Jeannine Marie Photography

Communication before the wedding is everything. I help set up time lines and make suggestions. Knowing what a couple’s priorities are for their wedding, timelines, people and venues. I am flexible and always willing to adapt come the wedding day. Here is a generalization of my approach: Beginning: Arrive early, take a walk around the venue for new inspirations I may have missed before. Unload and double check equipment. Find the couple, introduce myself to the wedding party and family discuss the start times. Photograph getting ready details, hugs, oohs and aahs for about 30-60 minutes. If a first look is occurring, I set up the location, run through the scenario and allow it to happen unobtrusively. Go into wedding party portraits, in which we discussed ahead of the wedding who/how/where this is happening. Family portraits are generally right before the ceremony. Thirty minutes prior to the ceremony we hide you away from guests, get a drink, bathroom and breathe. This time allows me to freshen batteries and get the ceremony plan down. Ceremony: Discretely capture emotion, details and ceremony ambiance. I do not want guests to see me as a distraction or take away from the ceremony. The rest of the evening is fairly candid unless you decide to do all the family and wedding party portraits after the ceremony. Sunset. This time is beautiful for light and much different than earlier in the day. I ask for at least ten minutes with the couple to do creative portraits outside the venue. This is a nice quiet time to slow down the night now that the stress of the ceremony is over and the party has started. Dance: Depending on what is important to the couple I will usually photograph about thirty minutes after the first dances. Sometimes couples want the bouquet and garter toss photographed. I will then work with the DJ to coordinate the time.

Yes, backups for my backups. I've actually dropped a lens down trolley steps at a wedding. (Clumsy human I am!) I just picked it up without a panic and no one needs to know. (accept the videographer whose jaw dropped) If needed, I grab a back up from my bag. This is also why I shoot with two cameras throughout the wedding. My equipment malfunctions or accidents are not any concern of my couples. I am prepared for these things to happen and carry insurance as well as a membership to Canon Repair Services.

There is a time for both. I work off a shot list with family and wedding party names. I work hard to get to know most everyone’s name in the wedding party and family. This allows me to move through portraits more quickly and provides a way better experience for families. I am able to get more genuine expressions compared to just looking at a stranger with a camera. Candids are how I capture all the key moments throughout the day. For example, you walking down the aisle, your dad giving you away, the ring exchange, the programs, the flowers, shoes, grand march, toasts, dancing ….. basically all the parts and pieces that make the day come together.

The final gallery is posted within 4 weeks of the wedding. Would you like them sooner? For a rush charge of $500, I can do a one week delivery for your online gallery.

Yes! Engagement sessions can be booked with or without wedding packages. I also photograph boudoir, trash the dress, & more!