Faith West has been among the most prominent of Philadelphia wedding photographers for 16 years. In that time, her real weddings images have been published in most national bridal magazines including Martha Stewart Weddings, Modern Bride, and others, and every regional bridal magazine, such as Philadelphia magazine's Philadelphia Weddings, Brides Philadelphia, The Knot Pennsylvania, The Knot New Jersey, New Jersey Bride, and others. One of her images is on the back cover of the book The Knot's Guide to Weddings in the Real World.

Faith loves to shoot weddings because each one

is unique, reflecting the individual personality of the couple. It's a pleasure to make each couple look their best in any situation. Faith's personality has been described as professional yet easy-going. She encourages couples during the scheduled time for "prompted candids" to get the results they will want later. Then Faith and her team back off for the rest of the wedding, letting guests have a good time and capturing the most meaningful candid moments while going unnoticed.

Before she lived in Philadelphia, Faith worked in New York City in the '80s as an assistant to well-known fashion photographers and film directors, helping them create editorial, advertising, movies, TV shows, and music videos. One of her fondest memories from that time is helping out on a Run-DMC video for the song, "You Talk Too Much". When the "playback" guy would stop, the band would continue to rap, making the shoot like a personal concert in an abandoned Staten Island roller skating rink. (You can see the video on YouTube. Faith was the one crumpling up the newspaper and throwing it around from off-camera!)

See two of Faith's recently photographed weddings here:

Karma & Rich at Glen Foerd Mansion

Bridget & John at Waterworks Restaurant