Kim & Mike
Married October 10th, 2009
"When Mike and I started planning our wedding for October 2009, we knew what we were looking to pull off was the biggest and best party we could imagine throwing. Our wedding was to be not only a celebration of our love for each other, but also for our love for our family and friends...more " We knew we wanted our day documented, not simply photographed. We wanted to look at our wedding photos and feel like they actually documented our wedding. We were awestruck by Andree's work from the moment we browsed her web site, and very comfortable with her from the moment we met. She got us - our personality and what we were trying to pull off, and it was fabulous. I hate having my picture taken, but with Andree even the "formals" were a breeze. They went by super fast, and when it was just her, Mike and I walking around the property snapping shots before the ceremony, it was easy, and relaxed, and dare I say fun. For me! Having my photo taken! She gave us guidance but let us be ourselves. As a result, our photographs really show who we are and what we were feeling. During the ceremony and reception, Andree somehow managed to be everywhere. Though our guests roamed from the tent in the lower yead, to the patio around the pool, and throughout a huge rental house. She got shots of even the most elusive camera-shy guests! Looking at the photographs, people cannot believe how all over the place she was- they never saw her! More than one person referred to her as a photography ninja - disappearing into the background to capture so many awesome shots. One of the things that attracted us to Andree was that she was trained as a photojournalist. And, true to form, she captured the wedding as it happened. Often, guests taking pictures would appear in the pictures and we wouldn't want it any other way. No matter how much was going on in a photograph, though, it was always composed such that your eye knows the primary focus - everything else is an added bonus! We requested a photo booth during the reception. I didn't know how much of a hit it would be! What an absolutely wonderful addition! So many great pictures came out of it - everyone hammed it up and had a great time doing it. After the wedding, our friends would giggle and ask if we'd seen the photo booth pictures yet. The process of creating an album was so streamlined! Andree and her designer select photos and assemble a draft layout, using the images that they feel tell the story of the wedding. From there, we were able to add or remove photos as we wanted. I think this is a significant service! Many people wait too long to do their album (or never do it) because the task of choosing a couple photos from several hundred, and then creating a layout on a blank page is too daunting. With Andree we were able to come to a final layout quickly with an absolutely amazing aesthetic. The final album is gorgeous. We decided on a 12-inch square album, in burgundy leather with a goldish lizard skin accent stripe - which may sound weird but is totally beautiful and works so well with the rich autumn colors in our photographs. I look at each photograph, and can't help but smile. There is a story behind each of them. There's the one where Casey ran into the house for the rings because we forgot them when we went down the aisle. There's the one where we pretended like we had been dancing all night when the dancing hadn't even started yet - and no one will ever know! *snicker*snicker* It does indeed tell the story of our wedding, as it happened, and it is a thing of beauty. I thoroughly recommend that you hire Andree to shoot your wedding (or family gathering, or next huge party, or any event that you really want to remember). Her photographs are more amazing than I ever could have hoped. Andree is gracious, attentive, communicative, and super easy to work with. She's an amazing photographer with a great artistic eye. There aren't many keepsakes from your wedding. Years down the road you don't want to let a stale, sanitized set of photographs alter the way you remember the day. With Andree's work, we'll remember our day as it happened because it's all right there in the photographs - from the flowers and food to the toasts and performances to the captured expressions. For that, I cannot thank her enough!" show less