Whether you decide to have a destination wedding, intimate ceremony in a beautiful cathedral or love the idea of an outdoor wedding, I’m your person…
Your wedding is a celebration of who you are as a couple and the start of your lifelong journey together. As your wedding photographer, my purpose is to document your special day capturing the precious moments as they appear.
Wedding Day Coverage
Wedding Day Coverage
Weddings can typically be broken down into four segments:
Getting ready
Ceremony
Formals
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Getting Ready
Getting Ready
This part of the wedding day focuses on the preparations and individuality as they share moments with their bridal party and families.
Brides and grooms are photographed with parents, grandparents, and bridal party as they prepare for their special day. Images are taken of details such as the shoes, dress, jewelry, bouquet and leading up to full length images of the bride in her wedding attire.
Ceremony
The ceremony portion can be anywhere from fifteen minutes to over an hour, depending on their preferences or religious beliefs. Throughout the ceremony, speeches by the officiant and guests followed by the exchange of vows, rings and the first kiss will generally conclude the ceremony and now the beautiful couple has officially tied the knot.
Ceremony
Formals
Formal portraits taken on the wedding day include the couple with both families, relatives, the wedding party and even guests throughout the evening.
The photos are generally taken at the venue, however, at times, additional locations such the reception site or small getaways are welcomed when the couple prefers additional privacy.
Formals & Bridal Party
Reception
It’s here where couples let loose and spend the evening mingling with family and friends. During this time, the first dances, toasts, cake cutting, blessings and other formalities occur followed by the newlyweds celebrating their union on the dance floor.
Reception
The Right fit?
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Am I the Right Fit?
Let me begin by saying - “I want to photograph your wedding.”
I really do! That being said…more than anything, I want to make sure we’re a good fit for each other.
You might be asking yourself - “What does that mean?”
We’re going to get to know one another really well. Through photographing your engagement photos, pre-wedding shoot, day of the wedding, family portraits, newborn photos…etc…etc… I’ll essentially become a part of the family and begin documenting your life and those around you.
This is why I’m just as careful as to who I spend my time with as you are looking for a photographer. While it would be great to fly through a wedding and move on to the next client, that’s not how I work. On my end, I want to make sure that you’re being taken care and are completely satisfied.
During our sessions, I’m going to learn what makes you smile, listen to tales of how you met, goals and dreams, and craft a series of photos, which slowly begin to tell your story. On the day of the wedding, I’m not just some random person showing up and taking snapshots. Instead, I’m the person capturing special moments like your first look, “You may now kiss the bride…,” smushing cake into one another’s face and everything in-between. In a way, I’m that long lost friend you didn’t realize you had and no matter what happens, besides taking photographs, I’m there to encourage and help guide you along the way.
Photographing weddings is a very unique niche within photography. Not only are you required to photograph the couple and all of their special moments, but at some point you switch hats and become an expert food photographer, then a fashion photographer, details, landscapes, music and it becomes and endless journey of swapping hats.
This is one area where I truly believe it’s ALWAYS better to hire someone.
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While other photographers can spend time creating their perfect image, the wedding photographer has only ONE shot to get it right. And if they miss that chance, there’s no reset button or do-over. It’s gone.
This is a scary thing. I’m not trying to spook anyone, but I’m being right up front with this. Nearly every wedding I photograph, at some point in the night, someone will come up to me and have this look in their eyes and before they say anything - I already know what’s coming.
They then spend the next few minutes telling me about what happened at their wedding and wished they could’ve hired me back then.
So yeah, you may have a friend or family member that’s an excellent photographer and their work is AMAZING, but when you drop the magic words…”Will you photograph my wedding?” and they look at you with deep apprehension, please don’t take any resentment to them hesitating or the “I’ll get back to you on that” moment. It’s a big commitment.
Yes…I want to photograph your wedding. If we’re a good fit for each other, then it’ll be that much easier for me to say YES and rest as they say is history.
Prices
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Prices
Having been photographing weddings for the better part of fifteen years, I prefer to keep things relatively simple.
My wedding package begins at $1,200 which includes the following:
- 4 hours of Photography
- Private Online Photo Gallery
- Digital Copyright Release
- Edited/Retouched Digital Images
Maybe your needs are greater that just my base package…That’s perfectly fine!
This wedding is about you and your needs. Down below, you’ll find our wedding questionnaire (Don’t worry…it’s not too terribly long) and just spend a few minutes marking the boxes that are MOST important to you and hit submit.
It’s that easy.
During our free consultation, we’ll go over it, make changes, revise it, and when it makes sense to you…We’ll make it official!
F.A.Q.
F.A.Q.
Here are some common questions I’ve received over the years.
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It really depends on what your needs are. A couple of hours, the whole day, you’re wanting to include an engagement shoot…etc..etc… You may not have all of the details and that’s fine, let’s start by first narrowing down what it is that you’re wanting and we’ll go from there.
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I love traveling. It’s even better if I can get a martini sent to my room the night before, you know…to ease the nerves.
I travel all over for work and have absolutely no issue heading your way. That being said, I do have a few travel requirements (i.e. hotel stay, fuel and food per-diem) that will be billed separately and need to be fulfilled prior to me leaving.
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Pretty quick. I know that’s vague, but it’s true. Right now, my turn around time is less than a week.
That being said, in the contract, it’ll state up to 1 month and no later than 3. Depending on just how booked-out I am and my personal life schedule, it’ll vary in that time range.
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I currently shoot with an Olympus EM1X and an EM1 Mark III and use their professional line of lenses. (Which are AMAZING and just incredible to use, plus they’re nearly waterproof) My first wedding from the (2022) season was a torrential downpour and while the other photographer, videographers were scrambling looking for cover or trying to shield their equipment I didn’t blink an eye and just kept firing away.
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Everyone comes at photography from a different standpoint. For me, I’m not just doing this for fun, I run this as a business. Because so, I have overhead expenses, wear & tear on my equipment, time away from my family and probably the biggest expense is my experience. I’ve been shooting professionally for 15+ years.
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No. Alongside photographing weddings, I also photograph Families, Seniors, personalized Lifestyle shoots and LOTS and LOTS of Landscape and Fine Art type work. At the moment, I’m currently setting up an Etsy shop for my Landscape photography. Once that’s up and running, I’ll add the link and you can view and purchase beautiful metal printed panoramic images taken around the Pacific Northwest.
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Hmm.. That’s a difficult one. I think the best way to answer this question is to talk about the actor “Gary Oldman.” There’s a clip where someone asked him what his native accent is/was. And to be honest, he spent so much time perfecting whatever was asked of him, he had forgotten what his native accent actually sounded like. I’ve spent years learning and mimicing master photographers and their unique styles to the point where I’m able to pivot my approach based on what’s being asked of me. What I have found most appealing is a combination of “In the moment/candid/storytelling” while being shot in Black and White. I would say this is probably the closest to an answer as I can give you.
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Not at all. That being said - I do have some ground rules.
When push comes to shove, I will ALWAYS politely ask them to refrain from taking a shot if I feel they’re imposing too much and preventing me from capturing the crucial moments. It is your wedding and I’ll be happy to oblige to your requests, but also remember you’ve paid me to capture these one in a lifetime moments.
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It’s similar to going to the Dr. when you’re needing an chiropractic adjustment. They can do it, but that’s not exactly their specialty.
Wedding photography can be tricky because it’s a One Time Thing (most of the time) and you’re putting on many types of photography hats throughout the day. Portraits, group shots, details, products, candid’s, action and more! On top of that, you’re on the move all day, rarely get a break, and expected to know how to deal with any odd or bizarre type of lighting.
Don’t get me started about the editing…that’s another beast for another time. lol
Let me be clear…Photographing weddings is a blast. It’s challenging for sure, but so is everything else in life. The key to shooting weddings is having a solid game plan and being uber flexible when something unexpected occurs. If you’re not the “Let’s roll the dice and see what happens” kind of person, this profession Isn’t for you.
I can’t ever recall a wedding where something unexpected didn’t occur.