Professional Info

When I look back it's hard to imagine that I started photographing weddings so long ago. Yet I'm still just as passionate, perhaps even more so, about my craft. Each year I attend several photography workshops or conventions in order to improve my skills. I've been privileged to have conducted seminars around the country and share my experience with other photographers. I've also been fortunate to have written articles for or been featured in various national photography and wedding magazines. I take my role as an image maker very seriously. I don't view my career as simply taking pictures. Instead I document the stories, moments and emotions in the lives of my clients and try to do so as an observer in a fashion that years later will summon back the feelings they shared on that day.

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Grant is recognized as a true leader in the industry. He is one of the most published photographers in the region, has shared his experience with his peers by way of speaking at numerous photography conferences and has conducted seminars and workshops all over the U.S. and abroad. He brings a passion for his craft on every assignment and a commitment to excellence that involves far more than just the images he captures. He is more than a wedding photojournalist, he's a visual historian that tells the story of your wedding from his heart.

]]> Photographic Style is the manner in which the artist tells the visual story. It is also considered one of the fundamental components that differentiates one photographer from another.

Grant Oakes' style can best be described as: 

Emotional, elegant, fun, natural, timeless, thought provoking, exciting, romantic, unique, spontaneous, purposeful, artistic, fashionable, innovative.

It is not: 

Boring, traditional, static, faddish, dated, stiff, uninteresting, predictable, phony, overly Photoshop'ed

]]> parts/images/077(1).jpg We've spent hours reviewing the photographs you gave us last night--what an incredible and so unbelievably thoughtful gift.
Elizabeth and Raffaello

We had some friends over a few weeks ago that had all been at the wedding so we pulled out the album. It's so beautiful-we couldn't be happier with you as our photog! 
Kellie and Adair

The style of your photography still amazes me. All of the angles, colors, reflections, and textures that you pick up in your camera make beautiful pictures that the ordinary person would never have thought of doing. Not only are you able to capture amazing pictures of a moment in time, but you were also able to evoke emotions in your photos.
Sara and Scott

We have just returned from a wonderful couple of (much needed) days in Steamboat Springs. Just before leaving, we went to my parents' house to pick up our car and see the photos on your blog. They are absolutely stunning, Grant, and they completely blew us away! You have such a wonderful talent for catching people's emotions, and capturing the feeling of a day, a time, and a place.
Sarah and Mike
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