Testimonial: Angela and Dan
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When Dan asked me to marry him, we celebrated at dinner and called our closest family and friends. But by the time I woke up the next morning, I was in planning mode. I’ve always been a planner, and the wedding would be the biggest event in my life yet! After nailing down the church, the venue, and the date, my top priority was securing our photographer.
I knew I wanted someone fantastic to take our pictures. I wanted someone who was professional, talented, innovative, and would blend right in to our vibe. I also knew this was an area that I didn’t want to skimp.
After we started planning the wedding, we started getting a lot of unsolicited advice. Some of it was wonderful. Some of it was laughable. But the best piece of advice we got was to splurge on the pictures. And I took this advice to heart. The way I looked at it, 30 years from now, the flowers would be long dead, the food and cake would be long eaten, and the venue might be long forgotten (by others, of course, I plan to remember every detail of it). But those photos would be the lasting memories we would have to remember our special day, to display in our home, and to one day show our children and grandchildren. That’s when we decided OMG Photography was exactly what we’d wanted.
I’d followed Kaity for years online, and absolutely loved her work. Mostly what I loved about her weddings is how she really captured the essence of each couple. Each wedding looked unique and different, and I just loved that. I knew Kaity would be able to perfectly capture Dan and me as a couple too.
Kaity was fabulous to work with. From planning our engagement photo shoot in St. Joe, Michigan, to collaborating on important shots we wanted at the wedding, Kaity encouraged our ideas, but kept reassuring us that she would take care of everything. And she did! She posted preview pictures the nights she took them and got us our engagement pictures and wedding photos within a week or two of each event — even during her busy summer season! Professional to the point of perfection, Kaity is on top of it. Kaity helped make our day picture perfect, and I’m thrilled we hired her to be there!
Kaity captured so many amazing moments from our wedding day that it’s hard to pick just a few to highlight. These, though, are some of my favorites.
Me and Grandpa: My grandfather is 87-years-old, has mobility issues, and also has dementia. It was iffy for a bit if he would even make it to the wedding, but he was able to come! During the sign of peace, I went to see him and wish him peace, and what came from the moment was this photo. I had no idea it looked like this to bystanders, but I’m THRILLED that I’ll have this moment forever!
The kids running to the wedding party: Our nephew, Cole, was having a tough moment after church. He was tired, and wasn’t feeling the pictures anymore. Kaity had a plan to have the kids attack the wedding party, which he, of course, loved. I love the looks on everyone’s faces in this photo as he and our flower girl, Anica, ran toward us.
Our first husband and wife kiss: For obvious reasons, I’m so glad we have this photo! We never get that moment back!
Mother/son, father/daughter dance: We decided early on that it would be REALLY fun to do our dances together, and to do a “fun” dance sandwiched in the middle of the serious song (I knew I would cry if it was serious the whole time!). And although we’d talked about it months in advance, we literally planned the dance the night before without ever practicing it. Not our best idea! But I love this photo because my dad is still “jumping on it” even through it’s not quite time for that yet! It’s a good father/daughter moment.
Wedding planning tips:
Decide what’s important to you, and spend more of the budget there. For us, that was photography. But if you’ve always wanted a designer gown or cascading flowers everywhere, that’s your prerogative! Decide where you want to splurge, but realize that means you may have to cut back elsewhere.
Do your homework. I think it’s easy to look at one or two vendors and call it good. But it really does help to do your homework and shop around. We lost out on a venue that incorrectly told me they had our date open when they didn’t. But because we kept looking, we literally found the PERFECT venue for us, and it made it that much more special!
Accept that not everything will be perfect. Something is bound to go wrong. And that’s okay. It’s true what others will tell you… something will probably go wrong the day of. And the chances of anyone outside the wedding party knowing about it are slim to none. As long as your partner and your minister show up, you’re in good shape!