Marc kauffman photography ?

Sonicstef would be the best person to talk to.

You can check out her photos at:

http://www.lukeandstefanie.homestead.com/

you might want to contact Sonicstef via FM. She used Mark Kauffman and posted the reasons for usin him. Here is what her post read:

Thanks for the compliments on the website Lisa.

FYI: Mark will not be one of my photographers - Im using Lynn and Laura.

Reasons I choose Mark Kauffman's Studio

1. Quality: The obvious one is that I liked all the sample books I saw at his office - and there were lots. I had seen quite a few photographers and the only ones that were better than Mark's photographers work were the really, really expensive kind. There are lots of great photographers in our area so this is a very subjective thing.

2. Variety: When I looked at the sample books, I didn't see the same type of photo over and over again as in many other studios. His sample albums are filled with color/B&W/Sepia pics using all types of lens and setups. Im particularly partial to a good B/W fisheye so that was another plus.

3. Style: Of the photographers I met, I found most of them do the traditional posed stuff very well and have added some photojournalistic style to their reportore. I just never found the traditional poses very interesting - I really wanted to capture the day as it was happening (as opposed to snapping photos of stiff bodies now and again). MK's photographers met this need very well. In nearly every sample book I flipped through, the bride and groom are really smiling - not posed fake smiles like you see in photos but real smiles. That just showed me how good the photographers were at capturing the joy of the day as opposed to recreating it.

4. Value: By no means is MK cheap so if saving $$$ on your photographer is a priority, you will probably find another photographer more appealing. However, when it came to pictures I wanted to get the most for the money I could spend. All of the MK packages include 2 photographers and an average of 1000 proofs - that was such a huge difference from the others. Our package doesn't include a lot of the extras that some studio inluded but we got what was really important to us ( a big album, 1 parent album, lots of proofs, and a few enlargements).

Those were the reasons we booked with him in Feb. And that was before I knew what a pleasure he and his photographers were to deal with. Of all my vendors, he is the only one that doesn't make me feel like a total nutcase when I ask him a Bridezilla question.

Yikes! I totally sound like a Mark Kauffman advertisement but I obviously feel pretty confident of my choice. Of course, my wedding is still more than 9 months away so I can't vouch for final product but since I just saw those sample albums again on Friday - Im not too worried.

I hope that helps - feel free to email me at [email protected]


I hope this helps a bit!

I am also using his studio and I agree wiht all of what the girls have said..so far he has been great to work with and i can't wait to see the pictures..I think it all depends on your personal taste and wants..I was really drawn to the albums and knew that was the style i was looking for...We are not doing vidoe so we liked the 2 photographers idea..
Best of Luck!