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Our passion, creativity, and devotion to quality create breath-taking photos of your special day, leaving you carefree to celebrate! Personable and professional, Phil Black Photography will amaze you with our exceptional service and attention to detail. With our natural ability to make clients feel comfortable in front of the camera, you can trust that we will help make your day amazing. A wedding is full of magical moments and we love capturing that magic to be treasured for generations to come.

Husband and wife team, we're photography educators and wedding and portrait photographers based out of Canton, serving the entire state of Michigan. We’ve been photographing the world for over a decade.

When not behind the viewfinder, we spend our free time laughing and enjoying life. My wife, Marianne, and I were married in 2011, best friends since 2009. We love to go out and explore the world. We live for the small moments in life. I play the piano and enjoy fishing, badminton and just about everything about being outdoors. Marianne loves to explore nature and read, but most importantly, we both simply enjoy each other's company and can talk for hours.

I absolutely LOVE and believe in what I do! I enjoy every minute of it. I always put my heart into getting to know my clients personally, from our first interaction to years after the wedding. We have shot weddings all over Michigan, and are extremely familiar with many wedding venues. From outdoors to indoors, small ceremonies to weddings with over 200 guests, modern and traditional to chic and fashion, we've covered all types of weddings.

Please visit our website at www.PhilBlackPhotography.com to see our entire gallery, current package offerings, and to inquire on availability. I look forward to hearing from you. Congratulations on your engagement! -Phil

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Frequently asked questions

Which of the following are included in the starting price?

2nd Shooter
Custom Graphics
Hand-Coloring
High-Res Images
Multi. Locations
One Event / Day
Toning
Albums
Digital Files
Proofs

Which of the following are included in the price of your most popular wedding package?

2nd Shooter
Add'l Hours
Custom Graphics
Engagement Shoot
Hand-Coloring
High-Res Images
Multi. Locations
One Event / Day
Toning
Albums
Digital Files
Proofs

What primary photographic style do you identify with?

Photojournalism
Traditional

What photography services do you offer?

Additional Hours
Engagement Shoot
High-Res Images
One Event / Day
Second Shooter

What photography items do you offer?

Albums
Canvas
Digital Files
Flush Mount
Matted Prints
Prints
Proofs
Save the Date
Thank You Cards

Reviews of Phil Black Photography

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S Sent on 12/02/2017
5 out of 5 rating
Phil and his wife are the absolute best. We made a lot of great decisions for our wedding, but Phil Black Photography was absolutely our best decision! I could not recommend Phil enough. He went out of his way to keep my wife calm and even hooked us up with other wedding providers that he recommended (Sorella's Bakery was the best!). Hire Phil - you will not regret it.
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Colleen Sent on 08/06/2017
5 out of 5 rating
I cannot express how amazing Phil Black Photography was to work with! Phil met with us prior to booking and answered all of our questions. We used Phil for our engagement pictures and our wedding photos. We have been asked so many times who are photographer was because our engagement photos turned out so amazing. Phil was great throughout the whole wedding planning process. He would email us every few months to check in and see if there was anything he could assist us with anything (even not photography related)! On the day of our wedding, Phil and his wife Marianne were amazing. Not only were they our photographers but they helped with anything and everything we needed. They helped keep us on time, kept nosey relatives at bay and helped keep both myself and my husband calm. Any photos we wanted they made sure to capture. They were so flexible, super fun and were able to capture our wedding craziness. I cannot say it enough…OUR PHOTOS TURNED OUT AMAZING! I would recommend Phil Black Photography to anyone looking for a wedding photographer. They were truly able to capture our special day in a way I could not even imagine!
Christine
Christine Sent on 03/17/2017
5 out of 5 rating
I literally cannot find enough nice things to say about Phil Black Photography! Hands down the sweetest and most wonderful humans!

Phil is the first and only photographer I met with when planning my wedding. After meeting with him - I was sold! Beyond my initial love for him - The prices are reasonable and their work is beautiful!

They are a husband/wife team and they work together seamlessly. The whole process was so easy, he was so thorough and attentive. He made us so comfortable at our engagement photos when we were so nervous. The photos turned out beautiful!

I cannot wait to see my wedding photos, but I am confident they are perfect!!! Phil and Marianne were so wonderful on wedding day! They kept us on track, were so calm and helpful when I was getting close to a meltdown :)
Guests and family even came to tell me how lovely they were!

I would more than recommend Phil Black Photography to anyone and everyone and I will miss chatting with them now that my wedding is over.
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Kristen Sent on 02/04/2017
5 out of 5 rating
I'm not sure I can find the words to describe how much my husband and I LOVED having Phil and Marianne be a part of our big day! The professionalism, sincerity, and good spiritedness that they brought- not only to the day of the wedding, but also for the engagement photos and every moment of everyday from the first day I met Phil. Always available, always willing/ready to help, happy to answer any questions or concerns about the photos or truly any part of the day that I was unsure of. I cannot, cannot express how much I would recommend this pair! SO MUCH LOVE!!!
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Jodi Sent on 05/07/2016
5 out of 5 rating
The entire process of getting ready for our wedding day was super simple. Phil would email or call us from time to time to ask if we needed any help or any questions answered with anything. He was more than willing to help out with more than just our photos, and he was so excited to be part of our big day. Phil and Marianne were great company the day of the wedding. We were running behind the whole day, but we didn't feel rushed at all. It just felt like we had two more members in our bridal party. Overall, we were so happy and blessed with Phil and Marianne's presence and their photography skills.
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Tricia Sent on 01/28/2016
5 out of 5 rating
My whole wedding photography story is below, but what’s most important: Phil Black Photography are by far, without a doubt, THE BEST photographers out there!! I first met Phil at a friend's wedding I went to. He was extremely nice to me even though I wasn’t the one getting married. When it was my time to get married, I interviewed Phil and a few other photographers out there (although knowing I was going to go with Phil Black Photography). They provided so much for our wedding, and was by far the best bang for the buck. In addition to the photography, they offered an online wedding album, and ALL the photos online. They’ve already done photographs for my parents business, and now my upcoming friends wedding. I will continue to recommend them to everyone I know. I could go on for hours on how amazing Phil and Marianne are but the truth is that they are the BEST. They made our day absolutely perfect and I couldn’t have done it without them.
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Beth Sent on 12/31/2015
5 out of 5 rating
My brother and sister in law recommended Phil to us when we got engaged last year, he was their photographer a couple years back. When we met with Phil, we were extremely impressed with how much time he spent with us. We didn’t feel pressured, he seemed genuine. Maybe we should have met with other photographers, but we went with what we heard by referral and are extremely happy we went with Phil. His pricing was right in line with what we were looking for, and we couldn’t be happier with both our engagement photos and our wedding photos, they’re perfect. Couldn’t have asked for more
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Michelle Sent on 10/27/2015
5 out of 5 rating
Phil and his wife were so much fun to have at our wedding. We just received our photos, and our wedding was just 10 days ago! Can’t believe it. We’re so happy with our photos, they’re so clean and bright and really capture the day. I had a lot of family photo requests and no shots were missed.
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Carolyn Sent on 10/15/2015
5 out of 5 rating
We had been looking for a photographer for a while, and then found Phil online. We’re lucky that we did. We loved that he didn’t charge extra for more images, we just got them all, just over 600. I really like that a print release was included too. And the photos turned out amazing, really bright and colorful, truly beautiful. We really like the online gallery we get. Phil was really personable and had lots of energy. He was warm and approachable, which was really important to us.
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User5841553 Sent on 09/16/2015
5 out of 5 rating
Phil and Emily were AMAZING! They were very professional and we felt completely comfortable with them! They were so much fun to work with and our pictures came back even earlier than promised! And did I mention that they were beautiful!?!? Thank you again! It was perfect!
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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2016 Winner

Professional Network & Endorsements

1 Endorsement
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Phil was great to work with! Before our mutual wedding even commenced, he reached out to introduce himself and provided contact information. During the ceremony his team of photographers were carefully catching every special moment without disruption. As a vendor he was not only friendly and knowledgeable, but happily offered me to opportunity to preview and use any photos taken that day for my website. My couple made an great choice in hiring Phil and his qualified team to capture their happily ever after.

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Phil Black Photography frequently asked questions

Phil Black Photography includes the following photography services in the starting price:
  • 2nd Shooter
  • Custom Graphics
  • Hand-Coloring
  • High-Res Images
  • Multi. Locations
  • One Event / Day
  • Toning
  • Albums
  • Digital Files
  • Proofs
Phil Black Photography includes the following photography services in their most popular wedding package:
  • 2nd Shooter
  • Add'l Hours
  • Custom Graphics
  • Engagement Shoot
  • Hand-Coloring
  • High-Res Images
  • Multi. Locations
  • One Event / Day
  • Toning
  • Albums
  • Digital Files
  • Proofs
Phil Black Photography offers the following photography styles:
  • Photojournalism
  • Traditional
Phil Black Photography offers the following photography services for weddings:
  • Additional Hours
  • Engagement Shoot
  • High-Res Images
  • One Event / Day
  • Second Shooter
Phil Black Photography offers the following photography materials for weddings:
  • Albums
  • Canvas
  • Digital Files
  • Flush Mount
  • Matted Prints
  • Prints
  • Proofs
  • Save the Date
  • Thank You Cards
Phil Black Photography is recommended by 100% of couples who have used their services. Their overall rating is 5.0, with the same score awarded for quality of service, flexibility, value, professionalism and average response time.
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