Why Choose me as your Photographer?

You have thousands of choices when it comes to a photographer for your wedding. It can be overwhelming. Intimidating. It’s kind of like online dating. You’re looking for your perfect match. I mean, seriously, this is the one day you can’t get back. There are no do-overs. You want to remember, well, everything. And photography is just about the only way to get you there – it’s pretty much the only thing you’ll have left after the cake has been eaten, the dress has been cleaned and carefully preserved, the reception decorations have been boxed or donated, and the dance music has faded as your happily ever after begins. So how on earth will you ever make a decision?! Well, if there’s one piece of advice I can offer you, advice that comes not from me but from others who have shared their experiences with me later, it’s this: don’t choose your wedding photographer based on price. Please. Pretty please. Choose your wedding photographer because you LOVE their work. Like, seriously love what they do. Couldn’t imagine anyone else doing it. How can you tell? Well, look at her style, does it speak to you? Look at how she captures images, and what images she captures. Forget ALL labels. Throw away words like photojournalistic, candid, second shooter, organic, natural light, film, digital. Literally toss out all the words that the wedding blogs and magazines tell you you should pay attention to, because, honestly, those words don’t matter. Truly. What matters is that she has passion and joy around her work, and it shows when she gets super excited after taking what she calls a “killer image”, and that she delivers a consistent product that you love, as evidenced by work she has done for all her other brides, and that you actually kind of stalk her on instagram and also want to be her friend, like would maybe grab coffee with her even if not hiring her to be your photographer.

But there’s a flip side to this. Because I have a perfect match, too. She’s “my kind of Bride”. And she has style. She is someone who totally connects with me, who I want to have coffee with, too. She really digs my style and loves light and natural posing, and believes in her heart of hearts that I will tell her authentic love story, exactly as it unfolds. She is passionate about photography, too, and is totally willing to build photography, and the best light of the day, into her wedding day schedule, allowing for tons of stress-free time to get those amazing, emotion-filled photos that she and I both want. She also knows photography is the most important thing she can invest in on her wedding day. She appreciates detail – every. little. detail – and allows me to take the time to capture them. She trusts me. And lets me creative and excited about images that aren’t pinterest-driven. She doesn’t worry about having a second shooter because she knows that I’ll get the job done.  And she’s marrying the love of her life, and building a day around it that is genuinely them. She does things because they mean something to her, not because she “should”. She wears a veil because she thinks it’s pretty, or doesn’t because she doesn’t care for it. She tosses a bouquet because she wants the excitement of it, but if she doesn’t want to, she won’t, and instead she’ll gift it to her grandmother, or his, because it means something more. She wants to write her own vows, and so does her husband-to-be, because they want to share with their friends and guests the why behind their commitment. She might also be, like me, a coffee and wine drinker, a total foodie, someone who shops organic, who loves rooftop bars and speakeasies, who geeks out over travel, especially to anywhere near water, and who seriously devours books in the little free time she has. But not strictly necessary. ; )

So consider it. Do I have what it takes to be your perfect match? I hope so!

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