Endorsing Bart:
Smartest thing we ever did was hire Bart for our daughter's in-town wedding party at the Highland Park Art Center because the pictures turned out great. First, our daughter, who's quite camera shy, seemed to relax with his unde...rstated manner, and somehow Bart made her very comfortable. What a coup that in itself was. Plus he was so easy to be with for the entire time.
The pictures turned out gorgeous, and really caught the flavor of our affair. We were so wonderfully surprised with so many candid pictures that we had no idea they were even being taken, and really captured the moment, either fun or sentimental. There were so many to choose from.
The pictures of the Bride and Groom alone together turned out to be show-stoppers. Bart didn't have them just stand together and look at the camera. They were soft, and romantic, so good that they became our collage thank you card.
And we'll always treasure the albums he designed. The larger album for the wedding couple and just one size down for we parents. And the parent albums are a little different from the main album.. He allowed us to change some pictures so we got to put more of our own family and friends in, a perfect chronology highlighting the entire day. Pages arranged so artfully that we marvel at Bart's many talents.
Recently, my children arranged an entire weekend of dinners and activities for my husband's big birthday celebration, inviting extended family members who would be coming in from out of town for the celebration party. Who knows when we'd all be together again, so we wanted a family portrait taken and of course, called Bart. He coached us on what and what not to wear and advised we do an outdoor picture. And I don't know how he arranged us so well but it's exactly what we wanted it to be. Then he broke us down into individual families and couples and kids. Everyone is so pleased and delighted that we did this. I can't strongly recommend how important it is for us today and for future generations to have these family pictures.
And now that I've had the wonderful news that I'm going to be a first time grandmom, Bart will certainly be called for the preggy-pictures and soon after, the official baby's portrait. He has truly become our family photographer.