About this vendor
Weddings are a very important event in anyone's life. I certainly recognize this and realize how fortunate I am to participate and be a part any wedding day.
Award winning, published and love being behind the camera., and enjoy every wedding I am hired to photograph.
Your wedding venue will require vendors to provide their own liability insurance, know that I have carried coverage for year that meets or exceeds the requirements of your ceremony location or reception venue. My crew and myself are all Vacinated with the Covid-19 Vaccine as well.
When you hire myself you not only get my artistic and technical skills, you get a nice, considerate guy who was brought up with manners and respect for others. I am also easy to work with and enjoy working in the photography/film/TV industry.
My packages include a second professional photographer to capture even more of these moments during the day, something I feel is important in order to tell your story. These photographers are hand picked by myself, and each one fits my style both with photography and the respect and attention I demand for my clients. I assure you the additional moments, angles and smiles will make your wedding day memories even better.
Another thing that sets me apart is that I include yor engagement photos in the packages, another thing that I feel is important and allows us to work together before the big day of the wedding. This is all from experience and wanting to offer value for my services. I am first to understand that for many of my clients, being in font of the camera can be somewhat awkward at times. I can walk you through it, talk to you, make you laugh, focus on each other, and before you know it you have taken some amazing photos that have catured your relationship as a couple for all to see.
When you contact me, we will go over your wedding vision and how I can capture this amazing day for you, go over your coverage needs, help with scheduling and offer any suggestions to help make the day the best it can be.
Release - I give you a release to print and share without limits for your photos (Engagement and Wedding). My photos are also not "Watermarked" with logos, I feel that this is something that is a distracion in any photograph where someone should be drawn to the subject.
I can also travel to your destination and not only photograph big day, but include travel memories of the area for you to help you remember the perfect place you have chosen for your wedding. Very fortunate to have traveled all over the USA and several locations over seas for weddings. My passport is always up to date and ready to go. Traveling the world has had a huge impact on my style of photography.
You are welcome to call me or email me with any questions at all, I look forward to hearing from you and learning about your plans for your wedding and how I can capture these moments for you,
Michael A. Gruich
Details
Photo Shoot Types
- Bridal Portraits
- Day After Session
- Engagement
- Trash The Dress
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Drone
- Photo
- Same-Day Edits
- Second Shooter Available
- Social Media Sharing
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Classic
- Documentary
- Dramatic
- Lifestyle
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
Awards and Affiliations
2021 'Best of Weddings'
Best of Weddings
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Mike was a pleasure to work with. Not only does he have a great attitude, but he has a unique eye for photos that are sure to impress. We enjoyed our day with him, and highly recom...
mend to anyone looking for a photographer that is down to earth, funny, and great at their job.
Michael did such an amazing job with our pictures for our engagement and wedding! We were very happy with how everything turned out!
Michael is an accomplished and talented photographer. His images literally look like they’re from movies, each one a beautiful love story. It’s easy to tell that he loves his prof...
ession and he deeply cares for others! He made me feel comfortable and supported on the wedding day. We were so delighted with the photos and you loved every aspect of working with him!
There’s nobody else I’d fly to California to shoot a wedding. Michael is super cool, fun, talented, trustworthy, and creative. He’s simply the best!
One of our favorite wedding vendors, Michael was absolutely amazing to work with! From our initial meeting to receiving the photos after our event, Michael made a great impression ...
and took some excellent photos. He had a very easy-going personality that makes working with him a pleasure, and he was very attentive to us whenever we had questions beforehand, the day of, and after in getting us our photos. I should also mention we did our engagement photos with Michael, and those were just as great. There was truly not a photo we didn't like, and we are incredibly happy to have so many beautiful moments captured on camera that we will get to cherish forever.
Micheal did absolutely amazing! He was able to capture exactly how happy we were! He was very calm and cooling going. Surpassed every expectation. When we first booked with him w...
e were concerned because his price was affordable, but looking at his photo galleries calmed our concern. The price to get married is ridiculous!!!! We think we hit the jackpot with Michael, we got WAY more quality, amazing, beautiful and a wonderful experience than what we paid for! The bride was about 45 min late, but Micheal was ready to go and took that time to take photos of the set up and decorations which we loved because everything happened so fast we didn’t get to see them until we got the photos. He never rushed us!!!!!!!!! He picked spots for photos that were breath taking. We picked him because of his use of light and artistic touches he does to photos. The bride was slightly psychotic about the engagement photos (never wear a flimsy cotton shirt if you have curves) everyone has things they nit pick, he offered to go above and even WAY beyond to make her happy! He offered to do another session, WHO DOES THAT?!? In reality there were only 1 or 2 photos that weren’t flattering (out of 188 photos that’s really good) His pictures are great ! He never made us feel pressured or bad about anything. The bride and mothers had specific crazy demands and Michael took those in stride and even kept a smile as many of them would make a normal person roll their eyes! We did 4 separate big family photos and ALL shots were winners! When we got our wedding photos we were elated about how many he took we had soooooo many to choose from, and they were ALL quality amazing shots. Words cannot describe the moments that he captured we will treasure all of these photos for the rest of our lives . Truly amazing quality from a great person! Surpassed expectations!
Michael did a phenomenal job at our wedding. His work is superb, and stands up all its own, but his tact, energy, kindness and general subtleties are what make him a 5 star talent...
. He was excited for us, helped leaded through our day without being demanding or intrusive, and treated every member of our party and wedding with respect. I could not imagine having had anyone shoot our engagement pictures or wedding. If you get the chance to work with Michael, you will not want to pass it up!
Lovely photos and very easy to work with! He captured exactly what we wanted.
Michael is amazing. Showed up early, was loved by everyone who interacted with him, and most importantly he took amazing photos.
Michael is hands down, the best photograhper you ...
can hire.
I wish I could share our entire wedding album for everyone to see just how awesome Michael is! First of all, Mike was very quick to answer any question that I sent. He set up a Pin...
terest board so I could show him the different types of poses we were thinking about-I thought that was a really nice touch. We didn’t do a first look, so Mike had to work hard to get pictures in before and after the ceremony. We had a very large bridal party (8 bridesmaids, 8 groomsmen) and Mike was able to keep everyone calm and direct us where we needed to go next for photos.
What I loved most about our pictures is how Mike was able to capture everything so naturally. All the images look so pure and he was able to use lighting both inside and outside to take the best photos.
Our wedding was 2 years ago now, but I still look at our pictures often.
Thank you, Mike! We are forever grateful that you agreed to be our wedding photographer!
Michael is a fantastic photographer with a lot of creativity and vision when it comes to his photos. He will listen to your ideas, and suggest ideas of his own, and your big day w...
ill have some of the best moments captured that anyone could ask for. His professionalism is dotted with humor and wit, and always respect for his clients. I would highly recommend him for any project!
Michael did an amazing job capturing our memories on our wedding day! I was told by many that our engagement pictures were the best they had seen by far and my family and I were mo...
re than happy with the photos we received from our wedding- both candid and posed! Highly recommend.
We hired him for our wedding, and he did an amazing job definitely recommend him. We were not wanting someone who does what they want and that’s it and with Michael A. Gruich you g...
et exactly what you want and how you want it we love the photos he took he really made the day a day to remember with the awesome photos taken!!!!! Great guy as well very fun to deal with and with a great attitude and sense of humor.
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302 N. Linden, Des Moines, IA | Central Iowa and beyond
Michael A. Gruich Photography