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If you’re just finding our blog, allow me to introduce myself.  I’m Will Wenzel, and together with my wife Lucia, own Focus Photography in Portland, Maine.  I photograph all of the seniors at our studio, and lead the wedding team at Focus (which includes several other exceptional photographers.)  We specialize in three things at Focus, and they all overlap each other.  Romantic and artistic wedding photography, unique senior portraiture, and contemporary family portraits.

Our style is the same for all of them.  The photography is fun and fast paced, lighting is controlled and flattering, images are toned and stylistically rendered.  Regardless of what we’re shooting, we think the experience of being photographed is as important as the artistic quality of the final images.  Photography should be fun and natural, and not forced or awkwardly posed.

This blog is by no means a complete record of our work at the studio, but I hope it shows you a variety of photoshoots that we’ve done, and will continue to provide a place for me to post new events or sessions as I shoot them.

Thanks for looking.

Will Wenzel

Maine Chapter of the Professional Photographers of America Awards Will Wenzel, of Focus Photography, Top Prizes for Portrait Shots

  February 1, 2008 (FREEPORT, MAINE) –

 Old Port photographer Will Wenzel has won top prizes for excellence in portrait photography from the Maine Chapter of the Professional Photographers Association. 

“These are prestigious awards,” Wenzel said, “and I’m proud to have earned the recognition of my peers.” 

Wenzel won the Kodak Gallery Award for technical and visual excellence in a portrait, as well as a Court of Honor Award – the top prize given by the chapter – for excellence in technical and visual impact in a portrait. All told, Wenzel walked off with a Blue Ribbon, six Red Ribbons, and the Judges Choice Award, in addition to the pair of portrait prizes. 

“What I’m most proud of is that all seven of these images were created for our clients at Focus, and not just created for competition” said Wenzel. 

The Maine Professional Photographers Association award the prizes Jan. 29, at its annual awards banquet, held this year at the Hilton Garden Inn in Freeport, Maine. 

Wenzel is the principal photographer at Focus Photography, Maine’s only boutique portrait studio, located in the Old Port, one of Portland’s oldest and most historic neighborhoods.

Okay, I’ve got to tell you, I’m feeling a little pleased about this.  We always try to give each of our clients the best images we can create, but to have only client images do so well in competition, really says a lot for our clients.  Here’s a few of the cool people we got to work with this year, who’s images received awards this weekend: