So assuming money was no object, I have narrowed my choice down to these two:

http://www.tellingyourstoryphotographers.com/
http://www.marthamanning.com/blog/

They were both kickass when I met with them so now it's just a matter of picking one. Which do you like?

9/17/2009 9:39:15 PM

9/17/2009 9:40:36 PM

that the photographers fault or God's fault?

9/17/2009 9:41:03 PM

lol the photographer's fault. I didn't even recognize her when she came for our meeting she looked so different from that photo.

9/17/2009 9:43:25 PM

May I recommend:

http://www.millieholloman.com/

The best photographer I've ever met, her work is amazing. She is an awesome person, actually her whole team is awesome. Tell her Jayson from "The Rock" told you call. She'll know who I am.

9/17/2009 9:43:32 PM

I already talked with her. She's waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay out of my price range.

9/17/2009 9:44:17 PM

If it was me, I'd definitely go with Martha Manning. Her half crooked, cutting limbs off stuff is technically sound and the post work looks very solid. Story Photographers are having lots of problems with white balance, depth of field, and terrible terrible terrible backlighting.

9/17/2009 9:45:40 PM

^^ Tell her I sent you and she Wooooooonnnnntttt be out of your price range! Na, I'm just kidding. But you definitly get the BEST and highest quality pictures with her. She is really good.

9/17/2009 9:55:49 PM

Yeah I wish I had thousands of dollars for photos but I don't. Her minimum rate is more than my entire wedding budget

Actually that's a bit of an exaggeration. I think it works out to 70% of my budget.

9/17/2009 9:57:58 PM

Yup, she's high $Texas.

9/17/2009 10:07:01 PM

#2 for sure. not impressed with #1 - lots of washout.

9/17/2009 10:41:15 PM

i just spent way too much time looking at wedding photos. wtf.

9/17/2009 10:41:55 PM

Both are kinda meh, but 2 is better I think.

9/17/2009 10:43:50 PM

^^

9/18/2009 1:45:11 AM

yea i'm not impressed at all with #1 and #2 isn't much better . honestly i would ask some guys in the dslr thread before paying either one of those people.

9/18/2009 2:07:18 AM

of those two, DEFINITELY the latter

story looks like they just bought their first dslr setup and are working within basic framing and photography rules

at least martha has a grasp of timing, oblique framing, lighting, and post-processing. besides, her shots look a lot more natural which will be much better for posterity. You don't want to look at your wedding album in 30 years and see a bunch of staunch poses and fake smiles

9/18/2009 2:08:29 AM

christ
millie's friend rachel needs about three gallons of hearty lentil stew and 3 mayonnaise sandwiches

9/18/2009 2:08:33 AM

^^ Yeah everything you said about Martha is what I like about her photos. I guess that's the difference between random chick and chick that got a degree in photography.

^ It's not Rachel's fault Millie eats her lunch every day

[Edited on September 18, 2009 at 2:19 AM. Reason : that was mean but I'm letting it stand ]

9/18/2009 2:17:44 AM

^^ but rebecca could totally get it. she's cute with a mechanical engineering degree and she doesn't seem to be quite the jesus freak that the others are

9/18/2009 2:41:53 AM

Well there's an obvious problem with Martha...

9/18/2009 2:56:23 AM

I'm pilot

I can fly

9/18/2009 4:13:22 AM

9/18/2009 7:50:40 AM

Quote :

"she doesn't seem to be quite the jesus freak that the others are "

9/18/2009 9:27:12 AM

Quote :

"^^ but rebecca could totally get it. she's cute with a mechanical engineering degree and she doesn't seem to be quite the jesus freak that the others are"

you have perused the site much more than I have

9/18/2009 9:30:03 AM

OMG my friend is on one of those pages! He's married?!?!

9/18/2009 9:46:43 AM

eh, either really

9/18/2009 10:06:06 AM

Quote :

"Please enquire for pricing"

You know what? We've got far better things to deal with than to email you and get you to email us a copy and pasted price list. Put that shit on your website and save me some fucking time.

9/18/2009 10:37:48 AM

I thought this thread was about my balls.

9/18/2009 10:38:12 AM

^^ It really annoys me when they can't even bother to list a minimum starting price on their website. I got to the point I stopped looking at website that couldn't bother to at least give me a range of their pricing.

9/18/2009 11:38:15 AM

http://www.evokephotography.com/index2.htm

a tww'er had these people and they had the cutest photos ever

9/18/2009 11:42:12 AM

^ They're also $texas, which I don't have to spend.

9/18/2009 11:46:37 AM

really? that makes me sad because I always figured I would go to them

anyways, carry on

9/18/2009 11:47:57 AM

Yeah their min package is at least $3000 if I remember correctly.

9/18/2009 11:48:45 AM

my vote is martha

9/18/2009 11:55:16 AM

^ Yeah I think she'll be the winner unless I end up having the wedding at my grandmother's place near Tryon

9/27/2009 7:13:23 PM