Our Wedding Vows To You
At the heart of this all, we are artists, creators, storytellers. But we’re also business people and above all imagery, the experience should be magical for you from start to finish. Photographers are a dime a dozen and it can be overwhelming when having to decide who will capture one of the most important days of your life. We’ve been in the service industry our entire lives and because of this, we have a great attention to detail along with a high desire to please. This is wonderful news for you. Here’s how we’re different from other photographers...
1 - Love and Serve
One of the best compliments I’ve ever received from a couple was that they felt like their best friend was hanging out with them all day, and just so happened to capture great photos too. I really loved getting that feedback and wanted to make sure I can replicate it forever. As I marinated on that for a while I came to realize, it wasn’t about gear. It wasn’t about the timeline. It wasn’t about camera settings. It is that on your wedding day, I am so much more than a photographer. My first instinct always has been to love and serve. It’s the way I was raised. The way we treat people matters as much as the photos we deliver to them, so I love and serve people all day in every way I can. I walk into your wedding day with a servant’s heart and go out of my way to make people feel cared for and special. Who I am and how I act is an impression so strong, you love your photos before you even see them. I put you first every time I make a decision, and do everything I can to make sure your wedding day was better because I was there.
2 - Authenticity
There are countless galleries out there from starving photographers trying to fill their own Instagram feeds without a thought in their mind about you. You see it all the time, endlessly scrolling grids of stylized, whitewashed, and superimposed images. These hyper-fake, unauthentic pictures come from photographers that care more about their likes their own agenda then about telling your story. They’re all dog moms, love wine and Jesus, and follow the light - go ahead, spot check those bios. I am most these things as well, however, my art and business come before my self-proclamation. You won’t find weekly postings of our self-portraits as all of our focus is on creating your perfect gallery and experience. All work you see from us is from a real wedding, with real couples and real love - not perfectly-crafted, styled shoots. We are real people who care deeply about our art and business, which is to serve you.
3 - Empathy
My sister cried in heartbreak when she received her wedding photos from her photographer. She spent five thousand dollars on her dream wedding gown, only to be delivered less than three images of her in the gown in its entirety. Wanting it to be a cathedral length, she paid to have two extra feet added to her veil. And in most formal images, her gown and veil was bunched up in itself or wrapped around her like a burrito (her words, not mine.) The style and beauty of the ensemble was scrunched up at her feet in almost all images. While it was strange to see in her images, I couldn’t help but think back to her wedding day and reflect on what her photographer was focusing on and why we were so rushed. It was all the styled shots. The shoes. The perfume bottle, The cuff links. The invitations. So much time was spent on these details, too much time. Your beautiful images from us will have all the details but they also need to tell your story
I feel what you feel on your wedding day and I know what is important to you. It’s been both a blessing and a curse to have this level of deep compassion. I do not take this responsibility lightly; I’m there to preserve memories that will follow your lineage. Building your family history in my hands is an honor and blessing and we treat it as such.
4 - Personal Commitment
“This is not a job, this is my art,” I once told someone, until my own words struck me still. It was then I really began to believe and understand my message. It took Leonardo da Vinci four years to paint Mona Lisa until her completion. My job is not just to point, shoot, and deliver as many photographers practice. Your wedding is a creative process that has many layers to curate before you receive your final gallery. Your day is like my canvas and will be meticulously developed until I see though. You’ll receive only the finest images in your gallery. Ones omitted include poor expressions, poor lighting and blur. Most other photographers will contract third-party editors from online sources to cull and enhance your images, without ever reviewing with their own eye. With us, each and every photograph will be carefully observed and developed by hand before being placed in your final album.
At the end of the day…
No matter who you choose to document your day, make sure you feel the connection to your photographer. Make sure the trust and foundation friendship is there between you. There are no “re-dos” and your day will be over in a blink of an eye.