{"id":497,"date":"2011-05-05T14:16:37","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T18:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jonetsuphotography.com\/blog\/?p=497"},"modified":"2011-05-05T14:16:37","modified_gmt":"2011-05-05T18:16:37","slug":"jonetsu-studios-among-american-photo-magazine-top-ten-wedding-photographers-in-the-world-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonetsuphotography.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/jonetsu-studios-among-american-photo-magazine-top-ten-wedding-photographers-in-the-world-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"JONETSU Studios among American Photo Magazine Top Ten Wedding Photographers in the World 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chadwick and I are extremely humbled and delighted to have been chosen as one of American Photo&#8217;s Top Ten Wedding Photographers in the World.\u00a0 In &#8216;wedding photography land&#8217; worldwide, this is the bee&#8217;s knees of mentions, and the talented company we share on this year&#8217;s list include people that have been incredible innovators in our field for a long time.\u00a0 I&#8217;d say surreal and overwhelmed are appropriate words to describe how we feel being mentioned with these folks.\u00a0 Please take some time to check out their work- very inspiring:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Yervant | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yervant.com\/\">Yervant<\/a>, Melbourne, Australia<\/li>\n<li>Rocco Ancora | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roccoancora.com\/\">Rocco Ancora<\/a>, Melbourne, Australia<\/li>\n<li>Parker J Pfister | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parkerjphoto.com\/\">Parker J Pfister<\/a>, Asheville, North Carolina<\/li>\n<li>Nate &amp; Jaclyn Kaiser |<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theimageisfound.com\/\"> The Image Is Found<\/a>, San Diego, California<\/li>\n<li>Marcus Bell | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marcusbell.com\/\">Studio Impressions<\/a>, Brisbane, Australia<\/li>\n<li>Jonas Peterson | <a href=\"http:\/\/jonaspeterson.com\/\">Jonas Pederson<\/a>, Brisbane, Australia<\/li>\n<li>Jesse &amp; Whitney Chamberlain | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourlaboroflove.com\/\">Our Labor of Love,<\/a> Atlanta, Georgia<\/li>\n<li>Greg Gibson | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greggibson.com\/\">Greg Gibson Photography<\/a>, Washington, D.C.<\/li>\n<li>Dina Douglass | <a href=\"http:\/\/photography.andrenaphoto.com\/\">Andrena Photography<\/a>, Los Angeles, California<\/li>\n<li>Chadwick &amp; Camille Bensler | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jonetsuphotography.com\/\">Jonetsu Photography,<\/a> Vancouver B.C.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We wanted to thank first and foremost, our clients.\u00a0 It must be said that we know we&#8217;ve done something right when we continue to work with the kind of genuine, warm and ultimately trusting couples since JONETSU launched in 2000.<\/p>\n<p>The issue will be on news stands on May 10th, and it&#8217;s up on <a href=\"http:\/\/ca.zinio.com\/browse\/publications\/index.jsp?productId=114405286\">Zinio<\/a> in digital release now.\u00a0 In the Editor&#8217;s note (below), you can read how the decisions came to be.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to the esteemed people on the advisory panel who nominated us (so awesome!) and a special thanks to writer Aimee Baldridge for digging through our hour long conversation to get to the heart of what we&#8217;re about in the article.<\/p>\n<p>Feeling very grateful and honored today- thanks for your kind messages &amp; phone calls- they mean a lot to us.\u00a0 To our family and friends- always our biggest support system- thank you for your continued support and positive energy.\u00a0 We couldn&#8217;t possibly feel more loved, and to be able to count on you for last minute requests (CB!!) &amp; honest feedback is pure GOLD!<\/p>\n<p>Moving forward, it&#8217;s our intention to maintain our focus on creating the best images we can by capturing our couples&#8217; true spirits and personalities.\u00a0 This kind of recognition adds even more creative fuel to the mix.\u00a0 There are so many deserving photographers out there (within Canada, too)&#8230; it&#8217;s a lot to handle right now&#8230;so we&#8217;ll just get with this and pop some champagne!\u00a0 Yay!<\/p>\n<p>The cover (amazing image by Rocco Ancora):<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"AmericanPhotoCover\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jonetsuphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/AmericanPhotoCover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1154\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s note and Advisory Panel.\u00a0 100 nominees were researched to get down to the final ten.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"AmericanPhotoEditor\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jonetsuphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/AmericanPhotoEditor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1168\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And here is our feature.\u00a0 The editors chose this image of Tracey and Ryan following their intimate ceremony in the back yard of Ryan&#8217;s family home:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-500\" title=\"JonetsuAmericanPhotoFeature\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jonetsuphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/JonetsuAmericanPhotoFeature.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jonetsuphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/JonetsuAmericanPhotoFeature.jpg 900w, https:\/\/jonetsuphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/JonetsuAmericanPhotoFeature-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/jonetsuphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/JonetsuAmericanPhotoFeature-787x1024.jpg 787w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/jonetsuphotography.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/jonetsu-studios-among-american-photo-magazine-top-ten-wedding-photographers-in-the-world-2011.html\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 839767;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a><div class=\"pp-fb-like-btn-wrap\"><div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"https:\/\/jonetsuphotography.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/jonetsu-studios-among-american-photo-magazine-top-ten-wedding-photographers-in-the-world-2011.html\" data-share=\"false\" data-layout=\"standard\" data-width=\"450\" data-show-faces=\"\" data-action=\"like\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chadwick and I are extremely humbled and delighted to have been chosen as one of American Photo&#8217;s Top Ten Wedding Photographers in the World.\u00a0 In &#8216;wedding photography land&#8217; 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