Doug Gordon

As a second generation photographer, Doug Gordon has been honing his artistic skills for almost 2 decades. He has been around weddings since the young age of 11; when he begun his apprenticeship with his dad Ken. As the lead photographer and owner of Patken Photographer Inc., Doug heads up a close knit team of associate photographers that specialize in capturing life and his extremely cutting edge style at nearly 800 wedding per year internationally . Doug continues to aggressively change and grow. While his work continues to garner international awards and media attention. His work has been described as a fashionable, editorial style of today’s wedding.

At the young age of 32 Doug has photographed at more than 3000 weddings internationally as well as capturing on film several celebrities and athletes at a wide array of weddings and social functions. His weddings span all over the world from Mexico to Mahantattan, Canada to Europe. His relaxed approach and stylish portraits is the reason Doug is one of the most sough after photographers around.

His awards and accolades while too numerous to mention all; include some very prominent ones. At the age of 21 Doug was one the youngest C.P.P’s ever, He also been awarded the degree of Photographic Craftsman from PPA. As well as the Artist of Photographic Mastery ,Accolade of Outstanding Photographic Achievement, Accolade of Exceptional Photographic Achievement and the Accolade of Highest Photographic Achievement from Wedding and Portrait Photographers International. Most recently his photograph Vibrance was chosen for Professional Photographers of America’s International Wedding Specialty Conference. He has been recently been awarded with the Fellowship of Photography from the famed British Photography Association SWPP. In 2006 Doug has been hired by the worlds leading cruise line Carnival to be head photo consultant. Also in 2006 Doug's NY based studio became the first national wedding studio opening Franchise studios around the U.S

As a leading expert in the photographic industry, Gordon has been a sought after inspirational lecturer and educator on the latest trends in both wedding and portrait photography. Since 1998 Doug has spoken in almost all the major cities across the United States from New York to California as well as several others worldwide in which he reached tens of thousands of photographers with his message of dare to be different. He has been a featured speaker at PPA and WPPI and SPD’s conventions

Doug is sponsorsored by today's leading photographic companies including Jorgensen Albums of Australia, Quantum Instruments, Off the Wall Productions, Virtual backgrounds, Tamrac , Eventpix and many others

Doug Gordon has an Exhibition here.

Doug's Programme

Building a successful Wedding and Portrait business (Business School)

The SWPP 2008 Convention was an outstanding success,
we have 241 days to get ready for the 2009 convention - which starts on January 14, 2009

Photo Quote: A thing is not what you say it is or what you photograph it to be or what you paint it to be or what you sculpt it to be. Words, photographs, paintings, and sculptures are symbols of what you see, think, and feel things to be, but they are not the things themselves. - Wynn Bullock