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VOTED 2016 TOP 10 FEARLESS PHOTOGRAPHER IN THE WORLD!!!

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I am merely stoked and feel blessed about seeing my name listed as one of the top ranked photographers in the following three worldwide communities: Fearless Photographer - Top 10 Photographers of 2016 (ranked the highest among U.S. photographers), ISPWP - International Society of Professional Wedding Photographer - Top 20 Photographers of 2016 (3rd highest among U.S. photographers) and MyWed Wedding Photographer - Top 15 out of nearly 20,000 registered photographers.  And I am even beyond delighted to be listed in the top 5 on Wedding Photography Select of U.K - Best of 2016 and being placed as the Top photographer of Inspiration Photographer of Brazil in 2017. This is unimaginably huge and yet unreal to me since I literally started joining the photographer communities three years ago coming from zero connections to any other photography organizations and only knowing a handful number of photographers locally.
Huge thanks to all those amazing wedding photographer communities including, but not limited to, Mystic Seminars and Fearless Photographers community! I would also like to share these honors with my dear photographer friends located in my hometown, across the continent and all over the world; my most supportive wedding professional & vendor friends; my amazing sponsors, Fundy Software Inc, Pictobook, Renaissance Albums, & HoneyPic; and my most devoted & hard working kickass Ken Pak Photography team. Lastly and most importantly, I would like to recognize and give big high fives to all of my wonderful clients who trusted me from the beginning. I wouldn't have been able to achieve any of the above without them.

https://www.fearlessphotographers.com/top-photographers-of-2016.cfm

Fernanda & Antonio // Tepoztlán, Mexico

2016 Compilation

2016 has been another blessed year for me capturing lots of amazing moments from my awesome clients.  I am very grateful to everyone who has been very cheerful and humble loving.  Looking forward to 2017! 

Sydney & Brian // DuPont Circle Hotel, Washington, DC

Randle & Jacob // Carnegie Institute of Science, Washington, D.C

A day after their wedding Randle & Jacob wrote to me "Ken - Your energy is so infectious! And getting just a glimpse of the images you were capturing made Jacob and I beyond excited to see the finished product in a few weeks! Thank you for handling our motley crew so beautifully." It was my first groom+groom wedding, I just can say... it was a truly incredible experience, and heartfelt blast.

Jennifer & Exeter // Mount Vernon Inn Wedding, Alexandria, Virginia

Kasey & Andrew // VisArts of Rockville Wedding, Maryland

Bess & Joshua // Torpedo Factory Art Center Wedding, Old Town Alexandria, Virginia

Trish & Audi // Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center Wedding, Washington, D.C

Ellen & Juliane // San Francisco, Monterey Bay, Yosemite

Melissa & JR // Early Mountain Vineyards Wedding, Charlottesville, Virginia

Angela & Casey // TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm, Potomac, MD

Just Won Rangefinder Magazine's 2016 Wedding Photo Contest!

I am super stoked about being one of the final 15 winners of the prestigious #Rangefinder Magazine's 2016 Annual Wedding Contest! Many congrats to all the winners including my buddy & grand prize winnerJamie Schneider & Heather Dennis Schneider. Also, many thanks to the judges and curators! 

Becca & Dave // Glenview Mansion Wedding, Rockville, MD

Gina & Chris // Top of the Town Wedding, Arlington, Virginia

Rattana & Jason // The Oxon Hill Manor Wedding

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