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Photographer advice: Full View Studios

goldilocks Posted: May 28, 2003 02:53 PM+

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Posted: May 28, 2003 02:53 PM

Photographer advice: Full View Studios

Has anyone heard of them, good or bad? The guys name is Hal. We just booked them and I'm just a little nervous not going with someone who was recommended. We loved the pics but it's not a big name studio. Is this risky?

Rob-luvs-me Posted: May 28, 2003 02:58 PM+

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Posted: May 28, 2003 02:58 PM

Re: Photographer advice: Full View Studios

Do some research here on and one the knot on him

berlykim22 Posted: May 28, 2003 03:02 PM+

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Posted: May 28, 2003 03:02 PM

Re: Photographer advice: Full View Studios

friends of ours used him - 2 years ago and she loved her pictures

littlecat Posted: May 28, 2003 03:21 PM+

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Posted: May 28, 2003 03:21 PM

Re: Photographer advice: Full View Studios

I went to go look at his pics and I thought that they were beautiful. If you do a search on him you might find some negative comments saying that he keeps calling brides (very pushy). Do not let this influence your decision. I know that Hal can be somewhat annoying if you haven't booked him.

However, his pictures speak for themselves - they are really great - especially with 2 photographers. We were going to book him until I saw Duet. His prices with the 2nd photographer were too high for me. He was the only other photographer that my FH wanted to consider until Duet.

Do not think twice about him. His personality is a little off but his pics certainly are not. Sometimes people forget at these big places that they have salespeople to talk with you.

goldilocks Posted: May 28, 2003 03:23 PM+

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Posted: May 28, 2003 03:23 PM

Re: Photographer advice: Full View Studios

Thanks for the reassurance! That's really what I needed!

littlecat Posted: May 28, 2003 03:27 PM+

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Posted: May 28, 2003 03:27 PM

Re: Photographer advice: Full View Studios

Is Hal your photographer? How many are you getting?

He is a vendor on the knot - i love that pic of the girl with the big cigar in her mouth!!!

goldilocks Posted: May 28, 2003 03:37 PM+

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Posted: May 28, 2003 03:37 PM

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Yes, Hal is my photographer. He does the color/posed shots and we got a 2nd photographer to do b&w/candids, an assistant, and we're going with his video guy too. We loved the combination of traditional posed and photojournalist style. His work is beautiful, from what I've seen.

littlecat Posted: May 28, 2003 03:42 PM+

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Posted: May 28, 2003 03:42 PM

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Very nice!!!!! My FI saw where he went to school for photography (it was on his wall) and said that it was a top school - very difficult to get in.

Don't worry, your pics will come out beautiful!!!!

littlecat Posted: May 28, 2003 03:44 PM+

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Posted: May 28, 2003 03:44 PM

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By the way, you can FM me if you don't want to post it. Did he work with you on the price? When he called me back and said that I didn't book with him b/c he was to expensive - he said he could have worked with me on the price of the 2nd photographer and video.

shepppy Posted: May 29, 2003 12:56 AM+

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Posted: May 29, 2003 12:56 AM

Re: Photographer advice: Full View Studios

We're using Hal. He is slightly flighty, and I was a bit concerned about some negative things I read about him on here & the Knot (which essentially boiled down to the fact that he calls people trying to get them to book & can be annoying), but we really liked him. Anyway, I trust our judgement & we were happy with our engagement pictures.
Also, I think that with these boards a lot of vendors get recycled -- people on here use them, so they recommend them, and other people on here use them. Just because a vendor isn't used by a ton of LIW brides doesn't mean they aren't good.
Best of luck!

jwalters27 Posted: May 29, 2003 09:15 AM+

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Posted: May 29, 2003 09:15 AM

Re: Photographer advice: Full View Studios

We are using Hal as well and I felt the same way..hes a little flightly. I am not worried though..his pics are great. The only thing that bugs me is that he still can't tell me definitely if he is going to be the photographer that day. He says right now yes but he can't guarentee it!!! We went with the 2 photographers, asst, and video as well.