Gregory David, Washington DC

I documented my high school years in my church youth group as we went on many trips and retreats. My fondest childhood memories are still vivid and alive because of the thousands of photographs that I have taken over the years. After I graduated college, I got married to my beautiful wife, Jami, and she quickly realized that I could not be happy in life unless I was pursing my lifelong passion of photography.

The only problem was, I was too scared to pursue photography professionally because I didn’t think I was good enough. Just after my son, Jeremiah, was born, Jami paid for a small booth at the local wedding show in the small town we were living in at the time. To my surprise, I booked 12 weddings from that one day, and, like it or not, I was officially a “professional photographer” from that moment on.

After a year of shooting weddings on my own, I decided to work for someone else in order to learn the art of photography. In the early 1990’s, I worked for Christopher Glenn Photography, in Southern California, as a professional wedding photographer where I learned the art of capturing people in a relaxed and fun way.

In the mid 1990’s, I moved to Maryland to study under, Clay Blackmore, the protégé of Monte Zucker, a world renowned wedding photographer and teacher.

Like most artists, I am passionately committed to my art form. I am always trying to find new and exciting angles from which to capture the raw emotions and feelings that are expressed at each wedding, portrait, or special event I photograph. As Monte Zucker once told me, “I like to photograph the world, not as it is, but, as I would like it to be”.

My goal is to create images which accurately record those emotional moments in life that make us laugh, and sometimes cry. By delivering exquisite images to each of my clients, I know that I am using my God-given gifts and talents to fulfill my purpose and destiny. I have a true passion for my work, and my clients can see that I truly love what I do and I feel honored to have been chosen to capture one of the most important moments in my clients lives.

My energy and enthusiasm are contagious and many of my clients aren’t just clients, they are friends, because they have allowed me to share with them some of their most special moments of their lives.