High Contrast Photography is an experienced wedding photography company based in Bel Air, Maryland. Company founder and lead photographer Sarah Koermer adores capturing the narrative and nuances of each wedding she photographs. Using a blend of photojournalistic and portrait styles, this company aims to curate a storybook collection of timeless, vivid images of your special day.
Experience
Sarah founded High Contrast Photography whilst studying photography at college, and has successfully grown this passion project into a thriving full-time business over the years. She has personally trained each photographer that she works with to ensure that the company’s signature style and professional service is always present. Sarah loves to get to know the couples she works with and welcomes input from her clients to guarantee they receive images that they will treasure for a lifetime.
Services Offered
High Contrast Photography offers an array of exceptional wedding photography packages to ensure that your day is captured flawlessly. As every wedding day is unique, Sarah and her team are happy to customize any package to suit individual needs. Their mid-range package includes an engagement session, eight hours of wedding coverage, over 450 professionally edited images, a crystal flash drive, and a leather photo album. Your engagement album and wedding collection will also be hosted in an online gallery, allowing for easy sharing with your loved ones. A range of stand-alone packages is also available including an engagement session, bridal boudoir shoot, and an elopement package. This professional team is also happy to travel to stylishly document your destination wedding day.
It is hard to put into words how incredible Sarah is. While we originally decided to hire High Contrast Photography because of the quality of pictures, we are beyond thankful for the fact that Sarah goes above and beyond the norms of a photographer. Sarah is a great communicator, she was always willing to answer questions or help accommodate us when possible, whether through email or text. Whenever we met in person, she always had a smile on her face! She is incredibly professional, but also loves to crack a good joke! On our wedding day, Sarah was so helpful and generous. When I say above and beyond, I mean it. I listed the things she helped with that I felt were not in her job description but she did anyway (steaming a bridesmaid dress, helping bridesmaids get ready, helping the bride into the dress, helping bustle the bride's dress, switching the bride's shoes during the reception, bringing the bride drinks, etc.). The second shooter, Kate, was also extremely helpful day of (putting falsie eyelashes on a bridesmaid, pinning boutineers on groomsmen, lacing the groom's shoes, etc). I'm sure there is more that these ladies did day of but these are the moments that stood out! Expectations were exceeded by 100%. While we only have a few of our pictures back right now, because Sarah is a busy woman, the few we have are incredible. We get so many compliments on them and the one we hear the most is that they look like magazine photos! We truly couldn't have chosen a better team to capture the special moments of our wedding day.
Sent on 11/30/2019
Erin saunders
· Married on 10/12/2019
5.0
Quality of service:
5.0
Responsiveness:
5.0
Value:
5.0
Flexibility:
5.0
Professionalism:
5.0
Beyond amazing
Sarah and her team are the most amazing and talented people you will ever meet. Words do not even begin to describe how attentive, kind, creative, fun, and detail oriented sarah and her team is! They kept the whole day on track, pep talked us all, made us laugh and smile, and took the most breath taking photos. If you do not use high contrast photography, you are missing out!!! I can’t recommend her enough!!!
Sent on 10/14/2019
Deborah Stone
· Married on 09/28/2019
5.0
Quality of service:
5.0
Responsiveness:
5.0
Value:
5.0
Flexibility:
5.0
Professionalism:
5.0
Jack of All Trades Photographer
Sarah is seriously a jack of all trades. Day of the wedding, Sarah was truly invaluable. We did not have a coordinator for the day of, so Sarah took on that job too - communicating with the DJ, officiant, catering, & bartenders to make sure everything was on time and everyone knew where they were supposed to be. She put my veil in after my hairdresser left and helped my MOH lace up my dress - while capturing it all on her camera! She knew all the formal dress rules - guys suits open/closed when sitting/standing and made sure they were all the same on every picture.
Our photos turned out amazing. She made it a point to get the photos I requested (or at least attempt with our flower girl). I have so many to choose from and it's really hard to choose which to get printed to hang on our walls - they are all that great.
She is super flexible with scheduling meetings and even our engagement session. We had to cancel our first engagement shoot due to illness and Sarah had no problem rescheduling and was super flexible throwing out multiple dates for us to work with.
What is the starting price for your wedding photography services?
$ 1800.00
Which of the following are included in the starting price?
2nd Shooter
High-Res Images
Multi. Locations
Digital Files
What is the price of your most popular wedding package?
$ 3100
Which of the following are included in the price of your most popular wedding package?
2nd Shooter
Engagement Shoot
High-Res Images
Multi. Locations
Albums
Digital Files
Flush Mount
What primary photographic style do you identify with?
Contemporary
Natural
Photojournalism
Traditional
What photography services do you offer?
Additional Hours
Boudoir Shoot
Destination / Travel
Engagement Shoot
High-Res Images
Liability Insurance
Multi. Locations
Second Shooter
Trash The Dress
Wedding Portraits
What photography items do you offer?
Albums
Canvas
Digital Files
Flush Mount
Matted Prints
Prints
Save the Date
Thank You Cards
2 Wedding Deals & Discounts
Free Engagement Shoot
Book a wedding package with High Contrast Photography of 8 hours or more and you'll receive an engagement session at a location of your choice for free! No coupon needed; HCP automatically includes this bonus shoot with any 8+ hour package in the package creation process.
10% off for Active/Reserve Military
High Contrast Photography is proud to honor any currently serving members of the U.S. Military (active or reserves) with a 10% discount on their wedding package. Just mention your military status before your package is quoted! (One or both members of the couple must be the active/reserves military member.) ** "Value" will be 10% of your total package cost, which will be custom to you, not necessarily what is shown.
Always a pleasure to work with Sarah and her team! She is on point and does an exceptional job in coordinating with the wedding planner, DJ, and videographers to ensure that the wedding day runs as smoothly as possible for the couple. And they team really gives it their all in order to get their couples the very best photos. As videographers, we look forward to finding out we'll be working with High Contrast Photography on a wedding.
Sarah has a quality eye when it comes to crafting the right image for your wedding. Just looking at her photos tells you that she continually perfects her craft.
Working with Sarah is a true job and we can clearly see why she is so popular.
Sarah has a quality eye when it comes to crafting the right image for your wedding. Just looking at her photos tells you that she continually perfects her craft.
Working with Sarah is a true job and we can clearly see why she is so popular.
