Wedding Blog

Photography was one of the most important things for us when we started wedding planning. I wasn’t really sure about having a videographer at our wedding, but having amazing photos that we could look at forever was a top priority.

My first meeting was with the photographer that my wedding coordinators recommended, Andrea Polito. Her pictures on her site are beautiful, but I was a little apprehensive as to whether or not she was as photojournalistic and artsy as I wanted for our wedding. She also happens to be a popular photographer in the area, and, while her reputation is great, I thought I might want a photographer that was a little less known (I guess that’s my wanting to be different kicking in).

I was excited to sit down and meet with her, look at more pictures and get a better idea of who she is. To me, half the battle is finding a personality that meshes with your own. I tend to know exactly what I want out of things, and whomever my photographer would end up being, they had a large task at hand because photos rank up there with some of the most important aspects of our wedding…like, the groom. Just kidding about that last part, but the photos are extremely important to me!

Here are a few pictures by Andrea that I found from http://www.dallasweddingplanner.com/:

Right off the bat, Andrea’s studio was completely impressive. I entered a room with a large dining room table loaded with portraits and portfolios. Pictures were on all of the walls and music was playing. It was a very relaxed and fun atmosphere. She also had an impressive setup with her computer which was shown on a flat screen television mounted on the wall. Her pictures are awesome, and she was completely into learning your ideas and wants for photography, not just what she likes.

Her pricing was pretty reasonable, especially due to the fact that you automatically get two photographers at your wedding, 7 hours of coverage and all of the negatives from your special day. As I mentioned in a previous post, though, I tend to meet with vendors in threes…stay tuned for the other reviews and my final pick!