After emailing around 40 photographers, we finally found the
ones for us and we've signed the contract! Man was that a struggle! I was
really looking for quality but the cost was extremely important so it took
forever to find the right people. I had an initial list of about 20 people or
so…as I emailed, I found that people were either booked or way too
expensive and they would send me other
suggestions, about 3, so the list ended up growing and growing.
I was beginning to panic. People were looking at me like I
was crazy when I said I didn’t have a photographer or caterer yet. I mean,
really? It’s over 6 months away! But apparently I needed to land those two
items first thing as well as the venue. So note to readers who are planning a
wedding. Plan your caterer and photographer as early as you can!
We ended up with the perfect photographers. A lovely couple
that owns Fox and Owl Studios in Waynesville, NC named Andrew and Shannon
Horton. They love adventures and coffee
and fires and critters. Andrew
and I did a Skype chat with them to see if we were a good fit and we talked for
over an hour about absolutely nothing. It was fantastic! The following week I
went up to Asheville to visit family and do wedding shenanigans. On that Saturday, mom and I had lunch with Andrew and Shannon at Papas and Beer and she loved them!
Especially after Andrew gave her a kiss when he hugged her goodbye. He won her
over right then and there. “Ohhhhhh I got a kiss!” She’s such a goob.
The package we chose includes 8 hours of shooting on the day and an engagement session for free. Pretty sweet deal! So we’ve signed the contract and paid our down-payment. Good to go! They are so fantastic. I told them I loved their eerie photos…most
people probably wouldn’t understand that but Shannon got me ;) I want photos
that are art, not posey photos. I want something that I can hang in my house
and people will think “what a gorgeous photo” and then say “oh wait, is that
you and Andrew?!”…I want art first, wedding photos second. And with this couple, that’s what I’ll get.
Perfection.
