Above and beyond in all the ways!
It was our lucky day when we found Julie for our wedding photographer! Our initial Zoom consultation call with her was so much fun - We found out right away that all of us love hiking, camping, and backpacking, we’re all into vegan/vegetarian foods, and that we’ve all got some full moon crystal collections going. These were three themes we wanted to tie into our wedding, so we signed Julie on board immediately! Communication and getting together all the clerical details with Julie was a breeze from start to finish, she is so professional, organized, and experienced in the wedding game. Early on her knowledge and experience came in handy - We got caught in some initial wedding coordinator confusion and suddenly needed to find a new coordination team later in the game than we had hoped, and although we already had a full list of vendor recommendations from Julie, she sent us another detailed list of specific recommendations based on what we needed! That totally isn’t in her job description, and she did it anyway to help and support us personally, which made us feel really cared for amongst all of her various clients. We weren’t sure where we wanted to do our engagement session, but during our first call, Julie got so excited at the idea of doing an outdoorsy shoot with us, we were then inspired to have it at the first campsite we ever went camping together! This was the best decision - Julie was a rockstar, we were all climbing over boulders and up steep trails behind camp while she also managed all her camera gear. And we all had *so much fun*, even though we’d just met in person for the first time, it was so easy to hang out, not to mention way easier than I thought it would be to be in front of the camera for so long! It really felt like we were all just hanging out and exploring the area, Julie is so fun and makes the photoshoot process feel so natural, there were times we hardly realized we were getting photos taken. We stayed the rest of the weekend to camp and were so surprised when Julie emailed us a few sneak peeks late that same night after she got home. The whole rest of the stay we kept looking at them and couldn’t believe that more were still to come. We got to use a bunch of them on our wedding website and holiday card, and everyone kept saying they really hoped the same photographer would be shooting the wedding! As we handled final preparations, Julie was still there to support us in a handful of random concerns, and we really appreciated her having a whole form to fill out for what specific shots we wanted throughout the day. (Again, her coming through with that organization and experience made our preparations so easy and lessened so much stress!) Come wedding day, I was so glad we had a familiar, friendly face in our photographer to help calm the pre-ceremony jitters and get things underway. The second shooter Julie brought, Kim, was also a great energy to be around! Throughout the ceremony and into the reception, we hardly noticed they were there - They did an excellent job at seamlessly navigating all the hustle and bustle and working their way into getting all their photos without getting in the way or disrupting any of the party vibes at all. For the planned family shots and the like, they were super quick and efficient, too! Family and friends are still bringing up what a great job they did, many have never seen wedding photographers get the job done so organically. And all this praise came before anyone saw the wedding sneak peeks! Once those rolled in, also way earlier than we expected, everyone was floored. None of us could believe how so many great shots were taken with no interruptions to the flow of the party! One of our specific shot ideas took a bit more planning and set up from Julie - Our wedding was on a full moon, and we had to have an epic moon shot! Julie was super into the idea and made sure to map out where and when the best visibility would be, then of course she and Kim had to set up some extra gear to make sure everything came out. All of her attention to detail in planning this came together in a gorgeous shot of us under our full moon! We cannot recommend Julie enough - She obviously loves what she does, that is made clear by how excellent her skills are and in how great a person she is to work with. We already know we want to have her do a first anniversary shoot with us somewhere epic! Thank you for capturing our day so perfectly Julie, our photos were one of the top priorities for our wedding, and you exceeded all our expectations!