About this vendor
Award-winning Certified Professional Photographer/Master Photographer, Patty Hallman specializes in personalized wedding photography, blending classic and candid styles with a skilled creative eye.
Packages start at $2295 with discounts given for weekday, winter and military weddings.
SPRING SPECIAL! - $500 off any package booked by May 31, 2016. Good only for brides who mention they found me on TheKnot.com!
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Photo Shoot Types
- Bridal Portraits
- Day After Session
- Engagement
- Trash The Dress
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Online Proofing
- Photo
- Printed Enlargements
- Second Shooter Available
- Social Media Sharing
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Classic
- Documentary
- Dramatic
- Lifestyle
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Wedding
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Totally in love with our wedding pictures! We cannot stop looking at them! And every time is like to live that joy again again. Our Wedding Planner Rachel Hall @Eleventsandco was right: Patty is really the one to hire if you want to have precious and detailed MEMORIES of your wedding day. Her style, sweet and romantic and refined, is really the style we were looking for.
Thanks Patty! You perfectly understood our tastes and you did a fantastic job!
Patty Hallman made our photography experience very easy and enjoyable. She makes sure you feel confident about what to expect leading up to and during the wedding. At the wedding she was really flexible with the shots the bridal party and I wanted to do. She also had her own good ideas on how to pose and angles for variation. A second photographer was there to capture different perspective and more candid shots. She captures all the important parts of our wedding celebration, nothing was missed. We got tons of photos we will be able to use forever because we got a USB with all the pictures taken, I really liked that option. With other venders I noticed they only had photo packages available, which might limit your choices and number of pictures you could get. We got a good price with our discount for being in the military and having our wedding in the winter months. The package included engagement picture session, the pictures are a separate cost but if you buy the USB with all the pictures (comes with plenty!!) it is reasonable.
Overall she made the experience fun and stress free. The quality of the pictures are excellent and look very professional. You can tell she has had years of experience and I would recommend her to anyone looking for a photographer for their wedding.
Patty really went above and beyond to make sure my now husband and I were satisfied. We were really nervous going into our engagement shoot but she put us at ease so quickly; telling us exactly how to stand, where to put our hands, and how to smile. For my bridal portraits,I wasn't feeling too well so it took a little longer to get good shots. She never got annoyed or irritated. Patty was so sweet. When it started to pour down rain in the middle of my shoot she was such a trooper. She even offered to do another quick shoot for me closer to home since we didn't get all of the time we wanted at the location I'd chosen. At the wedding she was great! She had so many awesome pictures my husband and I have had a really hard time narrowing it down to just the few for the book. I would recommend Patty Hallman to anyone looking for a photographer!
Patty was able to capture every detail of our special day to where I couldn't be happier! Her well trained eye helped this very unphotogenic bride actually look great!! 110% recommended!
Absolutely amazing! Patty worked with us at the last minute when we suddenly realized, just a month before my June vow renewal, that I didn't have a photographer! (Crazy, right?) She was VERY accommodating to our small budget! We are so glad we found her, because now we have many amazing and fun pictures to look back on with our family and friends.
Patty photographed our wedding this July and captured the evening perfectly! She was so easy to work with and we got back our photos quickly. I would definitely work with her again!
After seeing the beautiful pictures Patty took of my best friend’s daughter wedding, we knew we had to have Patty for my son and daughter-in-law’s wedding. Patty did a fantastic job with both the wedding and engagement pictures. She is a true professional, with lots of creative ideas and a wonderful person to work with. She has a great eye for capturing the moment for lasting memories. I would highly recommend her and look forward to working with her again.
We are very happy with Patty. Both our engagement photos and wedding photos are wonderful! She captured all the beautiful moments in our wedding. We would not hesitate to recommend her to anyone else.
Patty is the best! I contacted what felt like every photographer in and around Columbia, and she had the best to offer. But on top of that, the quality of her pictures is perfection. It's what ultimately made me go with her. She is also super fun to work with!!
Patty Hallman of Hallman Photo is just simply one of the best photographers in the state of South Carolina. Everything Patty does is pure perfection. She give it her best from start to finish and amazing images. She is an International, National and State awarded photographer, multiple times over, but still has the sweetest disposition of any photographer I have ever met. She is truly a gem or a star. I fall in love with not only the images she has done for me, but I fall in love with images and love stories of people I don't even know. She is amazing!
Patty took the photos for my best friend's wedding and boudoir shoot. If you've been thinking about getting boudoir photos done, but you're nervous or self conscious GO TO PATTY! She made my bff feel so comfortable and she looked stunning in her photos. Her husband LOVES them. On W day she was extremely professional AND enjoyable. The images she captured are exactly the quality you'd expect from the award winning photographer that she is. I can't wait to have Patty photograph my wedding!
Choosing a wedding photographer is an important part of the process for sure. When we met Patty Hallman, we knew instantly she was a professional. However...this lady proved to be not only talented at her craft but supportive and very personal. From the extreme cold snap we had for the engagement shoot to the monsoon rains that disrupted the bridal portrait session Patty encouraged my daughter and produced some of the most amazing shots! She drove over two hours to a location for the portraits and never batted an eye about the weather. Hallman Photographry is hands down the best for that once in a lifetime moment.
We cannot say enough about our photographer. Patty and our pictures were both amazing. She is such a pleasure to work with, and has the ability to make everyone around her comfortable. Our pictures were here in a timely manner, and all of them turned out perfect.
Patty is absolutely amazing! She photographed my bridal portraits and wedding day and everything was completely perfect! She is a wonderful person and very easy to communicate with. She makes sure the lighting is perfect for every picture and captures all of the special moments. My pictures are simply flawless and we have received nothing but wonderful compliments on them! I enjoyed having her photograph my big day. Patty is a wonderful photographer!
We are very, very happy with how our engagement, (my) bridal, and wedding pictures turned out! We also bought a wedding album through Hallman photography and that came out awesome too! Our pictures were unique and special and really captured the happiness we felt on our day!
My husband and I had the hardest time choosing a photographer because we found it difficult to find the right balance between really outstanding photographs and price. As soon as we met Patty we were sold that she would be the right photographer for us. She was so open, friendly and helpful. We met to look at some of her previous work and to discuss packages and we booked her that day! She offers flexible packaging as well as location photo shoots. I enjoyed working with her for my bridal portraits and our guests and family are still talking about how wonderful she and her assistant were on the wedding day. We received our pictures back in less than a month and could not be happier with the result. I would definitely recommend Hallman Photography!
My husband and I were so happy with Patty from our very first meeting! she answered all our questions, showed us her previous work, went over her pricing, and what we would expect from her if we booked her services. Right from the beginning she gave us confidence in her abilities, and that continued to be prevalent throughout our experience with Patty. Her different packages she offers allowed me to choose exactly what I wanted, and of course I wanted it all! We got engagement pictures, bridal portraits, and of course the wedding which were all done so beautifully by Patty. She is very open to creating whatever " look" you want as well, I myself sent her several photographs I had pulled from the internet to show her what my vision was for the different sessions we did. My family was smitten with Patty, and felt that she handled herself at the wedding in such a professional and sweet tempered way, she is the talk of my family members to this day when we discuss the wedding. Patty is the photographer you want for your wedding! I couldn't imagine any other photographer, and we did have meetings with several others before we met Patty. I would recommend her to my friends, family and to strangers.
You won't regret hiring Patty Hallman Photography!!!
We really enjoyed working with Patty Hallman of Hallman Photography. My cousin used her last year for her wedding, so we knew what to expect and that we would receive quality service and product. She was very flexible with us as far as packages and add-ons, timing for bridal portraits, etc., and we love our pictures. Patty is very detail-oriented and really takes pride in her work, which is evident in the care and thought she puts into each shot, being sure to capture even the smallest details of our reception (which is great because the day really does fly by; looking at our pictures is the first time I even saw some of our food and flowers.) The hardest part about working with Patty was trying to narrow down which shots we wanted to include in our album - they were all so good! (You get all of the digital versions, but we had so many great shots, it was difficult to choose!)
Patty is so wonderful! She is flexible and easy to work with. She takes gorgeous photos and is very professional.I was very impressed with the quick turn around for engagement and wedding photos. I highly recommend her!
Patty is wonderful and so talented!! I got married in September; Patty did our engagement and wedding photos, and did boudoir photos that I gave to my husband on our wedding day (which he loves btw).
Patty is so easy to work with! She professional, super friendly, and her photography is outstanding! She knows exactly what to do and what you need! I am constantly getting compliments on our pictures, everyone who sees them mentions how wonderful our photographer was- really the quality of work is superb! She got all of the shots I wanted from our wedding, even though I called her the night before with the list of pictures I was hoping to get, and she even had all of the proofs to us in less than a month (I have heard horror stories of people not getting their wedding pictures for over 6 months)!
And when I did my boudoir shoot, which I was so nervous about, she made me feel so comfortable and worked some kind of serious magic hiding all the things I would never have wanted photographic proof of, and they turned out looking amazing (really I have no idea how she did that!).
And on top of everything, Patty's pricing is some of the best you'll find in our area! If you are looking for an excellent photographer, go with Hallman Photography!
Growing up, I always dreamed of my wedding day, who I would marry, where we would get married, what type of dress I would wear, simple things like that :) It's supposed to be everything you want it to be, but I never knew choosing a photographer would be such a big deal! The older I got, the more and more important pictures became to my mom and I. I wanted to be able to tell the story of our "BIG DAY!" Patty Hallman was a caring professional from the word go and an vital asset in making my dreams come true. I enjoyed our first meeting and couldn't wait to get started taking pictures right away. She made everything about the wedding seem real, in a way that felt amazing! I wanted my bridal portrait in Charleston, SC and she was able to get us onto a plantation (even while they were filming a movie!) Nothing was impossible with Patty. Our wedding day was perfect as well...our story was told through our pictures. I often look through our album and it takes me back to that special day. I know the whole experience wouldn't be as enjoyable without Patty! She's an awesome photographer and if you work with her, your dreams will come true!
I found Hallman Photography after my (now) husband and I got engaged, and from the moment we inquired about prices she was perfect. She responded quickly, she helped us decide on a location, and was always on time for when we met with each other. My husband and I loved her so much we just couldn't see ourselves using anyone else for our wedding, so we went back to Patty again and were not disappointed. She got all the shots I specially asked for, and was not afraid to try a shot even if we weren't sure how to make it work. She's very talented, a wonderful person, and without a doubt if I ever need a photographer again I'll be calling her first. If you're looking for a photographer that genuinely cares about you and won't rest until she's got the perfect picture, then you need to call Patty.
Patty is truely an amazing professional photographer. I have had the opurtunity to work with her on several weddings and she always captures beautiful images of the day. Her attention to detail and story telling of the wedding day truely shows her love for her craft as a professional photographer. Anyone who hires her will be in great hands.
Patty was an absolute asset to our wedding! I found Patty using TheKnot.com and contacted her via email initially. Since my to-be husband and I were located in GA and Patty is located in SC we made a plan to do our engagement photos with Patty in SC, after meeting with her about the details for our wedding. We pretty much planned this engagement photo session as a test run, as our wedding pictures were our highest priority for our wedding (after all it's the only thing you get to keep your whole life to vividly remember the day!). Our meeting went very well, Patty was personable, easy to talk with, and very accommodating to our wishes/desires. Then, our engagement shoot went even better. Patty picked the perfect location for us (as we weren't familiar with the area) and she took amazing photos that appeared candid. She directed us easily and gently and produced many many beautiful pictures. She was also flexible and was willing to take pictures of us with our suggestions for location or pose. She's so easy to work with, so professional, and so good that we decided immediately that this was who we wanted to take our wedding photos. On our big day she did not disappoint!! She traveled all the way to our wedding, and even surprised us by bringing a few extra photographers with her! She took hundreds of amazing pictures, and again, took our desires into consideration. I, and all my family, adore the moments she captured. When it came to producing our album I wanted to have a lot of input into the final product, and Patty let me. She used her creative talent, and my chronological desire, to create a gorgeous wedding album. I really don't know how to fully communicate what a wonderful job she did! From meeting us, working with us, offering us affordable and comprehensive photo packages, to taking engagement photos, wedding photos, and ultimately providing us with a beautiful wedding album, Patty was everything we could have hoped for. If we all lived closer I would use her services for every photography event through out my whole family's lives. I would highly recommend Patty to anyone and everyone who is searching for a professional, considerate, and extraordinary photographer!
I got married on June 8th 2013 and Patty was my photographer for my Bridal Portraits, Wedding, and our one year anniversary photos that we actually took last night! All of the pictures for each of my events have turned out wonderful. Patty is very talented and always catches the emotion in every photo. She is also very sweet, professional, and easy to work with. When I went through all of my wedding photos it was like reliving our wedding day again. She didn't miss a single detail from our wedding. My bridal portraits were just as amazing and I can't wait to see the results of our anniversary session. I would highly recommend Patty to everyone! I will continue to use her photography services for all of my future events. :)
Patty was so polite and professional to work with leading up to the wedding, during the wedding, and after the wedding. She was patient with my craziness and day of wedding was a calmness I needed. Patty is very creative in her work and is a true artist. She had good follow through too. I have continued to use her through pregnancy and infant pictures.
Patty is the best photographer I have ever worked with. She skillfully handled our engagement session and our wedding. Her ideas were wonderful, and she accomplished the impossible, which was getting my husband to smile in photos! Her experience means she can set up her shots quickly. If you look at her gallery, no two weddings are the same. She's always coming up with new takes on her photos. She makes everyone feel comfortable, and that alone is priceless. Her work is amazing. My friends and family love her work. Go with Patty and Hallman Photography, and check that off as one thing you will not have to stress over for your wedding.
We have had the amazing pleasure of working with Patty several times over the past year and I have to say....I can not wait to have the opportunity to work together again!!!
Patty's attention to detail and amazing eye lets her capture each and every element of your wedding while conveying beautiful emotion through photos.
I love her versatility in being able to travel from the more formal/traditional images to an amazing photojournalistic style during each event.
Patty's process behind the scenes is as efficient and professional as it is when she is behind the camera ~ her pricing is fair and competitive and her product is just truly amazing! We are thrilled to refer her to each and every client that comes our way.
Hallman Photography is worth the investment and you will be beyond thrilled having her capture your wedding day!
Patty did our engagement and wedding photos. She's so easy to work with, she's flexible, and listens to your suggestions while adding her professional opinions. Whenever I have friends or family looking for some great photos, Hallman Photography is my first and only suggestion!
Patty did a fabulous job with my bridal shoot and wedding photography! She did a great job of capturing every moment and ensuring I could have memories that lasted forever. I have gotten so many compliments on my pictures! She was a pleasure to work with, and very quick to respond to e-mails. Highly recommend!
Patty was a true joy to work and her skill is impeccable! She was the photographer for my engagament photos, my brial session and on my wedding day - and she blew me away with the finished product every time! I was a bride that planned every detail of my wedding... every detail. I would come to Patty with magazine clippings of the looks that I wanted to achieve in my engagement photos and bridal session and she was so welcoming of my vision! She had no problem traveling to sites or using props to acheive the looks that I desired. The finished products were right on point! Everyone raved about how beautiful my engagement and bridal portraits were!
The day of my wedding was no different! Patty captured sentimental moments throughout the day and I still shed tears as I look over my wedding photos. She captures a lot of spirit in her shots. I am so happy that we found Patty! She's the best. :)
It's been a year since I got married in South Carolina. Patty Hallman was a pleasure to work with. I felt comfortable with her presence and confident that she was capturing moments that made my day special.
Patty was extremely flexible with the days schedule. I had her traveling back and forth between 3 different locations to take pictures of everyone. I'm very grateful for her cooperation.
I was impressed with her ability to adapt to all the locations, a hotel, a plantation and a very small church. She gave direction when needed. In my case, I told her I wanted everyone's poses to be natural (opposed to critiquing every arm and leg movement) and she was very understanding.
Lastly, I think the pictures I love the most are the ones she planned out for us. After our first dance she asked my husband and I to come outside for a couple pictures. She said the sunlighting was perfect. She had us stand on a small white bridge surrounded by beautiful landscaping and directed us in some poses. When I finally saw the pictures I have to agree, the lighting, the spot, and the poses made amazing photos!
Patty is an amazing photographer! I have never seen myself look so amazing in a picture until now. Things that you could not even imagine were captured. It is so funny because I was worried that some items I wanted pictures of were not done but I was wrong! Everything I had ever imagine was captured in her photos!! She is a brilliant photographer! You can see her passion for photography in her work! She has already done family portraits for me and TRUST me we will book with her again!!
I just received my pictures from Hallman Photography and they are beautiful! The photographers did a great job with capturing everything in the moment. The reason why I gave them 4 stars instead of 5 is because the pictures with me and my husband under the umbrella, you could hardly tell there was actually an umbrella there because of the background. I just wish they would have picked another spot for those pictures to be taken.
Patty Hallman is AMAZING and our go-to photographer for all of my family's special moments.
Hallman Photography took pictures for my engagement session, my bridal session, my wedding, my sister's wedding, my sister's bridal session, AND our family portrait...which we gave to my mother for Mother's Day last year. And I will certainly give her a call when my husband and I have our first child! :-)
Her photos are nothing less than spectacular. I definitely recommend her to anyone who is looking for a wedding photographer.
When I say "hot" I mean it literally. Patty came to Nebraska in July to photograph my sister's cornfield wedding. The temps that day were in the upper 90's with all the humidity we've come to expect in Nebraska. But Patty and her assistant were there for it all. She began taking pictures as we were getting ready at my house, then came along to the family farm for more pre-wedding pictures. Next it was on to the ceremony where she got some awesome shots of not just the wedding party but also many of the guests. She even went on our wedding party hay-rack ride and got some great shots of our hometown along the way. She stayed late getting pictures during the reception and dance. The pictures she took just as the sun was setting were amazing. She does some really cool things as far as lighting and colors go. A couple days later the bride and a few of us bridesmaids had her take boudior photos (also in the cornfield). The pictures turned out great and we had a blast!! I wish I would have known about her when I got married three years ago. I definitely would have hired her!!!
I loved working with Patty, the pictures were great, she was kind and patient overall I would recommend her to everybody I know getting married !!!!
Patty was my photographer in my wedding in March 2012. We hired her for an extra long day- 12 hours, which double what she normal works. She was amazing the entire time! She kept everyone together and took so many photos. I had a very large bridal party as well and she did not leave any photo out. That is very hard with 11 bridesmaids and 11 groomsmen. She was very professional and very personal at the same time. Loved all the detail pictures as well as the family group photos. She has great ideas and listened to what I wanted as well. My bridal portrait was stunning! If you are looking for a photographer for your wedding, HIRE Patty! We will be using her for all photo sessions to come!
I planned my wedding in less than a year, and I was very worried that I would not find a really good photographer who was not already booked, but by some miracle Patty had my wedding date open! I saw her pictures on-line and thought they were beautiful, and she definitely did not disappoint when it came to my pictures. My engagement pictures were fun and creative, my bridal portraits had the fairy-tale look I had envisioned, and my wedding portraits captured all of the excitement and beauty of the day. If I had to do my wedding all over again, I would choose Patty again. I LOVE showing off all of my amazing pictures!
I loved having Patty be the photographer for our wedding! She took our engagement and wedding photos and we love them! She is incredibly professional, punctual and definitely gave us the best deal! She even stayed an extra half an hour than what we paid for so that she could get photos of our exit! She produces quality photos and is the most affordable out of any of the other photographers I found. I highly recommend her! She truely deserved the Best of Weddings 2012 award and should get the best of 2013!
I found Patty using TheKnot.com! I was excited that an award winning photographer was within 45 minutes of the small town that I was getting married in. The moment I visited her website I was SOLD! I absolutely loved the quality of her work. It was natural and that is exactly what I was looking for. She sealed the deal when I met her personally and reviewed her work. She was very sweet, experienced and confident in her abilities. I never once felt concerned or worried about what I was getting.
She became the highlight of my wedding because I knew that I would have GORGEOUS photos and memories to share. I see other people's photos and I have yet to see anyone's pictures as BEAUTIFUL as mine! I may be biased but the 100's of people that have said the same are not biased. If you are looking for a photographer that is reasonable in price for extremly high quality work, happily married (her husband helped shoot my wedding and I think it's important to surround yourself with good people that day) and genuine, she is the photographer for your occasion. I recommend her to everyone I know and she's my Facebook friend.
Patty is the sweetest woman and did an awesome job on my wedding. She got serval awesome shots of me in my wedding dress in the church and receptions. She gives awesome bridal potraits, but I had more options to choose from after the wedding. My photo albums is one of the best albums i every, I may be bias, but i loved that she a had numerous options. I chose the story book look. Awesome photographer definitely should use her. The assistant helped get lots of shots to choose from.
Patty Hallman of Hallman Photography is an amazing photographer. My sister and I both booked her for our weddings. I absolutely love my wedding album and everyone agrees that we were so lucky to have a such a great photographer to capture all of the memorable moments of our wedding. I highly recommend booking Hallman Photography for all of your special events!
Patty Hallman is a wonderful photographer and takes amazing photos! You can start with engagement pictures and get everything else you'd ever need. She takes amazing wedding photos, boudoir sessions, baby pictures and family portraits. She is a very talented lady!
Patty Hallman with Hallman Photography was a pleasure to work with for our engagement and wedding photos. She was professional, creative, kind and accommodating to our ever need and concern. She took the stress out of our day and captured those special moments we will never forget. She brings her professional skills to the job as well as listening to her your ideas. Her photos are absolutely beautiful and I could not be happier with them! All our family and friends have nothing but good things to say. She has a wide variety of packages to choose from and her price fit with our budget. When I saw Patty's work, I just new I had to hire her for our day! Patty is a talented and passionate about her work and I'm so glad we had the opportunity to work with her. She will capture all our families moments in the future! Highly recommended! Thanks Patty!
As I was having a location wedding in South Carolina, I needed someone who was willing to work on Thanksgiving!! Patty didn't even flinch as she drove about 2 hours to come photograph a morning wedding on a major holiday! Patty was so friendly and helpful and patient, it really helped put me at ease. In addition the photos she took were breathtaking, and she was so incredibly accommodating. I was so honored she happily gave up her morning and early afternoon so I could have the best and happiest memories.
Patty Hallman is an amazing photographer. We loved working with her both for our engagement photos and our wedding photos. She is excellent with making the most out of the time she has for a shoot and her pictures come out wonderfully. She's great about working with your ideas as well as using her own expertise - which really makes the experience great. We couldn't have hoped for a better photographer. Obviously we would highly recommend her!
Patty is an AMAZING photographer. Patty truly captured all the moments of our wedding. Not only is she extremely talented, she is also an amazing person who has a true heart for photography. Patty is so sweet and easy to work with and I had complete confidence in her! I will be sure to use her as our family grows and recommend her to all my friends!
Patty is a wonderful photographer! She is very knowledgeable, patient, kind and flexible. She is able to capture great images that you will cherish forever! I recommend Hallman photography for anyone having a wedding. Having an expert photographer like Patty helps to make your wedding day that much more enjoyable.
The wedding day goes by so fast that a great photographer is essential to capture all that seems like a blur. Patty has a great eye for catching great moments and I absolutely cherish my wedding album! I loved the photos so much that I went to her for maternity and our first family portraits with our bundle of joy. A+
Patty Hallman of Hallman Photography was absolutely wonderful! She is very professional! The first time I met Patty and saw her work, I knew that she was going to be my wedding photographer! The whole process was seamless! Patty captures the most memorable moments and her pictures will never be outdated! Patty's pictures were so amazing, I really didn't need to hire a videographer. That is how candid her shots were! She captured moments that I didn't even know took place! Patty will be our personal photographer for years to come! Hallman Photography was definitely a great investment for my engagement photos and wedding day photos! If you are looking for a photographer that is accomodating, professional, and very talented, then choose Hallman Photography! You won't be dissapointed! I wasn't!
Patty Hallman is a wonderful photographer. All of my pictures are absolutely amazing! She was helpful and patient with all of our guests and me!!! (the Bride!) My photos are better than I ever imagined and I would reccomend her to everyone!!! I will continue to have her take pictures of every special event in our lives! Thanks Patty!!!
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