Weddingbee Blog

Mr. Lace and I looked high and low for a great, yet budget-friendly photographer. After looking through recommendations of friends, combing through wedding websites and reading and following blogs, I was ready to give up and just settle for a DECENT photographer, despite the fact that many of our married friends said to make sure we got a good photographer no matter the cost. Either the photographers were phenomenal and several thousand dollars over budget or way under budget with pictures that looked like they came out of a point and shoot digital camera.

One night, I buckled down and Googled “Orange County Wedding Photographer”. Of course, Google came up with results! I decided I was going to look through as many pages as I could. I was on page 24 of my Google search before I found a website that was labeled “Orange County Wedding Photographer”. I clicked and found this. I immediately loved her writing style and thought that she sounded like a really interesting person. As I looked through her photos, I had that “this is the one” moment (that I failed to have with my wedding dress, but I do hear that a small percentage of brides don’t really have that big “this is it” moment). She had some general guidelines on pricing so I emailed her and crossed my fingers. Later that day, Hanssie e-mailed me back with prices that perfectly fit our budget.

All photos are taken by Hanssie Trainor. We took our photos right before Thanksgiving. What do you think?

Miss Hot Wings and I are both using Hanssie! Great minds think alike!

Did you rely on Google to find you a wedding photographer? How did it work out?