if you were getting married now..who would you choose to photograph your wedding?

Qarik

hands down mr aleksandras

Foques

If I could afford it, Angie.

Moogle Pepper

Um....


good question. I would need the special someone first. Not that I am in any rush, either Pat (Pike or Furey) I think I would be proud with either one. And feed and give lots of drinks to.

Qarik

Moogle Pepper wrote: »

Um....


good question. I would need the special someone first. Not that I am in any rush, either Pat (Pike or Furey) I think I would be proud with either one. And feed and give lots of drinks to.

They are awseome photographers for sure but too "glamorous" for my taste...haha! If I were a rock star then one of those 2 would fit the bill easily.

met

Qarik wrote: »

hands down mr aleksandras

I was just thinking the same thing after going through his site the other night! The classic beauty and consistent timelessness of his images are amazing. Yet still spontaneous.

Matthew Saville

I don't think I could choose, there's too many out there whose work I truly admire... In NO particular order: Jose Villa, The Becker, or Jeff Ascough... The list is probably really long but I can't think of them all at the moment...

That is, of course, if I could AFFORD them. I can't, and the wedding photographer I DID hire last year did a GREAT job. (Tony Yang)

=Matt=

daq7

Robert Mapelthorpe.

Qarik

daq7 wrote: »

Robert Mapelthorpe.

hahaha!

Scott_Quier

There are sooooo many so very good photographers available I think it would be a decision driven by personality. I think it would probably Mark Warren (a friend and local photographer) or urbanaries. I know them both and really like them both. Now, whether I could convince either of them to work with me would be another matter

Photog4Christ

Wow... The list is long:

AltF (AKA JMC)
Joe B.
Jerry G.
The Bebbs
Mark Ridout

Agnieszka

Foques wrote: »

If I could afford it, Angie.

Uhhhhmmm, you are WAY too kind, haha! Thank you :saurora, but there are soooo many good ones out there!

Boy, the list IS really very long, all I can say, I'd definitely never ever go with the one we had again, that's for sure. He was a guy that didn't have his heart in his business, had a couple nice photos on his website (god knows where those came from), and did not have ONE creative bone, nor did he know anything about his camera (good one, right??)

Qarik

Agnieszka wrote: »

Uhhhhmmm, you are WAY too kind, haha! Thank you :saurora, but there are soooo many good ones out there!

Boy, the list IS really very long, all I can say, I'd definitely never ever go with the one we had again, that's for sure. He was a guy that didn't have his heart in his business, had a couple nice photos on his website (god knows where those came from), and did not have ONE creative bone, nor did he know anything about his camera (good one, right??)

how did you get duped? surely you must know some amazing wedding photogs that you trust?

Danspage

Aleksandras Babicius

ARKreations

I'd have to seriously consider flying way up north to let Heather work her Alaskan mountain magic!

Agnieszka

Qarik wrote: »

how did you get duped? surely you must know some amazing wedding photogs that you trust?

I wasn't a wedding photographer at that time .... tough he was the reason I became one, thought I could definitely make brides happier than *I* was

Qarik

Agnieszka wrote: »

I wasn't a wedding photographer at that time .... tough he was the reason I became one, thought I could definitely make brides happier than *I* was

*nods*

Jeff_Milo

If price were no object I would have to say Christopher Becker. The guy is just way to much fun, and his work is truly amazing.

I would also be quite honored to have in no particular order Heatherfeather - love the look of her pictures. Matt Saville - amazing classic feel to his images (but only if we agreed not to debate the photography business part - lol), and urbanaries - again just love the feel of her images.

There are so many other great photographers out there it would be very hard to choose.

Sexy6Chick

I had a choice and I chose anwmn1 (Aaron). He did a spectacular job

kyeezie

This sure is a tough question! I do a lot more lurking then showing so I see all of your work daily and you all do a fabulous job and have your own great qualities about you. So I would be happy with all of you! But, I had to narrow it down, but I couldn't narrow it down to one so I picked 4! :-) In alphabetical order: agnieszka, heatherfeather, matthew saville and zoomer. It's a shame I'm already married but I am always willing to do a reshoot!!

mercphoto

Randy Kerr, Ronnie Renaldi, Terri Mason would be at the tops of my list.

Art Scott

For those of you that can actually remember your wedding day.....and the time leading upto it...after the proposal........
Do you really think your mother in law would leave the choice of photog upto you since it would be her money and little girl
that the wedding is for..............................most of us would be sweating bullets just to make a suggestion of who should be used.....
most MIL are viewed and thought of as Endora's .........................................................gotta love the new bewitched commercials on wgn

Awais Yaqub

Honestly it is very difficult to choose one photographer from dgrin.... why don't you run a contest or pick randomly or invite everyone as guest lol

jeffreaux2

ARKreations wrote: »

I'd have to seriously consider flying way up north to let Heather work her Alaskan mountain magic!

Yup....I really like her style!

heatherfeather

Well, all I gotta say is THANK GOD I only have to do it once. These people always amaze me on how much coin they are willing to drop for one day, and not just for the photography. How about a really nice downpayment on a home instead?
All that aside, have to say: either Patrick Pike, or Agnieszka. I love Patrick's lighting... and Agnieszka's fantastic and extensive PS work on her pics. Way more detailed than I do. Now if they could just get together, I'll know who to hire in 100 years when my kids are old enough to get married.

(And to those of you that said me: Thanks! you guys are so nice!)

Malte

Aleksandras. He's like a magician...

Malte

Weisel

Since the question was asked of who I would choose, and not a LIST of who I would choose from, I would have to say
......Sean McLellan. (McLellan Style)
http://www.mclellanstyle.com/

He's a local from here in Nashville, and I think he's getting national recognition. (He's a Smugger too, I think)

daq7

The whole weight of the wedding expectation was always just beyond me. I might have hired someone to sketch it, but they would have had to brave sub-zero temperatures on the way to the justice of the peace. People are a serious mystery to me....

Prezwoodz

I'd go with Heather Feather. A local and is so darn good!

cab.in.boston

I agree with Heather. If I were to do it again, as much as I enjoyed our wedding day, I'd just set up my camera on a tripod and take a timer shot of us in front of the JoP and put all that money toward something like our house or a college fund for the kids.

That aside, while I'm just a lurker in this subforum, I am continuously amazed by all the fantastic work shown here, and I'd have a really hard time choosing. I'd probably lean towards Heather, but that bias is in large part b/c of her location, so it could mean an Alaskan destination wedding.

mercphoto

cab.in.boston wrote: »

I agree with Heather. If I were to do it again, as much as I enjoyed our wedding day, I'd just set up my camera on a tripod and take a timer shot of us in front of the JoP and put all that money toward something like our house or a college fund for the kids.

For the record, that is exactly what we did.

bnlearle

I don't think I could figure it out unless I HAD to. I just know I wouldn't choose someone based on portraits -- as those can be done ANYTIME and aren't nearly as important, imo. I'd grab someone who had solid documentary work in an aesthetically pleasing way. And it'd probably be a friend as it'd be rad to be comfortable with them.