About this vendor
Extreme Photo is a wedding photography company based in West Des Moines, IA. The company’s owner, William McVicker aims to provide a professional service to fit a variety of budgets. Whether it is a casual, intimate wedding or a larger celebration, this photographer has the knowledge and expertise to capture life’s most momentous events.
With over three decades in the photography industry, William has had the opportunity to provide photographs for countless weddings. His background also includes senior portrait sessions and modeling photography. Beyond this valuable hands-on experience, he has earned a degree in photography from the University of Northern Iowa.
Extreme Photo is more than just a name. William aims to show off the playful side of couples and their wedding parties by adding a bit of humor to the day. However, it’s not all fun and games. This photographer is dedicated to conveying your personal style and emotion in all of your photographs. He will display his contemporary, photojournalistic style in a variety of portraits and candid shots meant to preserve your treasured memories.
This photographer’s goal is to make his services attainable at any budget. For this reason, he offers wedding packages with flexible options. Your fully-edited photographs will arrive in 4x6 prints and digital files. You may receive a wedding album as well as an 11x14 enlargement of your choice. This photographer believes that everyone should have beautiful reminders of their special day and strives to offer options that will accommodate a range of budgets.
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Photo Shoot Types
- Boudoir
- Bridal Portraits
- Engagement
- Trash The Dress
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Photo
- Printed Enlargements
- Printed Proofs
- Wedding Albums
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Classic
- Documentary
- Dramatic
- Lifestyle
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
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Extreme Photography was absolutely wonderful. Bill was professional, had a great eye for shots both for our engagement and wedding photos. We did not have to wait long to receive our photos back which was great and less wondering of how the photos turned out. He had a Great wedding package with items we received free. Would recommend Bill to anyone looking for a photographer.
William is a truly incredible wedding photographer. He recently shot our wedding weekend, from set-up, to getting ready, to the big day and some extra shots the day after. William was attentive, understood our vision, provided a plethora of shots that were candid (the bride getting out of the car, the wedding family laughing and talking, etc), was sure to get an equal amount of photos for both the bride's and the groom's families, and was also thoughtful and communicated with us on better poses and movements to make during the shoots. William took over 600 photos giving us not only many photos to choose from but also providing us with physical copies, an album, and one enlarged 11 x 14 photo. Most importantly, William was kind, personable, funny, and truly listened to our vision as a couple, allowing us to take photos in multiple different locations across the city--without complaining once. He was a genuinely kind person to know and work with! I'd highly recommend him for anyone interested in getting high quality service and memories to last a lifetime. --Taylin and Vincent
After paying $1100+ and being advised that over 400 pictures were taken I was so excited to see them! Unfortunately when I did I was extremely disappointed. Out of 370 pictures a good 150 were duplicates. We have 11 of some of the same pictures. The quality, resolution and lighting for majority of our pictures is terrible! Very dark, blurry faces, eyes closed, our colors not standing out at all and our colors were champagne, burgundy and blush. So it wasn't due to dull colors. Everything was so beautiful, but you wouldn't tell that by any of our pictures, due to the lighting and resolution being so bad. The pictures of our groomsmen are so discolored and out of focus that my husband's face looks like a totally different person in some of them and like a white blob in others. He got 1 picture of my uncles walking me down the aisle and my face is blurry and neither of my uncles were looking at the camera. The pictures from our reception are the most disappointing. They do not look like they were taken by a professional. They are very dark, faces are blurry, eyes are closed. There were several pictures taken of absolutely nothing just random stuff.....like our wedding coordinator standing in the doorway starring at the ground. Pictures of me and/or my fiance and I that other people were taking. No pics of our decor, except of a couple extremely close up pics of our centerpieces, which didn't even show the whole centerpiece. Pictures of our champagne classes that included that cup of water that was sitting there. All pics of the head table are blurry/low resolution. No pictures were taken with family. We had a candy bar and only 1 picture was taken from the side. Same as our cupcake table. So you can't really see anything. We have no pictures of our wedding party entering the reception, due to him locating himself on the wrong side of the room. So all we see are their sides or back. There's only 1 picture of my husband and I entering the reception, which is in black & white (no color copy available). I had to do all of the editing for my pictures, though I paid to have that done. There's only 2 pictures of the groomsmen getting ready and only a few of my bridal party. The bottom of my dress was cutoff in several pictures. No pictures were taken of the shoes that I wore for my ceremony or reception, which were custom made and I had requested pictures of. The only picture taken of our rings was very dark and in very poor lighting. There were a few pictures that turned out great, but majority of the pictures do not look like they were taken by a professional and are not what you would expect from a professional wedding photographer, especially when paying $1100+ for photography services. It was a very disappointing experience for such an important event.
We just got our wedding photos back and love them! Bill was great to work with and made us feel very comfortable. I would recommend him to anyone getting married.
My husband and I were looking for photographers within our budget which was really hard to find. I found Bill through the Knot website and it was the best choice we ever made. We thought we were going to have to give up professional looking photos to get the price we wanted, but Bill gave that to us and then some! He was so easy to get along with and very helpful. He did our engagement photos in under an hour! We got over 300 photos digital copies and physical 4x6s for the album he gave to us! We had a blast with in on wedding day and he was very easy going and took a lot of stress off our shoulders. The pictures couldn't have turned out more perfect and we paid a total of $1,290 for them all. Highly recommend if you are looking for an amazing photographer while still staying within a tight budget.
Great pricing, great service and really nice guy. William has a great eye for capturing really beautiful photos and works with your schedule. We had both our engagement photos and wedding photos done by him, and they turned out great! He was able to travel for us, and took a large amount of high quality photos at our wedding! He finished up our photos quickly, and was great at helping us get what we wanted.
Thanks so much for everything!
He did an amazing job. Our photos are beautiful and will be cherished for the rest of our lives.
I am so in love with my wedding pictures. Bill did a wonderful job. Some of my favorites are the candids he took that really capture the emotion of the moment. I received over 300 photographs along with a beautiful album to put them in. I would absolutely recommend Extreme Photography to anyone!
Bill did our engagement and wedding photos. He was extremely professional and prompt on his services. He’s very personable and easy to work with. Highly recommended!
Bill was wonderful to work with! Communication was great and flexible with the schedule and unpredictable weather. We live in PA and got our photos in the mail a week after the wedding! We couldn't be more happy with how well they have turned out. I would highly recommend his services :)
Bill with Extreme Photography is such a professional and an easy person to work with! We loved our photos and how thorough he was making sure to get all of his shots. We had our photos back as soon as we were back from our honeymoon (less than 2 weeks after the wedding) and he even braved the Des Moines winter to get the outside pictures that I so desperately wanted without ever complaining! We purchased his biggest package and you just cannot beat his prices or his work ethic! I would highly recommend his services!
Bill was an excellent photographer for our wedding! He is very reasonably priced and does wonderful work. Our engagement and wedding pictures turned out amazing! I would definitely recommend him to future brides!
Bill (Extreme Photo) met all expectations as our photographer on our wedding day. Bill also did our engagement pictures which turned out wonderful. Bill really knew how to use the lighting and environment around us to produce a beautiful picture. Once we got closer to our wedding, he went out on his own time to find an outdoor location near our church to use the day of the wedding. The spot he found was perfect! As we look back at our pictures, we are delighted with all the moments he caught. There was a nice balance of candid and formal photographs. Finally, the cherry on top for working with Bill was how promptly he returned our pictures. We received a beautiful album along with over 300 4x6 pictures. Bill is a quality photographer at a reasonable price. We can’t wait to order more photos from Bill and use him for more photography needs.
Bill did a fabulous job photographing our wedding last October. We were blown away by how many great shots there were. Bill was always professional and easy to work with, and during the wedding, he did an amazing job of getting the good shots without being intrusive or in the way. We also ordered several custom-sized prints to fit specific frames we had, and he was meticulous in making sure the prints would fit correctly. We couldn't be happier with his service. It was everything we wanted at a fraction of the cost of most wedding photographers. Absolutely recommend.
Bill at Extreme Photo did a fantastic job with our wedding photography! Really beautiful engagement and wedding pictures with album, all included at a great price. Answered all our questions and gave us everything we asked for. Very reliable and professional. We will use him again next year for my maternity pics!
We have had Extreme Photo do family pictures as well as weddings in our family. We loved him so much we flew him to AZ to capture my wedding from the time i woke up until it was all over! Every picture turned out great!
I hope he will still be around to do my daughters wedding one day
Great photographer!!!! great pictures and person to work with
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1823 Vine St, West Des Moines, IA | Des Moines area++
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