Patrick Pope Photography

we received so many compliments on the guestbook. Patrick and Carol worked the entire day of the wedding and were snapping pictures the whole time. It was a pleasure to work with them.

irst few wedding pictures and we can't wait to see the rest.

into that meeting, nor into the blogs or email blasts about the quality of photos I would receive. Before hiring Patrick Pope Photography, I should have been sure that the version of our story we wanted told followed the exact same story told in all the other weddings posted on his website. Even being clear that our personal story had some variation and paying a substantial amount of money for it, we got the version of our story that the photographer wanted to tell, over what we had emphasized was our story. We didn't get to choose what photos we wanted to process or keep; we didn't even get to see all of them. We didn't get to see 400 of them, just the 800 the photographer selected to give us. Out of those 800 plus photos, two photographers and numerous email communications, we have four quality shots we asked for. Instead, we have eight awesome photos an empty church, but none of the groom and either of his parents, my dad and I before the ceremony, the groomsmen paired with the bridesmaids, etc. We have 20 okay shots of people outside the church after the wedding - like a closeup of my nephew picking his nose and another of my friend's son crying - but none of the bridal party recessing out or the receiving line (one of the reasons we hired additional photographer since we knew the difficulty in being two places at once.) In my emails, I stated that having a few family potraits were THE MOST important aspect of the wedding to me. I told him that my huband and I wanted those over individual posed pictures of ourselves. The photographer reassured my panic, telling me it would be okay. When the pictures we had asked for were taken and turned out poorly, the photographer told my husband that it wasn't his responsibility to make sure those shots we good. Even in the photos we like, members of the bridal party are clearly blocked. Luckily, we do have a few shots of us all visible. We don’t have a shot of a single one of each guest table as we had asked for. During the reception, when I inquired about those photos, the photographer told me they were finished with them. Instead, what I have is a shot overview from both doorways of the entire room – which is nice, except you can’t see past the first three tables. We stated we thought having the extra photographer would be helpful covering those prior to signing the contract, so we hired her for the reception as well. Instead of those, or pictures of my husband's parents, or our grandparents, etc, we got seven pictures of the cake by itself, five of our champagne flutes, four of the gift table, three of pie, etc. Again, we weren't aware we wouldn't get to select which photos were processed and finished. When I pointed out that I had emphasized people were our story, not objects, he told me that just because I emphasized something important, did not mean it would be shot, because the photographer is not contractually obligated. When I inquired why priority was given to photos we said we didn’t want and not the ones we did, his response indicated he had to think of how to promote himself for more business when shooting weddings. I became upset because I didn't understand how anyone would hire a photographer if said photographer wasn't going to make the photos the bride and groom wanted the number one priority.

ortant because it makes your smile more natural. When we returned from our honeymoon, he already had 6 pictures posted on his website for us. He really is overachieving and definitely not overpriced! (we saw some photographers asking for $6000 at the wedding shows). Highly recommend!

We immediately wanted Pope photography, not only was the price reasonable but the shots weren't cheesey 100% posed photos. Our wedding was a lot of fun, the wedding party and all of the guests kept commenting on how friendly, fun and professional the photographers were. We got a disk of photos in about 2 weeks and we were thrilled at how they turned out. We would definitely reccomend Patrick.

fun during the session. Patrick takes photos using a variety of different techniques and styles. It was very fun and relaxed. The best thing about Patrick was that he was willing to work within our budget and still give us a very good package. We even got the CD with all of our images formatted for print and email, along with the copyright release. On the wedding day, we didn't even notice he was there until after the ceremony! With my large family, I was worried about the photos taking a long time but Patrick made it very quick and painless. We even went to Forest Park afterward for some more casual shots. I would highly recommend Patrick to any one for any occasion. I'm sure we will be using him again in the future!