Besides marrying each other, working with Pattengale Photography was the best decision my husband & I made on our wedding day. Although, there were certainly times where I thought "I can plan this wedding without my husband, but I can't plan it... without Tara!" I would highly recommend Pattengale Photography!
When my now-husband & I first sat down to start wedding planning, we both wrote “photography” down as a top priority. At the time, we thought that meant just “pretty pictures.” Tara & Stephen gave us SO much more than that.
We ended up connecting with Tara when she was in California for a conference (side note: she's a #BOSSBABE and seriously so inspiring). Tara instantly made us feel so comfortable, which we didn’t realize would be so important to the “pretty pictures” we had initially written down. There was also so much we didn’t think about that she did, such as when high tide would be & how we were going to do outfit changes - ya know, important things for engagement photos ON THE BEACH. We thought we would be okay, but when the waves came in higher than expected, Tara helped us make lemonade out of lemons! Tara quickly changed up her initial ideas after doing SO much research on the location (I’m telling ya, she’s a boss babe!), & her natural talent, artistry, quick thinking, & professionalism show in our amazing engagement photos of us playing in the waves that we didn’t think would be so high. Throughout the whole evening, my husband & I laughed, played, & felt so in love, & we are able to cherish that evening forever because we have gorgeous photos that captured those moments & memories perfectly!
When it came time to decide our wedding photographer, there was no question - it would be Tara & Stephen. Now, I am even MORE thankful that we had Tara & Stephen on our team because we had to cancel & replan our wedding due to the COVID-19 pandemic. From the beginning of the pandemic, Tara & Stephen communicated with us consistently about what they were doing, including staying up-to-date on safety regulations, to make sure they could still photograph our wedding in the safest way possible, which helped me feel more at ease & helped answer questions I didn't even know I had yet (they are ON it!). When my husband & I decided to change our 100+ wedding to 9 people & at a new location, Tara was incredibly supportive & helpful - not only as our photographer but also as our friend! With her artistic eye & wedding industry expertise, she helped me to replan a whole new day with a new timeline & all those little details that I didn’t think about but she knows make the day so special!
While it wasn’t the wedding we had originally planned, it was more than we had expected our wedding to feel like & so much of that was Tara & Stephen! We just received our wedding gallery today, and - OH MY GOD - we definitely got the gorgeous photos we had written down on day one of planning. We only got those photos, though, because of everything that Tara & Stephen did off-camera & behind-the-camera to help us have authentic moments of love & joy on our wedding day (like having the "romantics" on the beach during sunset?! That was all Tara!), which were captured so beautifully because of the natural talent & artistry of Tara & Stephen. Plus, they are just GENUINELY amazing people who have so much love for each other that it’s contagious. Who doesn’t want to be surrounded by that much love on their wedding day?!