Jeff Caplan
Founder

Jeff Caplan founded the DWF in April 2000, back when pro digital slr cameras weighed 12 pounds and squeezed out 2 megapixel images. For 3-and-a-half years, he ran the DWF as a free website as a way of giving back to the many photographers who helped him along in his own wedding photography career.

Before the DWF became a fulltime project, Jeff hosted a morning radio show on WCBS Newsradio 880 in New York City with a daily audience of 2-million listeners. When he's not traveling to meet with DWF members at get togethers, you'll find him at DWF Headquarters a stone's throw from midtown-Manhattan.

Jeff tapped Gina’s talents to organize the first DWF convention in 2004. Now she is back full time with the Digital Wedding Forum.

Gina has two sons, two grandchildren and a dog and a cat to keep her busy in suburban Philadelphia.

gina@digitalweddingforum.com

Gina Preston
Executive Director

Mark A. Lutz
Technical Operations Director

Mark Lutz has been an artist all his life painting his first oil in 4th grade. 2007 marks his 11th year as a wedding photographer. His B.A. is in Film and Video Production from Pennsylvania State University. Mark's career has been varied but always centered around visual arts. He is a multiple award winning videographer and cinematographer, a TV news photojournalist and a commercial television producer/videographer.

Besides being inside hundreds of his clients homes his work has been on CBS, ABC, NBC, CNN, FOX, MTV, OPRAH, NOVA, 60-minutes, Independent Film Channel so on and so forth...

Mark has worked with Presidents and beauty queens, drug addicts and puppy dogs not to mention hundreds of brides. He is a 100% self taught geek and he enjoys a computer problem like some people enjoy a crossword puzzle.

tech@digitalweddingforum.com

One of the first things people notice about Ulysses Ashton is his broad smile. It's genuine, as is his broad sense of humor and real concern for people.

Some have likened him to a "diplomat" when it comes to his moderating style, which results from his sincere belief that every member of the DWF has something of value to offer. As active as he seems to be on these forums, he has even more going on in his life and in his business outside the DWF. Married to the beautiful Jenni for 17 years, they have been photographing as a team since 2003, although he had been photographing for many years before that. Their combined style is subtle, multi-layered, earnest and honest. It is a style that draws his clients in and attracts people from all over the world.

Ulysses has this to say, "I absolutely love photography and the way it enriches both my life and the lives of others around me."

Ulysses Ashton
Moderator

Andrena
Moderator

Dina Douglass runs the DWF Logic Smackdown, and will happily out-logic anyone who wishes. She routinely freaks out about spelling and grammatical errors, and admits to a penchant for mentally red-lining user posts and Time magazine.

Her art background includes serving in photographic and writing roles for various publications, including four years as managing editor of an off-road racing magazine; fronting an alternative band; and photographically documenting the early 80s punk rock scene.

Her business background includes six years at Arthur Andersen, where she spent three years as proposal manager for a 1200-person office, and three years as global knowledge manager for the firm’s $2.3 billion Manufacturing Industry practice. She left Andersen to join the Silicon Valley startup revolution, where she served as senior director of knowledge management at Asera (an e-business platform company) and SRI International (where Doug Engelbart invented the mouse and the world’s first word processing technology). She also led the marketing, branding and technical publications teams for an SRI spin-off focused on venture consulting and speech recognition technology.

By the end of August 2007, Dina will have visited more than 20 countries.

Vida Perez
Moderator

Amy Prutch
Moderator

Amy Prutch recieved her formal photography training while a Journalism/Mass Communications major at the University of Utah. She subsequently earned a second degree in Special Education and never considered a photography career until she literally married into the wedding photography business.

She and her husband JP have owned and operated AJ's Studio for 14 years. In 2006 she joined the studio full time and will expanding their business to include Lifestyle family and children's photography.

When not in the studio Amy happily lives the crazy life of a suburban wife and mother of two boys. She and JP have been known to host some legendary GTGs, so if you're ever in the area, let her know!

The best way to describe Jen Bebb is with bright, happy colors.

Whether we're talking about her bubbly and warm personality or about the unique images she captures for her clients, the description certainly fits. Besides working hard to keep the forum humming smoothly each and every day, she also works just as hard to be a fabulous mom of TWO adorable boys. She does it all with the help of her equally adorable husband and partner, Steve and together they've created a studio and brand that allows them to travel all over the world to do what they love best!

Jen Bebb
Moderator

Chris Mann
Moderator

A native of the UK, Chris Mann worked in retailing as a store manager and then as marketing manager for a chain of 9 stores, before starting his own business as a freelance software trainer, teaching web design, desktop publishing and photo editing programs. In 2003 he moved to the Turks & Caicos Islands in the Caribbean to join his brother Andy's photo and video business, Tropical Imaging, where he now shoots weddings and portraits and enjoys the sunshine.

Yvonne Blume was born in Germany, but has spent most of her life in London.

A straight-talking, no B/S kind of girl she's held jobs in music, fashion, and investment banking before plunging full-time into photography. She's an expert scuba diver, and is perfectly comfortable floating around the forums and, if necessary, deleting threads that sink to the depths. The rest of the time, she hopes to give something back to the many amazing members who helped her build her photography business to where it is today, and the new starters who are working to get there.

Yvonne Blume
Moderator

Jesus Tirso
Moderator

Jesus Tirso lives in the Houston, Texas area where he is a full time program manager at a major computer company. He has twenty five years of experience in the computer business but his true passion lies with photography - which he's been involved in for nearly thirty years. Jesus has been shooting weddings part time since early 2005 and expects continued growth in his business in the coming years by differentiating himself from others in the area in terms of quality, products, and customer service.

He is addicted to DWF!

Carolyn E. Wright
DWF legal expert

Gill Taylor
START Moderator

Timothy Uhl
DWF Marketing Director