We had four and half months to plan the wedding. I turned to online reviews and poured through them while searching for a photographer. Duane’s reviews were the best and top notch. His style of photography was what we were looking for and his p...rices were in line with what we wanted to spend (more on that latter).
I exchanged a few emails with Duane and then we had a phone conversation. He is very professional and knows his business inside and out. He took his time with me and explained what he does and how it works and answered all my questions. After deciding to go with him he wanted to speak to my wife in order to understand her needs and expectations for the wedding photos. Since we got married at the end of December, and were having an outdoor ceremony, there was not a lot of sun light. Duane explained how pictures in the dark will all have the same background, black, and recommended we do a first look in order to have more life to our pictures. I was not keen on the idea because I didn’t want to see my wife before the ceremony, but I am so glad we listened and trusted him as we have a variety of backdrops to our pictures with great lighting and they turned out awesome! The first look was very memorable as well because it was just me and wife and we were able to have a moment together to see each other all done up and that moment was captured together, face to face.
Dune is very personable and professional. We did not meet before the wedding and met the day of. My wife was 100% comfortable with him in the room as her and the bridal party and moms got ready and dressed. He was very respectful and captured some great moments. He made time to get pictures of me getting ready as well. He has a great eye for photos and was always looking around for the right angle, backdrop and light. This is not his first rodeo and it shows. He understands timing and importance of pictures with specific people. I got my groomsmen and fathers fun socks that show their personalities and forgot to ask for that picture when we were all together. I mentioned it to Duane one and one at the reception and he asked if I wanted to get everyone together. I felt it was too late and dinner was going on and then it was going to be dancing so oh well, missed the opportunity. Twice later he asked me as he knew it was important to me and I said no, it’s ok. He must have mentioned it to my brother because he had rounded everyone up, got me from the dance floor and we got the picture! I am so stoked we did as it was an important and fun detail to capture. Duane is very kind and thoughtful and went above and beyond to do that for me, and it really means a lot to me.
As I said earlier his pricing was in line with what we wanted to spend. But, let me tell you, the value we received was over and beyond. The pictures are fantastic; it is so much fun reliving the experience of the day and night. We put so much time, effort and energy into the wedding; it is really nice to be able to look at photos that captured the essence of the day. Also, we get fabulous artistic photos that we can blow up and print and put in our home. Duane is kind, respectful, personable, professional, knowledgeable, creative and extremely good at what he does. In closing, hire Duane, you won’t be disappointed.