Brides Helping Brides ™ - help! Patken v Silverfox....

Post new topic

Wedding Forums > Brides Helping Brides ™ > help! Patken v Silverfox....

help! Patken v Silverfox....

jenheartsrob Posted: Oct 17, 2005 06:27 PM+

jenheartsrob MEMBER SINCE: 6/05 TOTAL POSTS : 1566 WEDDING DATE: Oct 07, 2006

Posted: Oct 17, 2005 06:27 PM

help! Patken v Silverfox....

aaah.... my mom and i spent all day photographer shopping and narrowed it down to Patken and Silverfox... I know they both come highly recommended on here, but I'm confused! I feel like our personalities meshed better with Silverfox, but Patken was giving us more bang-for-our-buck for the same price. Do any of you brides have pictures you could show me from either? I searched the Brides Review board and saw most of the stuff there but there weren't many pictures that I saw....

thanks in advance! I'd like to make the decision by Wednesday, but I wanted to hear a little more feedback... any negative experience about either place? You can FM me if you want... thank you!!

Mrs. dleeny Posted: Oct 17, 2005 06:43 PM+

Mrs. dleeny MEMBER SINCE: 3/05 TOTAL POSTS : 12387 WEDDING DATE: Nov 06, 2005

Posted: Oct 17, 2005 06:43 PM

Re: help! Patken v Silverfox....

IMO, I would go with the place that you click with. That's really important in a vendor.

Maybe you can negotiate the price?

nov2004bride Posted: Oct 17, 2005 07:13 PM+

nov2004bride MEMBER SINCE: 8/03 TOTAL POSTS : 4661 WEDDING DATE: Nov 05, 2004

Posted: Oct 17, 2005 07:13 PM

Re: help! Patken v Silverfox....

We used Silverfox and loved them. I will bump my review for you. It is full of their pics:)

LFitzy79 Posted: Oct 17, 2005 07:55 PM+

LFitzy79 MEMBER SINCE: 11/04 TOTAL POSTS : 1543 WEDDING DATE: Jun 13, 2009

Posted: Oct 17, 2005 07:55 PM

Re: help! Patken v Silverfox....

SILVERFOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

my sister used silverfox and absolutely loved them...I posted a link to thier pics before give me a minute to find the link....

here's the link

click to the back ones to see the photojournalist black and whites!!!!

beautyq115 Posted: Oct 17, 2005 08:29 PM+

beautyq115 MEMBER SINCE: 12/04 TOTAL POSTS : 16776 WEDDING DATE: Jul 16, 2006

Posted: Oct 17, 2005 08:29 PM

Re: help! Patken v Silverfox....

We loved Silver Fox and are using them!!! I know that we could have gotten a cheaper price elsewhere but we just really liked the people at Silver FOx better!

MissyB Posted: Oct 17, 2005 08:52 PM+

MissyB MEMBER SINCE: 6/05 TOTAL POSTS : 979 WEDDING DATE: May 14, 2006

Posted: Oct 17, 2005 08:52 PM

Re: help! Patken v Silverfox....

Silverfox for sure. I went to Patken as well and I just hit it off with the owner and guys at Silverfox immediately. They do great work and are a little pricey but so worth it. You have to go with a vendor that you are going to be really comfortable with and the photographer is the most important.

Good luck!

P.S. plus for the fact that they take so many pics and give you the negs. You can take your time with ordering albums and pics. You can even make your own!

jenheartsrob Posted: Oct 17, 2005 10:23 PM+

jenheartsrob MEMBER SINCE: 6/05 TOTAL POSTS : 1566 WEDDING DATE: Oct 07, 2006

Posted: Oct 17, 2005 10:23 PM

Re: help! Patken v Silverfox....

thanks ladies...

i really feel like silverfox was a better fit... did anyone use Howard or Michael as their photographers?

I want to do my own album, so I'm really curious if there are any Silverfox brides out there (or any brides) who have already printed images from their wedding CDs and can reassure me that the quality we'd get from Kodak.com is just as good as what we'd get from a studio...

thanks!
jennifer

jenheartsrob Posted: Oct 18, 2005 12:18 PM+

jenheartsrob MEMBER SINCE: 6/05 TOTAL POSTS : 1566 WEDDING DATE: Oct 07, 2006

Posted: Oct 18, 2005 12:18 PM

Re: help! Patken v Silverfox....

did anyone get some of their own photos from their proof CDs printed independently (ofoto, etc.)? if so, was quality just as good as what you got from the studio?

i want to make my decision today so i can cross something off my list!

MandM07-03-05 Posted: Oct 18, 2005 05:39 PM+

MandM07-03-05 MEMBER SINCE: 11/04 TOTAL POSTS : 1571 WEDDING DATE: Jul 03, 2005

Posted: Oct 18, 2005 05:39 PM

Re: help! Patken v Silverfox....

although i didn't get the photographers that i wanted i was happy with my silverfox pics. u can check my album for some of them.

http://www.liweddings.com/community/album/?ID=546

Roziw Posted: Oct 18, 2005 05:46 PM+

Roziw MEMBER SINCE: 3/05 TOTAL POSTS : 101 WEDDING DATE: Jun 03, 2006

Posted: Oct 18, 2005 05:46 PM

Re: help! Patken v Silverfox....

Hi,
In your search, did you visit b.r.e.t.t. m.a.t.t.h.e.w.s, if you did, what did you think? Also, if you dont mind me asking, what was the price range of silverfox? I have not heard of them and looking into photographers.
Thanks :)

jenheartsrob Posted: Oct 18, 2005 08:06 PM+

jenheartsrob MEMBER SINCE: 6/05 TOTAL POSTS : 1566 WEDDING DATE: Oct 07, 2006

Posted: Oct 18, 2005 08:06 PM

Re: help! Patken v Silverfox....

Hi, I didnt check out **************...
silverfox does everything a la carte, so you can add on what you want and arent locked into a package... check out silverfoxvideo.com... they have their prices all on there :)

jenheartsrob Posted: Oct 18, 2005 08:07 PM+

jenheartsrob MEMBER SINCE: 6/05 TOTAL POSTS : 1566 WEDDING DATE: Oct 07, 2006

Posted: Oct 18, 2005 08:07 PM

Re: help! Patken v Silverfox....

why did my post put **** in place of the name that I typed out (b.r.e.t.t.?) ??? never saw that happen before...

jenheartsrob Posted: Oct 21, 2005 12:06 PM+

jenheartsrob MEMBER SINCE: 6/05 TOTAL POSTS : 1566 WEDDING DATE: Oct 07, 2006

Posted: Oct 21, 2005 12:06 PM

Re: help! Patken v Silverfox....

Has anyone been in contact with John from Silverfox over the last week? He is usually so good about returning emails, and I emailed him Sunday and haven't heard from him... and it was about booking them! hmm....

Any feedback on Duet? Just saw a post about them and thought maybe I'd give them a look in case for some reason there's something wrong with Silverfox now.... argh

MrsFudge Posted: Oct 21, 2005 12:09 PM+

MrsFudge MEMBER SINCE: 4/05 TOTAL POSTS : 2039 WEDDING DATE: Apr 08, 2006

Posted: Oct 21, 2005 12:09 PM

Re: help! Patken v Silverfox....

We went with Patken :) I think our photographer Vinnie is very talented and supernice too!

Crismicka Posted: Oct 21, 2005 07:23 PM+

Crismicka MEMBER SINCE: 4/04 TOTAL POSTS : 2138 WEDDING DATE: Aug 22, 2004

Posted: Oct 21, 2005 07:23 PM

Re: help! Patken v Silverfox....

We used silverfox...you can see the photojournalistic shots here

There are non prof in that album too -- we had formal shots done also...I can give you the link to them if you are interested

beautyq115 Posted: Oct 21, 2005 07:27 PM+

beautyq115 MEMBER SINCE: 12/04 TOTAL POSTS : 16776 WEDDING DATE: Jul 16, 2006

Posted: Oct 21, 2005 07:27 PM

Re: help! Patken v Silverfox....

Posted by jenheartsrob

Has anyone been in contact with John from Silverfox over the last week? He is usually so good about returning emails, and I emailed him Sunday and haven't heard from him... and it was about booking them! hmm....

Any feedback on Duet? Just saw a post about them and thought maybe I'd give them a look in case for some reason there's something wrong with Silverfox now.... argh

DId you e-mail him...they are in the process of moving their studio..NOT THE OFFICE!

jenheartsrob Posted: Oct 22, 2005 10:26 AM+

jenheartsrob MEMBER SINCE: 6/05 TOTAL POSTS : 1566 WEDDING DATE: Oct 07, 2006

Posted: Oct 22, 2005 10:26 AM