Photographer Help (Sorry long)

kel2004 Posted: Dec 23, 2003 10:00 AM

Photographer Help (Sorry long)

We've been looking at photographers, and we loved the first one we saw. We didn't book right away because we wanted to check out a few more first. Then I had a death in the family and had to postpone those appointments. Well, we didn't like anyone better than the first photographer, and in the meantime, they booked someone else for our date. I am so upset. I wish we had just booked them right away.

Does anyone have any suggestions for a photographer that does a combination of traditional posed pictures and photojournalistic pictures?

Thanks so much.

halloweenbride04 Posted: Dec 23, 2003 10:09 AM

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I don't know which photographer you had your heart set on but have you looked at Duet or Patken?

shelly3950 Posted: Dec 23, 2003 10:10 AM

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Twelfth Night! They don't include albums in their packages, but he can do albums and he can also teach you how to make your own. His prices are so reasonable you can even hire two photographers (we had a very small photo budget and can afford to do this), one to do exclusively traditional and one to do exclusively photojournalistic. He also does digital. On top of it all, he is very honest. He encouraged my FH and I to get a less expensive package. How is that for a vendor?

BMD'sPeanut Posted: Dec 23, 2003 10:11 AM

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who was it? and who else have you looked at?

kel2004 Posted: Dec 23, 2003 10:12 AM

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We did check out Patken. I wasn't crazy about the idea that we wouldn't meet our photographer before we booked. I will look into Duet. Thanks!

Kelly9904 Posted: Dec 23, 2003 10:25 AM

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Kel-where have you looked? that will help us to recommend someone

kel2004 Posted: Dec 23, 2003 10:28 AM

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We've looked at Patken, Cousins Photography (in Huntington, recommended by a friend, but not really our style), Spelman and Imagine. Imagine is who we wanted to book. I know we've only looked at a few, but everyone's style was so different and we really liked Imagine's style. Now we will start over... We would prefer to have our video from the same company as the albums also.

Thanks for your responses.

Nora101004 Posted: Dec 23, 2003 10:32 AM

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Another vote for Duet.

nrsedee Posted: Dec 23, 2003 10:34 AM

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Try Geln Mar in Roslyn!

Good Luck with everything!

butterfly20 Posted: Dec 23, 2003 10:35 AM

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with patken i think you can meet your photographer first...
they all do appointments with people...

Kelly9904 Posted: Dec 23, 2003 10:36 AM

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we looked at VIP, Duet, Patken and Micheal O'Neill in norhtport.

O'Neill does really nice work (all digital) but it was more than we wanted to spend.

We werent crazy about Patken,
and we ran into the same issue as you did with Duet (they became booked while we made our decision) but they were really good!

A bunch of us are using VIP you can do a search and see peoples proofs.

A friend of mine (drewsgirl) is using Marco Photography for both and she got a really good package.

kel2004 Posted: Dec 23, 2003 10:37 AM

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You girls are the best! Thanks so much.

btrflygrl Posted: Dec 23, 2003 10:37 AM

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Our photographer is 2 people (the owners) and one does traditional and the other does photojournalistic.....she is an award winning photg.

check out their website:
Liz & Joe Schmidt

nylisa Posted: Dec 23, 2003 10:38 AM

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Try Marcy Studio in Brooklyn.

cluelessbride Posted: Dec 23, 2003 10:38 AM

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I'm using Mark Kaufman (Angelica Studios) and I can't rave enough about the work his studio does. We watned more photojournalistic than posed, but he has photographers that do posed too.

bridget&jimmy Posted: Dec 23, 2003 10:41 AM

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I just stubbled upon this photographer today and am going to look into them, someone on the knot was talking about them. There pictures on there website look amazing.

http://www.romaphoto.com

paulandles912 Posted: Dec 23, 2003 11:17 AM

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I'm using Modern Wedding Photography and I think Denise is wonderful....

Modern Wedding Photography

shamma Posted: Dec 23, 2003 11:23 AM

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So sorry to hear you did not get to book Imagine, that is who I was going to recommend. Hope you find someone that suits your style and your buget. Happy planning.

bride04 Posted: Dec 23, 2003 11:23 AM

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How about Imagine ? I love love love their work!

Another photographer I liked was Micheal Rosengard of North Island Photography . He's all digital though and I didn't like that I wouldn't get negatives and would have to go to him for all reprints.