Excellent photography and experience
Tina has been an absolute joy to have photographing mine and my wife's journey over the past year or so. It began in 2021. During COVID, my wife and moved our wedding date from early 2021 to early 2022. In the interim time, my wife got pregnant with our beautiful baby girl. Tina did a maternity shoot for us in a beautiful location in the desert, and from that we now have lovely framed pictures on the walls. When she came over to install the frames, she did a shoot of our baby who at the time was two months or so old, and she did a great job of getting the baby to 'pose' despite the baby's reluctance to do anything other than sleep. I am so glad that we have professional photographs of those days, as though our phone pictures are wonderful, having the immaculate touch of someone who knows how to frame a shot and get the correct lighting is an immeasurable positive. These are memories we will cherish forever, and I am glad we had Tina take photos of her both before her birth and after.
Last month, February 2022, Tina photographed our wedding. She was the vendor that was able to make sure our day ran on track. She talked us through the process and had an amazing timeline to follow that allowed us to have the moments we will always remember in photographic evidence. She encouraged us to do a 'first look', which I had to look up to make sure it was something I wanted, and it was the best idea for the day, and I am glad it was suggested. We were able to get pictures of our wedding party, family, and friends without the pressure of the wedding itself and all of the guests approaching us during photographs. Because of the first look we were actually able to enjoy the reception for ourselves and our loved ones, rather than herding them for pictures.
We started the day like a traditional wedding, I, the groom, left before my future wife got ready so that her and her bridesmaids could all begin their process. I was able to see the pictures of them getting ready and the moments that were captured were priceless. Tina did a great job posing people, making sure they were in the right place at the right time, and also (my favorite part) capturing candid moments. Tina also had sent another photographer to the groom's ready room and we were treated excellently as well. I am not a fan of how I look in pictures, but Tina made me happy to look at myself.
The ceremony itself was, as weddings go, such an exhausting experience. It was the best day of my life (except maybe the birth of my child) and Tina and her crew were able to parlay any of our worries about fitting all of our tasks into the day into a calm, lovely demeanor. She kept us on track and we benefitted from that. The ceremony included a few 'missteps' that made the day great, including our flower girl not wanting to walk down the aisle with her mother, and my child not wanting to be held by her grandmother necessitating me holding her. Despite these events being unplanned, Tina caught them all excellently! I even mentioned that I hadn't even noticed that she was taking pictures in the crowd, she caught some really good moments at the ceremony while we were up focusing on each other, all without any intrusion.
After the ceremony, we took a few pictures with the backdrop we had for our vows. We then took some further in the reception room, including one I consider unique with some fun reflective techniques. We then left the reception area and went to another location at the venue to take sunset photos (again, something we wouldn't have had the opportunity to do very easily should we not have done that first look). The sunset photos came out amazing, there was still some snow on the mountains and Tina was able to get us into locations where she was able to get such good moments.
After, Tina sat us down a few weeks later in her studio and showed us a slideshow of the experience. That too was lovely. We were always treated with respect and positivity, and even when my wife and I disagreed about what photo may be better, Tina was able to handle that and give us the best product we could possibly imagine. The physical photographs she has already produced for us were excellent and we are excited to see more in the future.
I have ran out of characters in the review, but I recommend Tina and Pure in Art Photography for any moment you think may be worthy of capturing. She has done an excellent job and we are excited to continue to have her photograph the moments in our lives that matter.