• Welcome!

    Luster Studios is my personal portfolio where I share weddings, special events, engagement sessions and portraits. My origins stem from a fine arts degree in photography and computer graphics. My "style" is a perfect blend of creative ideas driven by a relaxed attitude and a fun yet thoughtful personality.

    Through a combination of posing and photojournalism I strive to capture planned and spontaneous moments that will later help you relive how you were feeling at that exact moment. I'm based in North Carolina and often travel to destination locations. I look forward to getting to know what inspires you both creatively and personally.

    - Craig Carpenter

Wedding Photojournalist Association ( WPJA ) – Recognition

For any of you that don’t already know about the WPJA it is a professional organization that highlights photojournalists and wedding photographers that take a candid documentary approach toward their work. I strongly feel that some of the most intriguing, romantic and provocative wedding images are captured in fleeting moments that most would never see if it weren’t for decisive photographers with the acumen to trip the shutter.

As a member, I visit the Wedding Photojournalist Association website often for inspiration, perspective or sometimes just to get choked up or laugh out loud. It is an honor to stand beside these talented photographers. I was recently recognized for one of my images that was taken during Tina and Mitch’s wedding at the Carolina Theater. As you may have read in my post this image was enjoyed by many in their family and I’m excited to know that others throughout the world will enjoy it too.


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