"Yes, I shoot weddings on Medium Format..."

With: Scott Johnson

Duration: 1 hour

Date: 01/08/25

Time: 5:45pm – 7:00pm

Location: FUJIFILM House of Photography

Perfect for: Photographers wanting to improve their wedding photography work or with an interest in the FUJIFILM GFX system

The Agenda

Join us for our must-see ‘Levelling Up Your Wedding Photography’ talk by SWPP’s 2018 ‘Master Photographer’, Scott Johnson, on the 1st of August 2025. Discover how Scott built an international reputation for wedding photography and attracted a more discerning clientele using the FUJIFILM GFX series of cameras.

What you’ll learn

Learn how to become the next internationally requested wedding photographer by retracing Scott’s progression from a fast-paced, ‘run and gun’ approach to a more methodical approach using the FUJIFILM GFX series of cameras. Scott will reveal the secret camera tricks and techniques he uses to deliver the images that have built his reputation. What’s more, Scott will discuss the differences between and his progressions through GFX series of cameras from the very first to the most recent model.

Meet your mentor

Scott Johnson, FBIPP FSWPP Master of The Societies, is an Internationally recognised award-winning photographer and judge for SWPP, WPPI and numerous international competitions, as well as the 2020, 2021 and 2023 World Photographic Cup.

He holds two Fellowships with the Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers (SWPP) in Wedding and Documentary Photography. And his documentary Fellowship in 2017 on the Auschwitz camp in Poland, taken entirely on film, has received plaudits from across the world.

In 2018, he was awarded ‘Master Photographer’ with the SWPP.  In 2019, he won the Open & Natural World category in the SWPP 20x16 print competition, as well as finishing runner-up in the Wedding Classical category, having won that category in 2016. 

He was the only British winner at WPPI in Las Vegas in the 2019 annual awards with first place in the Wedding Contemporary category (Gold distinction), and in 2022, he was awarded three Gold and one Gold Distinction at the WPPI Annual 20x16 competition.

His SWPP awards journey was completed in 2021 when he won Architectural Photographer of the Year.  In 2023, he won the ‘Wedding Day’ category in the SWPP 20x16 print competition.