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anking almost as important as an actual wedding celebration itself are the photographs that will become the treasured reminder of the day. “I love being able to tell a story through my photography,” says Scott Gunnells, photographer and proprietor of NYLA Photography. “One of the best parts of my job is working with clients on such a special day in their lives. Even after 12 years of weddings I still get excited to shoot weddings and I am always looking for new creative ideas to take my photography to a new level.” Just this year alone, Gunnells has traveled to Barbados, Toronto, and Jamaica to shoot ceremonies for clients from around the world, though he tends to stay in the Hudson Valley area during the spring and summer wedding months. He describes his signature style as 90 percent photojournalism and 10 percent fashion influenced formals. The result is often stunning images that play on light and scenery and take advantage of non-traditional poses. “I enjoy weddings as my style is photo-journalism,” he says. “I love covering events as they happen without altering events with too much direction or posing. Wedding photos should document the day exactly as
it happened, real-life moments happen and are not posed.” In fact, one of his most memorable shoots happened during an unanticipated downpour—often a couple’s worst wedding nightmare—which created incredible, dramatic shots in the stormy light and again as the sun broke through. It’s his favorite slideshow to show clients when they ask what happens if it rains on their day. Originally from Pennsylvania, Gunnells was living in California with his wife and working as a Hollywood nightclub manager when his career took an unexpected turn. He photographed a couple of ceremonies for some friends and before long, the images he captured also won him a clientele. In the first year, he had 25 weddings booked in spite of his lack of any formal training. He and his wife decided to pursue this passion full time and bring a west coast style of photography to the east coast—hence the fusion of New York and Los Angeles in the name of the business.
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