He discovered photography at the age of 9 thanks to a good photographer who lived in his hometown; from that day he couldn’t imagine his life without photography. Despite the difficulties and the fact that his family wanted him to be also a lawyer he decided to work professionally as a photographer.

He came to Greece when he was 17 and he soon managed to show off his photographic skills in Greece and abroad. A person who played an important part in his first steps is photographer Markos Papakonstantinou from Kozani. Since 2010 he has been living in Rethymno, Crete where he works with photographer Sifis Kaloudis mostly as a wedding photographer. He has been awarded top prizes in international contests such as PreWedding Stories (PWS Thailand), Photo Wedding Stories and Wedding Art Photography (WAP). In 2017 he had his first exhibition and in 2018 his second exhibition with photographer Sifis Kaloudis in Rethymno.

David focuses on people. He is inspired by the good and bad that there are inside us. He strongly believes that no matter how hard things are if you don’t quit and fight for it, you will become stronger and find the courage and the inspiration for your next step in life and in art.

“Every photo has a history, but few photos become history”. D.M.

Takis Kyriazis is a greek awarded professional wedding photographer, born in Patras, Greece. Being a a second generation photographer, he was initiated in photography from the very first steps of his life. The experience in weddings started at his late teenage as a videographer.In 2012, few years after graduation from the Technical University, he entered the PWS community  and was fascinated by the top class wedding photographers. He has participated in various photography workshops and seminars  in Greece and abroad, and every year he is present in PWS convention. Awarded for numerous photos and albums on wedding, christening, portrait, photojournalism categories.Being the couple's personal photographer is not just a job, is a passion for him. In addition to portraits, he loves to capture real moments with technique, elegance, simplicity, discretion and respect. He has a beautiful family and along with his brother, is the manager of Keylight photography & cinematography studio in Patras.

I consider myself a happy person, who managed to turn his hobby into an every day job. I love my job and I take in return lots of pleasure and satisfaction, through my photography I am trying to communicate my enthusiasm, my romanticism and my creativity.

I first got involved with photography when I graduated from a photography course in 2000, and since 2006 I am working as a professional photographer.

I do not want to label myself as a traditional, photojournalist or glamour photographer; I consider me being simply a 'photographer'

Awards

2008 SWPP 2 Gold Awards

2011 PWS 1 Award of Excellence

2011 WPA People's Choice Best Photographer

2012 WPA People's Choice Best Photographer

2013 PWS 3 AWARDS  of Excellence

2013 PWS 2nd Place Wedding Traditional Category

2014 WPPI 2 SILVER Awards of Excellence Album category

2017 PWS 3 Awards of Excellence

2017 4 Awards of Excellence  ( Best of Greece Image-Tech )

2018 PWS 2nd Place Wedding Album

I was born in Thessaloniki in 1968, where I still live with my wife and our three children.

Since 1993 I have been professionally involved with photography and since 2002 I have had my own photography studio.

In 2007 I attended Yervant's first seminar in Greece and my photographic approach has changed ever since.

In 2008 I was one of the first members of the photographic community PWS (Photo Wedding Stories).

Since then I have been closely watching the best wedding photographers worldwide and every year I participate in conventions and competitions achieving numerous distinctions.

All these give me the opportunity to get to know great colleagues of mine, to get inspired and improve myself at the same time.

After all, it is my firm belief that learning is a life-long process and knowledge ought to be shared.

Raspas Ioannis is the photographer of Raspas Studio and he is based in Cyprus. He is a Wedding, Pregnancy and Maternity photographer. He has been awarded by Greek and Italian competitions. He won 2 first places and 1 second place for pregnancy and maternity, and 1 third place for pre-wedding.