A Better Exposure

reative and artistic. I love Steve's style and can't wait to see our albums!

t. I was very pleased with the pictures. But trying to communicate everything by email with the photographer got to be frustrating. It took over 5 emails to get one proof picture to use for the paper and our invites. And several more to get across what I wanted in wedding pictures.

r the wedding. We expressed we wanted "in the moment" photos more than posed photos. We weren't concerned w/ family photos too much, just really wanted to capture the feelings and fun of the day mixed w/ standard shots, nothing too artsy and modern. We choose the cheapest package at $1500 including a free engagement photo session, 6 hrs of photography day of, studio credit and digital copies of wedding photos. First we got our engagement session done by the guy who owns the company, not our photographer. It took several weeks to get the photos back after calling to inquire about them. They were listed to order them at $20/ 4X6, $30 for a 5X7, etc...way more than we thought after seeing the a la carte photo price on the sheet at $8/ 4X6, $12/ 5X7, etc. The wedding day our photographer was there on time, but right away it was hard to communicate w/ him. We did not feel as though we were on the same page. We started w/ photos of dresses hanging, shoes, and al, that, followed by staring out the window and whatnot, then the posed photos w/ bridal party. I had to constantly ask for photos w/ my cousins, mom and flower girl. After the ceremony we went to a separate location for photos where we did the same groups posed shot and whole bridal party shots. It was very difficult to get fun shot added in and never really got in the moment photos taken. At the reception we told him no family shots since e several members were missing. We told him 3 or 4 times throughout the night and he ended up going to the dj and calling family members back. We had lights hanging from the ceiling and he ended up knocking them down w/ his flash he had on a long stick. We have not seen any of the photos yet, as we have not received them yet. We are concerned about the prices and have already found out our digital copies will include his logo unless we pay a couple hundred dollars for them to not. We are sure we got great photos that we will love and others will love. We feel as though the original $1500 we paid should have gone further and that we were mislead. We had to work very hard to get some of the photos we really wanted and wish we did not have that stress during our day. We had a fantastic day and expect it to shine through and I guess it is really all we can hope for.

much fun shooting engagement photos with Steve and the results were awesome. The wedding photos will forever remain in our home and remind us of the wonderful time we also had shooting them! Couldn't have been happier. Thank you, Steve!

ngagement pictures which turned out great!

her was changed on us a week before our wedding. And at that point we just didn't have the energy to argue about it.

aven't gotten the final pictures back yet, but we can't wait to see them!!

es to see if there were any shots that were really important to us (e.g. we met in debate, so we wanted a picture of our team) and to see if we had any hang-ups he could accomodate (I'm taller than my husband and I didn't want that to be obvious in the pictures). He was also great with the kids in our wedding party. He was also very knowledgable when in came to choosing picture sites and he knew how to get the best shots out of the unusually shaped church where we held the ceremony. My pictures were returned in a timely fashion in a beautiful album. Overall, a great experience. Every time I see someone else's wedding pictures, I think, "Those are nice, but I I really love mine..."