We’ve been working with Tina for a little over a year now. I’ve enjoyed working with her from the first time we met. It started when I was interviewing several local photographers in anticipation of our upcoming engagement and wedding. Most pho...tographers seem to showcase their best work with their most attractive clients on their websites. Since my husband and I are your average looking, slightly overweight couple, I was more interested in seeing examples of other “normal” looking folks. I was surprised by how the other photographers were reluctant to show me examples of their less-than-model-type couples. Tina was the only photographer willing to run through some of her photoshoots with average, everyday people.
When looking through her examples, I was immediately struck by how she could capture the moment, the personalities, and the best angles of her subjects. She talked to me about some of her strategies in capturing the best sides of people and creating picturesque scenes, but you could also tell from the pictures that she simply has a great talent for taking beautiful pictures.
We booked our engagement photo shoot with her as a sort of test run. Without going into too much detail, we absolutely loved the results. My husband hates taking pictures and is super awkward behind the camera. In our 3 years together, I probably have a total of 10 pictures with both of us in it. I told Tina that if we could get at least 3-5 amazing pictures out of the photo shoot, then I’d be extremely grateful. Not only did Tina deliver 3-5 amazing photos, but we had close to 200 images to choose from. It was hard narrowing it down to my favorite 10! Not only that, but she actually captured my husband smiling naturally! Dimples and all. If you could only understand how amazing that is! Not many people get to see that smile, but to have it captured in a picture that I can frame and keep forever, means so much to me.
After our engagement session, all my fears and worries were relieved about the wedding. I kept telling folks that based on how not-photogenic my husband was, the most important thing to me was finding a good photographer. I knew that we’d be good to go in Tina’s capable hands! At the end of the day, our pictures from the wedding day were amazing. We ordered a photo album and had a very hard time narrowing it down to our favorite 100 pictures. Actually, I think we sent her our top 130, because we just couldn’t cut any of the others. We had great pictures of everyone getting ready, the wedding, the reception, dances, and toasts. But most of all, we had pictures of people having fun, chatting with each other, smiling and laughing naturally. That’s exactly what we were looking for! Our wedding album isn’t full of tired smiles and stiff posed pictures. Instead, Tina captured the day for what it truly was – an amazing, fun, happy time. Thank you Tina for everything!