Being photographers ourselves, our wedding photographer was a very important decision for us. We traveled from Michigan to get married in Orlando, so shopping online was our only option. With our expensive taste, we were striking out trying t...o find an affordable photographer that did quality work. That is, until we stumbled across Stan & Charlene's website. The galleries on their website looked amazing and the pricing seemed too good to be true. After exchanging a few emails talking shop and getting details, we went ahead and booked them.
The husband and wife photography team that is Stan & Charlene arrived early and went right to work on our wedding day. My bride was extremely anxious that morning but they took it in stride while getting a good amount of photos of not only her, but her family and friends. Giving her a break every now and then really helped keep her calm. They made it easy to smile naturally and stay comfortable throughout the hundreds of photos they were about to take.
During the ceremony, we couldn't even tell they were there. They captured not only photos of the wedding party, but some touching photos of our guests as well. All while not disrupting our ceremony.
Charlene picked out a great location right near our ceremony site to take formal photos after the ceremony, so we weren't away from our guests for too long before dinner. We could tell this wasnât their first rodeo, based on how many different poses and areas they took us to here. Charlene even took a dip in the lake just to get the right angle for one of the shots. It was apparently prom night in Winter Park, as this park was flooded with younger kids in fancy clothes. You wouldn't be able to tell the park was crowded based on our photos though. At one point, they even cleared an entire area (upsetting some parent-photographers in the process) just to get us some nice shots in a high traffic area. They really pulled out all the stops to make sure we got the best photos possible.
The package we booked with them also included a 'first-born' photo shoot, but we weren't sure if we'd be back in the area anytime soon. They gave us a handful of other options on what we could do with this bonus shoot and we ended up meeting up at a local park to shoot some nice candid photos of us newly-weds. Though this shoot was much more casual, we could still see their creative gears turning while getting some unique shots of us.
There was a two month waiting period (typical for a wedding) before we received our photos back from them. Though we were very impressed/grateful that they broke protocol to deliver us a few photos early at our request for a fatherâs day gift. The package we paid for guaranteed us 700 proofs of our special day. Even though our ceremony was small and didn't have a large amount of guests, they delivered nearly twice that. Whatâs more, every single photo had us in awe. We are beyond happy with how our photos turned out, and would recommend them to anyone getting married in the area. On top of that, the value we got was amazing. Being in this business ourselves, we could see S&S nearly doubling their prices and still keeping steady business. Their work is easily as good if not better than some of the higher priced options in the area.
Planning a wedding is a tedious and stressful process. This is one of your easy decisions. Book S&S with confidence and scratch this task off your list.