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Mrs. Mascara, Chicago/Upper Michigan Age and Occupation: 25, Biomedical Engineer Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Process Engineer Engagement Date: July 27, 2008 Wedding Date: September 2009 Venue: Catholic ceremony, reception at local armory About Me: A lover of Mr. Mascara, crafting, baking, Gossip Girl, diet soda, and all things wedding. A Yooper girl somehow displaced in the Chicago suburbs, planning a wedding from a distance, and counting down the days until I marry my best friend.
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How Our Photographer Picked Us

March 17th, 2009 @ 4:53 pm by Mrs. Mascara

The story of how we found our photographer is slightly atypical, so I thought I would share.

When I first discovered that wedding blogs existed, I came across a destination wedding blog in which two generous photographers were giving away their skills for free to one lucky couple that was having a destination wedding. They were looking for some more entries, so I figured I’d give it a shot. We had nothing to lose, right? So I sent them an application telling them the details of our wedding, and the story of how the fiance and I came to be. Then I waited, thinking that I’d never hear about it.

To my surprise, I received an email back a few days later, asking for more information about the wedding and if we could chat on the phone for a bit. Of course I gave her the info, and we had a nice chat about what I was looking for in a photographer.

A few days later, I went back to the blog site (I’d post the site but it has since been taken down) and she had posted the winner. Guess who she chose! I think you can figure it out!

Here are some pictures taken by our photographer, Shari Bare. She’s based out of Southwest Florida, for all of you Florida brides out there!

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21 Responses to “How Our Photographer Picked Us”

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Miss Bruschetta (message)  5,565 posts, Bee Keeper

Wow, what luck! I can’t wait to see your pictures!

 
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Emilydll
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Emilydll (message)  428 posts, Helper bee

That’s awesome! :) I’ve probably entered 100 wedding related contests online since being engaged and have yet to win a thing…I still have my fingers crossed though. ;)

 
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phruphru

Beautiful images! And what a great thing to score! So is she doing this completely free? Do you have to pay for her flight or anything?

 
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LzzNYC
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LzzNYC (message)  882 posts, Busy bee

Wow!!! That is amazing! We found our through a friend who is a professional photographer… it was just natural to ask :-)

 
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LatteLove
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LatteLove (message)  5,587 posts, Bee Keeper

wow, congrats! the pictures are beautiful!

 
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Miss Gloss (message)  1,222 posts, Bumble bee

Wow! Her pics are amazing - you must be so thrilled!

 
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gabbydancer (message)  90 posts, Worker bee

How lucky are you! These photos are fantastic and now yours will be just as wonderful!

 
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frenchbulldog (message)  7,730 posts, Bee Keeper

WOW and Congrats!

 
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Miss Duckling (message)  1,415 posts, Bumble bee

Wow! I always want to win something but never have. They look like they are super talented and take some wonderful pictures.

 
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Shay
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Shay (message)  438 posts, Helper bee

The first photo is just so stunning! Well all of our vendors have become amazing friends to us. Especially our video&photo they are a husband and wife team and everyone that works with them are either their kids or son in law!

 
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Miss Mascara (message)  859 posts, Busy bee

@phruphru: We have to pay for her travel and lodging, so it’s not completely free, but way cheaper than we’d have to pay to book her or any other good photographer for the weekend!

 
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Miss Latte (message)  651 posts, Busy bee

Wow, you are one lucky tube of eye poppin; goodness (ie mascara)! Congrats!

 
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Miss Mascara (message)  859 posts, Busy bee

@Miss Latte: Latte, that must be really lucky :) haha

 
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holkish (message)  7 posts, Newbee

wow! congrats! I won a portrait session with S1 photography in Chicago. Isn’t it great to win things?! :)

 
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Newport Nuptials (message)  1,230 posts, Bumble bee

That’s awesome, their work looks great!

 
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Ms. Sapphire
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Ms. Sapphire (message)  340 posts, Helper bee

How awesome is that! Congrats!

 
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purpleHaze79
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purpleHaze79 (message)  874 posts, Busy bee

Congrats!!! That’s so cool! And her work is fantastic!

 
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MrsDavis (message)  251 posts, Helper bee

Thats great!! The photography is where we had a biggest case of sticker shock.

 
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MrsSl82be
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MrsSl82be (message)  7,970 posts, Bee Keeper

Wow what a sweet deal, and her pics are amazing! I am going to use some of these as inspiration pics for our photog!

 
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Mrs. Woody-to-be
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Mrs. Woody-to-be (message)  91 posts, Worker bee

Wow, that’s awesome! Photography will take up a large chunk of my budget, so it’s really cool that yours is free. :)

 
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Mrs. Mascara, Chicago/Upper Michigan Age and Occupation: 25, Biomedical Engineer Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Process Engineer Engagement Date: July 27, 2008 Wedding Date: September 2009 Venue: Catholic ceremony, reception at local armory About Me: A lover of Mr. Mascara, crafting, baking, Gossip Girl, diet soda, and all things wedding. A Yooper girl somehow displaced in the Chicago suburbs, planning a wedding from a distance, and counting down the days until I marry my best friend.

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