Where to begin…the winter of 2020. I got engaged and out of nowhere I was throwing our names around to win an engagement session giveaway with any photographer (it was around Christmas time hence the reasoning for the giveaways). Then one morning my mother-in-law sent me a Facebook engagement session giveaway with Christman Photography. I read the recommendations and all I had to do was tell my husband and I’s story. So that is what I did and within the next couple of days we had a zoom meeting with Preston Christman. We got to know each other and everything Christman photography had to offer, and we were one in many people who put our names in for this giveaway, so we thought there was no chance we were winning. But we watched the live feed of Preston and his wife Laurette announcing the winners of the giveaway and we were selected. We were so excited to being able to work with such a fun person from the first encounter we had with Preston over zoom.

We ended up having our engagement session on October 2021 at Lockridge Park. We have never been to this park before, but I wanted a fall themed engagement session, so I trusted Preston Christman with giving me a couple options to pick from and I was stunned with how these pictures turned out. Anyways on first official in person encounter, Preston and Laurette were warm and welcoming people. Throughout the engagement session we had many laughs with our dog Max, leaves being thrown, Preston getting his butt wet for the perfect picture, and even Preston helping Bryce by holding his hand and teaching him how to hip bump and swing, you had to be there. We had such a blast and once we got a preview of our pictures, I knew right away that I wanted to book them for our wedding. Even after looking through Christman Photography on Facebook and Instagram it just made me feel even more confident about picking them to capture our big day. So, I made sure to secure my spot with them for September 2, 2023, since I knew if I didn’t secure our date sooner than later, I might have missed our chance and I’m glad I did not!

Now was the fun part planning how our wedding day would be planned out. We had a one-on-one phone call with Preston and Laurette to discuss the time frame of our wedding to make sure we captured everything we wanted to for our special day. We were able to plan everything the way we both pictured it and the photos at the end did not disappoint and it was planned and captured above our expectations. Before, during and after the ceremony the pictures that were captured seem magical and don’t seem real, they are breathtaking. From the pictures at our houses with family and friends to the church ceremony and the many people that came to celebrate with us. Then the pictures taken in Centralia, PA and at the Cardinal Brenan school grounds make it seem like these places are not even real and they just blow us away. We had so much fun dancing the night away and even had our special last dance together captured forever in picture.

Next on our wedding adventure with Christman Photography was planning our wedding album. We thankfully had a couple weeks to look through the pictures and know what we wanted in our album. So, we took our trip to Preston and Laurette’s studio where they had our album pre-made through the computer and took us on our journey through it via slide show with our first dance song in the background which made me a bit teary eyed reliving the moments shown on the screen. Afterwards we were able to customize the album how we wanted by removing and adding pictures along with the placement of pictures which makes it bittersweet that we can create our album how we want together with Preston and Laurette. We even got to customize everything from the cover to the color and all. When all was said and done, we decided to go back down to their studio to pick up our album in person. We were blown away by how incredible it turned out. Overall, I am so happy we decided to use Christman Photography for our engagement and wedding journey and hope they will come along for the ride for many more sentimental moments we have throughout the years. So, if you are looking for a photographer, I highly recommend Christman Photography you can check them out on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or their website you will not be disappointed.

The Christman's were more than just photographers for us. They helped in building the excitement for our special day before, during, and after the event. They spent time with us, got to know who we were as a couple, and will make sure to reminded us that the process should be fun and enjoyable more than anything. During our wedding, they were a large source of our joy and among rush of the day's events, they often pulled us aside for little photo ops where we could just focus on one another. In many ways, those little respites for pictures were some of our happiest memories of our wedding and it would not have been the same had they not been part of the day. When all was said and done, we felt like we had friends with us and not just photographers. They have an amazing eye for good photos. We've gotten many compliments on how beautiful the wedding photos turned out. Our wedding album is beautiful and we have many photos that bring us back to how we felt that day to enjoy for a lifetime. We would easily recommend the Christman's for anybody looking for high quality wedding photos, fun and stress free photo sessions, and adding personalities whom bring light and joy to your special wedding day!

My hubby and I planned our elopement and found the perfect spot to get married - Columcille Megalith Park and we needed a photographer.
From the first email and first call we knew that Christman Photography was who we wanted to shoot our special day.

We loved working with them and they made our magical day even more magical.

A dream to work with and you’ll be even more happy to see the photos! Seriously as an artist myself I am not always impressed with photographers but these photos were honestly breath taking and beautiful.

If you plan on Eloping we highly recommend! Especially if you are self uniting! 🖤