PHOTOGRAPHERS:

Master Photographer and studio owner John Kornachuk has won Inland Empire  Wedding Photographer of the Year (IEPPV) 13 years in a row.  He has also won California (PPC) Wedding Photographer of the Year and Orange County (PPOC) Wedding Photographer and Photographer of the Year. In addition to his master’s degree from Professional Photographers of America (PPA) John has a master’s degree in journalism from University of Southern California and an undergraduate degree in communications from Biola University.  He  enjoys weddings and sees each wedding as an opportunity to take his best photographs. John credits his success to God-given ability and customers who want good photographs.

Associate Photographer Paul S. has a bachelor’s degree in fine art from Brooks Institute of Photography and tied for best wedding print in the state in 2006. He is the 2005 Inland Empire Photographer of the Year and was selected as top illustrative photographer in the state in 2008.  He is an Adobe Photoshop Expert and a PPA Certified Professional Photographer. Paul limits himself to a maximum of two weddings a month and enjoys photographing weddings with his wife Nancy, who has also studied photography in college.  Typically a four-hour package is required to reserve Paul, with Nancy as the preferred assistant. 

Associate Photographer John M. has photographed at least 1,500 weddings and provided the initial training for studio owner John Kornachuk. John M. has managed a San Gabriel Valley studio for a master photographer and operated his own wedding and portrait studio in La Habra. He enjoys photographing weddings with his daughter Chelsea. 

Associate Photographer Wayne C. is available through our studio for weekday weddings only. An award-winning wedding photographer with more than 20 years experience, Wayne also has extensive experience with Adobe Photoshop.

ASSISTANT PHOTOGRAPHERS:

Often couples ask for a second photographer to be at their wedding.  Assistant photographers are available at the rate of $60 an hour with high resolution digital files included from the assistant photographer included regardless of the package.

Nancy S. first met her husband Paul in a photography class he was teaching at Cal Poly Pomona. Since then they have traveled the world with camera in hand, in addition to photographing numerous weddings together.  Hiring Nancy as an assistant is a great way of persuading Paul to take a wedding, as he typically limits how many he photographs. As a former elementary school teacher and principal, Nancy works particularly well with children.

David Kornachuk has been photographing wedding with his father John for several years. He has an uncanny knack for picking award-winning photographs and has started preparing for PPA’s Certified Professional Photographer exam.  We expect him to start shooting on his own sometime in 2008.

Jonathan Kornachuk had the second best wedding photojournalism print in the state in 2005. On occasion he assists as a second photographer.

VIDEOGRAPHERS:

Videographer Nick Lamb has been videotaping and editing wedding for our studio since 2006.  A film student at Cal State Fullerton, Nick also studied video production in high school with Steve Orsinelli, who reportedly was was one the camera men for the Mel Gibson movie The Maverick.  Nick has also work as a videographer for KHIZ, a local television station, producing both with news and commercials. In addition to his video experience, Nick has assisted studio owner John Kornachuk as weddings as a second photographer. Nick is available to meet with couples in our Diamond Bar office to discuss both wedding videography and photography. Couples, parents and John Kornachuk alike have appreciated Nick’s quality video, hard work, and friendly personality. 

Videographer Ethan Cutoli started with our studio in 2007 after being recommended by a church where we had photographed weddings.  Since Ethan started, we have been receiving rave reviews from customers who compare his work favorably to those charging much more.  He is scheduled to receive his associates degree in film in January 2008 and will be transferring to complete his four-year degree in film at Cal State Fullerton or Cal State Northridge. Feel free to request a sample DVD.

On occasion John and David Kornachuk have videotaped weddings.   After photographing more than 1,300 weddings, John feels more comfortable as a still photographer.  However, he studied broadcast journalism at USC and has filled in to help with video on occasion.  David is being cross-trained as a videographer and still photographer.  David studied video production in high school with Steve Orsinelli, who served as a camera man with Mel Gibson in The Maverick.