Loraine was an amazing person to work with, and I’m so glad my husband (!) and I chose Mojica Photography for our wedding. From the very first email to our ongoing conversations and ordering of prints, Loraine has always been professional, atte...ntive, and shown an interest in us personally. My husband and I now live in California, but chose to have our wedding back home in Kansas City. Loraine worked very hard with us and made the long-distant planning a breeze. We talked numerous times over Skype, I was on the phone with her about once a month bouncing ideas around, and she is very responsive and quick with email (which actually worked pretty well for us, both working and wrestling with a 2 hour time difference).
In terms of work quality, I believe Loraine’s gallery speaks for itself, but can’t stress enough how pleased we were with the final product. She was very attentive to the style and shots we liked. It was an evening, outdoor wedding and the sunset (“golden hour” as she calls it) pictures were something my husband and I really wanted. Loraine made this a key part of our schedule for the day so that we were guaranteed those pics we wanted, and we love the way they turned out. Also beforehand, she asked me to create a board on Pinterest to pin pictures with styles or poses I liked. This helped her know what was actually important to us, rather than just guessing (kind of like taking a picture to the salon before you get a big style change).
For those who don’t know—her assistant and secondhand is her husband, Joshua. The two of them make a phenomenal team and were always on the same page for our big day. This sped up the process a LOT and made the transitions and herding/placing of family and bridal party run very smoothly. Joshua had a second camera to capture “big” moments—for instance, for our first look they both had a camera so we now have my husband’s and my simultaneous expressions. I love that!
Finally—I consider myself to be pretty camera shy (especially when made the center of attention! not a great combo for a bride), and it was very important to me that I was comfortable with our photographer. We interviewed a handful of KC area photographers, and talked with a few who just made everything feel awkward and scripted. Loraine and Joshua are not this way at all. We were so comfortable around them and they made sure to get to know us as individuals before the big day. Per their suggestion, we actually met them for breakfast when back in Kansas several months prior to the wedding. By the time we got to the big day, the two of them felt more like friends than people we’d just hired for a day.
Bottomline—Loraine was great, and we would choose her again if we had to do the whole thing over. Maybe for family portraits one day…