Our wedding photos are amazing! We challenged Rich with every lighting scenario in the book: Indoors, outdoors during the day in both the sun and shade, outdoors at night with just a few string lights to light the reception, and middle-of-the...-day, flat light with the sun directly on top of us - anything we threw at him, he made it work! We cannot be happier with the results!
It's so true that the day goes by so fast and you won't remember a thing. We are really seeing our wedding for the first time through Rich's photos (looks like it was a fun wedding!). It's really amazing how he was able to capture the same moments from different perspectives, somehow getting the best mans speech, and our reactions 100 feet away, or our vows and our parents reactions in the other direction. We don't know how he did it!
One of the things that really stuck our with us is how honest and upfront Rich was, *leading up to the wedding*, about some of the difficulties we might face with the timing of the day (with really harsh light) and the timeline of how we wanted the day to go.
After seeing our initial timeline, he noted that we seem to be rushing some things (which was true), and probably wouldn't end up on schedule, and he didn't want our photos to be lost in the mix. He worked directly with our wedding planner to make it work so we had ample time to take the photos we wanted.
When we expressed our desire to take the cliche couple in front of the windmills photo out in Palm Springs, he explained to us how the lighting at that time of day was not great lighting, and warned us, *days prior*, that the result might not be what we expect. In the end, the photos turned out perfect (because he's a great photographer!), but the fact that we had these warnings, and he was honest about these things before the wedding day itself, was amazing. We would have been devastated if he said nothing, and a month later when we saw the photos none of those turned out. Being honest with us and us being prepared for it does wonders, especially when there are 1000 other moving parts on your wedding day. He really puts you at ease that he knows what' he's doing, and he's there for you.
Another thing that really stuck out to us was how Rich didn't stick out at all during the day. It was as if he was just part of the group. He is nice, funny, and just a pleasure to be around. He just hung out with us, and found the moments to capture naturally, never creating a pause or a staged moment.
We can't recommend Rich and Clarkie Photography enough!!! You will not be disappointed!