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The Bird and The Bear Photography and Films

The Bird and The Bear Photography and Films

Austin, TX
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    Hannah L. Sent on 07/30/2022
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    Choose The Bird and The Bear!!!

    Working with Bryan and his team at The Bird and The Bear for our wedding photography and videography was an amazing choice!!! The team you choose to document your wedding is such an important and personal choice as they will produce pictures and videos you will look back on for years to come, and because the team is there for such intimate moments. We did an engagement photoshoot with Bryan before our wedding which was a great choice as it meant we got to meet him in advance, and in a sense practice for the "big day." On our wedding day Bryan and his team were calm, flexible, and so helpful. I decided in the moment that I wanted to do a first look with my Dad, and The Bird and The Bear team were flexible and accommodating, and now those are some of my favorite photos! During our portrait photos the team gave excellent directions and guidance.

    In the end, the photos The Bird & The Bear produced were breathtaking, fun, and far exceed our expectations! Also, we were SO glad we did videography with this team -- there is something so special about having footage from the day, and the video captures the emotion of the day perfectly, and brings all of the emotion back. We will cherish the photos and video from The Bird and The Bear team for decades to come!
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    Lauren H. Sent on 07/11/2022
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    Incredible photography and videography!

    We are so thankful that we chose The Bird and The Bear to be our wedding photographers and videographers! We had an amazing experience working with them! I was not stressed once and they were so kind every time we spoke to them. They were a calming presence on our wedding day and we are so thankful they captured such amazing memories for us!
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    Leslie L. Sent on 08/16/2021
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    Absolutely stunning photos and videos

    We were looking for a combination photographer and videographer team and couldn't be more impressed and satisfied with the Bird and the Bear. Bryan and his team were wonderful to work with and the final products exceeded our expectations. We wholeheartedly recommend them to anyone getting married in the area!
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    Meg S. Sent on 06/21/2021
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    Dream Wedding Photographer

    Bryan was an absolute DREAM to work with! He is so talented, and he is so easy going and created the engagement pictures and wedding pictures of our dream. He and his team had the perfect energy for our wedding day, and we can’t say enough great things about how perfect this photography and videography team is.
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    Sanna B. Sent on 10/19/2020
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    Professional, Accommodating, Beautifully Captured, Absolutely Great to Work With!

    We ABSOLUTELY recommend Bryan and his team at the Bird and the Bear to help capture your special moments! Bryan was very professional, reliable, talented, and efficient, and we couldn’t have asked for a better team to help us capture our magical day! He surprised and was able to provide us with BEAUTIFULLY edited sneak-peek photos the very next day after our wedding! We have no idea how they did it, but Bryan, Caryn, Jorge, and Jody were able to capture magical details of our wedding and our most intimate moments without being intrusive at all! We’re so so so grateful for the hard work and commitment by Bryan and his team, and we ABSOULTELY recommend The Bird and the Bear to anyone and everyone!
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    Amanda Sent on 03/24/2020
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    Amazing experience

    Amazing!!!! I can't say enough great things about my experience. The pictures are amazing and so is our video. My husband and I get camera shy but we felt so relaxed and at ease with them around and it almost felt like they weren't even there. They captured all the moments we had hoped for and I am so glad I got referred to them. They are responsive to our emails and questions. I highly recommend them!!

    The Bird and The Bear Photography and Films's reply:

    Thanks so much, Amanda! We really enjoyed your big day and love to hear that you felt relaxed in front of the camera!! It was a pleasure capturing your special day!
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    Lexie Sent on 10/11/2021
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    Could not have chosen better

    We were 100% (or more) pleased with The Bird and the Bear! From our nearly 2-year interaction with Bryan to our event with the whole team, we were impressed with both their demeanor and professionalism. The preview photos we received were the most beautiful wedding photos I have ever seen. I might be a tad biased when it comes to the bride and groom, but everything about the photos is magical - the scenery, the placement of people within those beautiful surroundings, their knowledge of the venue and getting every little special nook and cranny into the shots. Hire the Bird and the Bear; you will not be sorry!
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    Cami Sent on 09/01/2017
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    We absolutely LOVED working with Bryan & Caryn from The Bird & The Bear. They are professional, easy-going, great people, and they take amazing videos and photos! We just got our pictures back and are in love - they could not have captured our day any better!! They were able to perfectly capture the most important parts of our big day - we will treasure these pictures forever. Thank you, Bryan & Caryn - we are so grateful!!
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    Lauren Sent on 01/14/2017
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    Bryan Canatella of the Bird and the Bear is absolutely amazing. I am beyond grateful that he was my wedding videographer. My wedding was such a fairy tale, but it went by so fast -- and thanks to his beautiful videos, I can relive it whenever I want to. I work with video every day as a broadcast journalist, and Bryan has amazing video skills! He is so talented and his videos are just amazing! I love pictures, but nothing transports you back in time like video, and I will always be so thankful that I asked him to shoot my wedding.

    Our highlight video is the stuff of dreams! Everyone who watches it sincerely tells us it's the best wedding video they've ever seen. Many have cried watching it! He perfectly captured all the love that was overflowing from us, our family, and friends on our wedding day, and we get to go back in time just by clicking play, and relive that magic all over again. Our full length wedding video is the same. Absolute magic! Audio and video quality are superb. His shooting and editing skills are superb. He doesn't just shoot video, he tells the story of your big day.

    Bryan, thank you so much for your hard work and for perfectly capturing the day I want to relive over and over, so that not only Matt and I can enjoy it, but our family and future children. It's absolutely perfect! You are such a blessing to us!
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    Kelsi Sent on 06/24/2016
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    My wife fell in love with me first, then she fell in love with The Bird and the Bear. Caryn and Bryan are a wonderful young couple - fun, caring, and excellent at what they do. Throughout the process, they were accommodating (for engagement, bridals, and the wedding). They had excellent suggestions for where to go, and created wonderful images that we will sincerely enjoy for the rest of our lives. They were a blast to have around as well! At the wedding they contracted another photographer to have 2 photographers and a videographer for the ceremony. He was just as great as them, inciting many laughs and a great time! We are so excited to see the photos/video! We would recommend them to anyone!! Thanks!
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    Annabel Sent on 05/11/2016
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    I knew I wanted Caryn and Bryan to shoot our wedding after watching multiple videos on their site and loving how natural everything felt. We received our photos this week and they are stunning. They were so wonderful to work with, from engagements to bridal portraits to filming the day of the wedding, and together with their assistant, Justin, delivered exactly what we were hoping for. They are calm and organized and extremely talented, and their services are affordable. I absolutely love this business.
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    Lesley Sent on 04/26/2016
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    I really cannot say enough about The Bird and The Bear. I was so anxious about feeling very awkward in front of a camera, and both Caryn and Bryan made me feel completely comfortable. You can tell they both really love what they do and put everything they have into it. The day of my wedding, like most, was so chaotic and they were unbelievably calming throughout the whole process. I am so thankful I have my wedding photos and video to live through for the rest of my life. They did such an incredible job on both!
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    Anysha Sent on 10/02/2018
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    For starters, Bryan and his team are INCREDIBLE! We first met Bryan during our engagement shoot, 6 months before our wedding. We immediately hit it off with him. His vision, direction, and attention to detail is impeccable. In August, Bryan and his crew captured our 3 day wedding. We used them for both photo and video. Just last week we received our photos and highlight reel and we are thoroughly impressed! We've seen the highlight reel numerous times already! We are so overwhelmed with joy. We can't even begin to tell you how incredibly well him and his team did. We 100% recommend The Bird & The Bear for any special events you want to capture. They're based in Austin and very easy to work with! THANK YOU BIRD & THE BEAR! Y'all are the best!
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    Best Photographers In Texas!!! I had wanted The Bird & The Bear to photograph my wedding since I was in college(before I met my husband and when I lived in Chicago!) after seeing their work on Style Me Pretty. I had the privilege of moving to Austin and couldn't have been more thrilled when I realized that it's where they're based out of! Working with Caryn & Bryan was so awesome every step of the way. We did photo and video and their package was really an incredible deal for such sought after photographers. Caryn is beyond talented and her photos are just incredible. I really hope neither of us ever move because I will be using them for every big event in the future!
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    I was so excited to work with Caryn and Bryan and on the day of my wedding (last week) they could not have been more perfect to have there. They made me feel so relaxed and were so professional. Even when my husband's groomsmen and my 2 year old nephew got a little rowdy, Caryn and Bryan could not have been more easy going. The photo booth (run by Andra) was perfect and all of my guests were huddled around it all night! I can't wait to see our photos and video as I know they will be absolute perfection.
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    Laurel Sent on 11/20/2014
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    These two are AMAZING! One of my best decisions for the wedding was going with this lovely married duo. Super friendly, responsive, helpful, and obviously extremely talented. They will capture your day perfectly and give you so many wonderful beautiful visual memories to cherish for a lifetime. I also did my bridal portraits with them and we had a blast, we had to change locations last minute and the one they suggested was even better than what was originally planned. Also The highlight reel they make are so touching and personal and breathtaking you will feel like a movie star. The hardest part with them is choosing which photos to get printed because there are so many amazing shots they capture.
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    The Bird And The Bear did an absolutely exceptional job. I was extremely impressed with all the photographs and their professionalism. We had a little trouble with getting payments made due to issue with daily limits on our bank accounts but they were very flexible and understanding. I would definitely recommend and use them in the future.
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    The first time I heard of The Bird & The Bear was actually on Instagram! I saw the most beautiful photo of a couple at our venue and thought, "Wow, these are amazing, but there is no way I could afford them!" When I saw their website, I INSTANTLY fell in love with their work and everything they do! Meeting them in person at our engagement shoot just sweetened the deal. They are so lovely and wonderful to be around. Caryn was nothing short of amazing throughout the entire process. She was always available to talk to and quickly responded to my emails (a rarity in wedding vendors, you may find)! She is a posing MASTER, too. Really, I felt extremely comfortable and confident in her hands. Also, they worked together to make a beautiful finished product. I know I would not have been happy without having both of them together making something perfect to capture our day. So, so happy with my experience! I recommend them a million percent!
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    I cannot say enough good things about Caryn and Bryan. Right off the bat I liked them because they were very nice AND because they were a husband and wife team. I had talked to lots of other photographers before meeting them and EVERY photographer I talked to admitted to not liking working with videographers because they get in each others shots, there's not good communication between them, etc. But Caryn and Bryan are a team so they work together, not against each other. They plan out how to get the best shots for the video AND the photos, and that really shows in the end results!

    The Bird and the Bear did our engagement photos and video, my bridal portraits, and our wedding photos and video. We keep going back to them because they are truly awesome. They have a talent for capturing candid moments and for even making the required formal family/bridal party photos look more natural. No awkward stuffy shots! Because of these talents, they are really able to capture the feeling of the day. They do a good amount of directing when needed but they are definitely not pushy or bossy.

    Bryan is able to capture things in the video that I didn't even know were going on around me, so it was so great to see all those missed moments! Plus his video editing skills are awesome. The videos are fun and naturally and really capture the feeling of the day. Caryn has a great eye for backgrounds, lighting, posing (when necessary), and staging (when necessary, like staging the dress, rings, etc) which all adds up to great photos. She captures moments so skillfully and photos aren't over- or under-edited. I really love her light and airy style!

    Plus they are both super nice. And both are very calming presences on the big day, which is great because sometimes nerves can be high and you need someone calming around, not someone high strung. Seriously, hire them now.
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    Lauren Sent on 11/18/2013
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    Bryan and Caryn are the dream team! I loved the pictures they took and the way they interacted with my guests. Thank you!
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    I could not be more impressed and in love with The Bird & The Bear Photography! Everything was perfect! Not only that, we received our images in just two weeks. That, and their attention to detail, professionalism and fun approach blew my mind. LOVE LOVE LOVE!
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