About | josephapape

About

For most of my life, capturing people in pictures has captured me. In January of 2007 I made my life's dream my life's work. and started my own company.

The soft drama and beauty of Photography first drew me in. I love capturing in film: people, their emotions and all the moments that go into who they are, inside and out. For me, photography includes both the whole and the sum of its parts: to be sure, the stylists and make-up artists, posing and wardrobe are integral to the process of that whole. Working with you and these professionals to uncover "the girl next door," to reveal who you are inside is the collaborative process I manage. Seeing you transform in both looks and attitude from the girl next door into the inside of you that you wish to project, reveal outside; and, capturing your energy throughout this unfolding process . . . this inspires me.

People are the key and so this is who we focus on---capturing real moments, real emotions, real people.

To shoot people is to shoot their life events. Weddings are life events that announce a new beginning and an embrace of love. For me, a wedding is like a "magical" fashion show. You have the pre-show where the bride and groom are preparing for ceremony. You have the wedding ceremony itself, which is so like the runway portion of the fashion show, the difference being that you see, feel, raw emotion surface at the wedding ceremony. Finally, you have the reception, which is so alike the post fashion show. Now you see guests mingle, smile, laugh, embrace . . . with each other, with the bride, now the groom, now their families, now their friends. People dance! They drink and eat. The bouquet and garter are thrown! The key, always, is to capture real moments, real emotions, real people.

For us, the beauty of photography is how you can capture life's moments in time and make each last a lifetime.

Thank you for visiting my site and taking your time to understand my approach to capturing the times of your life. Please. Look at my work. I invite you to imagine yourself in these pictures, and to imagine a collaboration where together we can reveal what is innermost to you to the world. To capture you and your life's moments, to preserve and share them for all time. Your comments are for me always appreciated.

-Joseph Pape (Original Founder)