Friday, April 20, 2012

Pictures Worth Thousands of Words

Or at least I hope they will be!  Bet you can't guess what we did...or you totally can.  I totally got antsy and started searching for our photographer way, way early.  I was worried all the best ones would be taken!  But they definitely were not, and I'm happy to tell you we booked our photographer!  It's actually a bit premature to say that, since the contract and check are in my bag, waiting for our next trip to the post office (yes, living overseas for military is a bit like old-school small town living, where everyone has to go to the post office to send and receive mail).  But, since our photog only shoots a certain number of events a year and had said he was willing to do ours even though he's already booked that magic number, I think it's fairly safe to announce it.  Meet Steve:
http://stevebowmanphotography.com/


Seriously...any guy that dresses up like Spiderman on his own website wins my photo-lovin heart!  Plus, he's British and hilarious and takes wonderful pictures and thinks that jacking up his prices for weddings is a rip off.  Go read his philosophy on it, it's brilliant!  Especially the part about wedding packages with names are dumb, which is true...although I did talk to a really sweet photog who had named wedding packages...it's just that Steve's humor won us over.  I initially won him over by telling him we live in Japan and like people who don't talk like us.  I was totally sold when he e-mailed me the day after I lost my ring, telling me that if all his equipment failed, he would take pictures on his iPhone with Instagram and that would be "pretty boss."
Check out this vimeo video of a reception he recently shot.

He's the right mix of traditional (for Beau) and artsy (for me), and he picks awesome music!  It's a perfect match.

Which of your photographer's traits (other than awesome picture taking skills) won you over?

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