TLDR: If you are looking for expertly captured emotion, editorial/journalistic style, professionalism, reliable + quick turnaround time, and a really really nice and (honestly?) ve...ry lovable photographer, Bryan Sargent is The One.
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Bryan was just worth EVERY 👏 SINGLE 👏 CENT 👏!
- AN ARTIST: My (now) husband and I are both creatives with a very specific vision for our non-traditional wedding. We had a hard-to-name style we were looking for: a combination of editorial (drama! lighting! art!), journalistic (candid! capture the real, authentic, unscripted moments!), and film (gritty! vintage!) which asks for a level of expertise and experience.
While researching wedding websites, Bryan's photos made us stop dead in our tracks and look at each other. Here was the mix of digital that had film-like coloring and actual film. Here were the drama-filled editorial shots, like decadent pages from magazines. And here were the incredible, INCREDIBLE candid moments that captured volumes of emotions in split seconds: The surprise on a bride's face when their friends bumrushed them in public, the genuine laughter tossed by a groom over his shoulder, the mother looking in a mirror. THAT is what I was looking for.
- A PROFESSIONAL: Bryan is just... really good at what he does. And he is really good at running his business. He is reliable, highly communicative, and high quality.
QUICK PHOTOS + TURNAROUND TIME: Dude, Bryan is incredibly fast. He identifies money shots quickly, directs you expertly, and has his photo in seconds. His turnaround time is insane. He delivers you the photos within a few days. You get a ton of photos. Each photo is amazing and we were stunned at the beauty of the shots that sometimes, we didn't even remember him taking.
Most of my friends wait months to get their wedding photos back. We got ours within two weeks. There were 400 photos and they were all edited. Select black and white. He even had film photos. I don't know how he does it.
- A GENUINELY NICE AND FUN PERSON: He is so nice and really funny and sweet. I learned so much about him as a person. We bonded over silly things like the Simpsons. He loves his cats. I'm his biggest fan.
He's worth it, if you are looking for one thing to NOT worry about and fret over during wedding planning - if you are looking for someone you can kind of blindly trust to do amazing work and be on top of it at all times - hire him!