After selecting a reception venue, the next task on everyone's to-do list is choosing a photographer, right? Well - it was for me. I wanted to make sure that the photographer I selected would be available and would have plenty of time to get some great engagement photos.
I knew I wanted clear, well-lit photos without all the trendy 'vintage' filters or strange camera angles that I've seen from some photographers. While the vintage Instagram-look is in style right now, I think it'll make your photos look dated, as in "that's so early 2010's". And the crooked camera angles are a bit too contemporary for my taste. What I learned my search is that what I was looking for is called a photo journalistic style.
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| Image © Abby Rose Photo |
One photographer that I came across when I first started searching is
Abby Rose Photo. Her photos are gorgeous and it seems like she'd be very easy to get along with in person. But she sometimes edits her photos with that vintage look that it is very trendy. And her starting pricing for wedding day coverage was way over our budget for a photographer.
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| Image © Ryan Southern |
Another photographer with gorgeous photos that I came across in my search is
Ryan Southern. But his pricing was also way over our budget.
I was finding that many of the photographers that I found in the metro-Detroit area were quite a bit over my modest budget, so I started looking a bit further west closer to the reception venue.
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| Image © Tammy Sue Allen Photography |
When I moved my search into the Lansing area, I found two contenders -
Infiniti Photography and
Tammy Sue Allen Photography. After looking at a few of their full client galleries showing all the photos they shot on the wedding day and compared pricing, I decided that my top pick was Infiniti Photography.
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| Image © Infiniti Photography |
My fiance and I traveled to Lansing to meet with Heather of Infiniti Photography at a coffee shop. She was very sweet in person and we ended up chatting for several hours! We signed the contract that day!
