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Hi Mrs. Bee!

I know a lot of us brides are really interested in celebrating our engagement with professional pictures. We’ve seen some beautiful pictures on this site already– they inspired me to book an e-shoot of my own, even though my fiance and I had originally planned to skip it. We always thought of it as a non-essential, and the wedding budget being what it is, we thought we’d try to cut down where we could. As a compromise, we decided to hire a photographer from craigslist! Luckily we found one we really liked. I thought some of the other weddingbee readers might be interested in taking this route as well– if nothing else, it’s another potentially fruitful research outlet!

The photographer’s name is Jodi Gibson and she and her husband, Danny, spent 2 hours shooting us in Central Park two weekends ago. They were fun, laid-back and professional (she has an MFA in fine arts photography and has even taught classes at the college level). The best part, of course, is that the photos turned out great. We got the finished product on a DVD in about a week. She took straightforward portraits, as well as specialty-lens shots. She even took the time to do after-production color-work, which I hadn’t expected.

I know I’ve gotten so many helpful leads and hints from weddingbee, so I hope this helps other NYC brides who might want to take e-pictures.
Jodi’s contact info: 917-608-5587
delmore007@yahoo.com.

Cheers,
Grace