Full Spectrum Photography represented a power injection of wedding chill.
In a day that was hectic with the competing stressors of friends, family, intermittent nausea, and last-minute wedding details, David and the Full Spectrum team were con...sistently positive, and smoothly handled transitions from one part of the day to the next. The shooters certainly looked the part, with David wowing the single ladies with his hipster cut and plaid shirt, and second shooter Jayrol looking smart in black.
Couple and group shots rolled by efficiently, and extensive pre-wedding planning allowed us to return to our reception with time to spare. Certainly appreciated that poses felt natural, which allowed us to feel relaxed through the entire evening - definitely didn't feel photoed out. Ultimately, the beautiful wedding photos and album served as proof of their artistic eye, as even the customary table shots with grinning guests interrupted from their dinners turned out nice enough to print as gifts.
Full Spectrum worked well with the venue as well as our DJ, which allowed a professional and seamless documentation of events; this is in contrast with our separately contracted bargain videographer who in comparison seemed a step behind and often felt intrusive on our ability to enjoy events as they came. Guess you get what you pay for.
We originally picked Full Spectrum via their web portfolio, which featured clean photos with vivid and dynamic colors (as opposed to a washed out "vintage" aesthetic that we didn't like, but not quite Bollywood in saturation), as well as a minimum of photographic games that we knew we didn't want (including excessive lens effects and intrusive foreground elements). Should have known we'd made a good choice from the beginning when David and Christina went out of their way to schedule Skype calls with us on East Coast time and were willing to substitute an attended photo booth for the advertised engagement shoot (we'd never be able to make it to California to do it). Ultimately, full-quality digital images were available a month after the wedding, and Christina shipped our handsome (and quite heavy) album in two.
If it matters to you, both photographers shot Canon programs, David on a 5Dmk4, and Jayrol with a 5Dmk3. Both tended to shoot large aperture shots with creamy depths-of-field in our posed and live photos. Incidentally, going with Full Spectrum's photobooth (as opposed to a DJ's) was a great call, as the "booth" actually represented a mini-studio shooting a laptop-automated Canon 7D, which allowed high-quality, non-trivial photos that we actually included in our wedding album.