Weddingbee

My main priorities were having someone to photograph the entire day - getting ready, ceremony and reception and preferably have two photographers so both my women and myself and the groom and his guys could have getting ready photos taken. I also wanted someone who would take really fun photos; yeah we’ll do some of the traditional posed portraits, but I also want the photographs to reflect our personality. But my number one priority was to NOT break the bank, as so many of the photographers in my area wanted to do. Luckily I found one on the cheap, who meets my desires and then some. She’s travelling halfway across the state to do our engagement photos (since the finacee and I are still living in our apartment out where we went to school, which is 2 hours away from where the photographer lives) and she sent us a bottle of wine! That’s just classy!

When I started thinking about my wedding I also thought I would set aside a large chunk of the budget in the photography. But then I realized there’s no way I’d hang any of the pictures in my apartment, save for maybe one in the bedroom. Instead, and this may not be the classic image you have in your head of gorgeous portraits, I’m supplanting the photography budget for the videography. My dad was actually a wedding videographer when I was growing up and the videos are what people love seeing over and over– you’ll want to see how you acted, how you sounded, how the whole day unfolded. In the end a photograph may prick at some detail of the wedding, but what’s going to be the most important when you’re 60 looking back at the wedding isn’t the detail shot of your cake, but the way your husband kissed you.
Having our weddings encapsulated like a Martha Stewart Weddings layout won’t turn out to be the best memory, probably.

budget. though photography was hands down my most important element (i live for pictures) and have even been known to say “the guests can not eat but as long as i have my photographer, I am happy”. i had to find one that fit within my small, small budget.

i searched high and low to find a photographer that could tell our story in photographs since i don’t have it in the budget to have a videographer.

i found a guy who was $200 more than i budgeted, but the least expensive out of many that I had researched. so I booked him……

can’t wait for my pics!

As a wedding photographer who loves to travel, I have been fortunate to connect with a lot of friends and colleagues who also love to travel. So in a way, a but unfairly easy for me to find the photographer for our SF wedding.

I looked for someone who can see us as unique from every other wedding s/he has shot. But experienced enough to be able to get the shots and handle our large chaotic family!