Every moment captured, forever.
It’s been a year since my wife and I were married. Why did we wait so long to write our review of Sarah? Mainly, laziness. After the wedding, we were both burnt out from anything wedding related. In hindsight, however, that laziness gave us time to think back to our wedding day. What would we have had Sarah do differently? What didn’t we like? What would we change? What would we improve on? What could she have done better?
Not. One. Damn. Thing! Sarah was a pleasure to work with. We looked forward to meeting or chatting with her about our wedding day. She has such a passion for her work and it shows. These moments she’s capturing are so important and that is not lost on her. She took the time to walk us through the process and make sure we understood what to expect. During our engagement session, which was included by the way(!), she walked us through a number of different poses and settings. At the time, this seemed silly but in hindsight was incredibly useful. We were originally going to skip the engagement photos but we are so glad we did them. It’s important to get used to being in front of the camera so you get more natural looking photos. Also, this session helped us to be more prepared for the actual wedding day so posed photos wouldn’t take hours. This allowed us to get all the images we wanted while still getting back to our guests in a timely manner.
Speaking of being comfortable in front of the camera, my wife and I aren’t part of the Instagram generation. We’re not normally the subject of picture upon picture. But Sarah made sure that we both felt extremely comfortable. We found ourselves falling right into whatever pose she requested without much thought. She made the whole experience so painless and truly fun.
On our wedding day, she captured so many amazing and beautiful memories. Sarah and her husband, who was helping capture our wedding, arrived right on time and got to work. They worked with us both individually to photograph us getting ready and all the little details of our attire. They also took the time to capture the beauty of our venue, which was so important for us to have.
During the ceremony and party afterwards they managed to capture everything! Each time we look through our photo album we’re immediately transported back to that day. Each image invokes a very special memory for us. Some of them make our eyes well up with love, while others make us grin from ear to ear with laughter. It’s impressive how she managed to capture so much emotion and feelings.
Lastly, and this seems a bit odd to write, but she was also nearly invisible when she needed to be. What we mean by this is that during the ceremony there wasn’t a photographer in your face trying to take pictures and killing the moment. We’ve been to weddings where it’s so hard to focus, as a guest even, because all you see is a person darting here, there, and everywhere with flashes going off left and right. I can’t even imagine what it would have been like to try and say our vows with a camera flash distracting us. Thankfully, Sarah manages to photograph these important moments and you don’t even realize she's there. That is such an incredibly important skill that we’re glad she has. This also followed suit to the party afterwards. Everyone was able to enjoy themselves without being bullied into posed photos. Everything was captured naturally, which we believe lead to the best photos we could have hoped for.
Even though we waited a year to write this review, our opinion of Sarah’s work hasn’t changed. Our wedding day was filled with many incredible moments that it can be hard to remember them all. Thankfully, though, Sarah was there to capture them all so that we would never forget them!
