When I got engaged I was presented with a laundry list of to-dos. It's incredibly overwhelming, so if you're a bride/couple looking to ease your incoming levels of stress, I highly recommend George.
I chose George because I knew him as an artist first, a photographer second. I had seen his work, and as a fellow artist, knew that he had a great comprehension of taste, artistry, storytelling, and composition, is highly communicative and incredibly patient. I had been to a couple of weddings prior to planning my own and I knew from my friends' experiences, that these factors were incredibly important. When you've got an industry inundated with people who buy expensive camera equipment and throw up a basic website, anyone calls themselves a "photographer". We've all seen them, the quality of the picture is great, but there's something that looks incredibly amateurish, it lacks the polish of a professional or the person is using techniques that date back to the 80s. George has the natural aesthetic eye and he's able to bring class and glamour to anything he's presented with.
My wedding was outdoors, in Hawaii, overcast, with an ever-changing environment (ceremony was down by the water - not a beach - while the reception was in a pavilion with fluorescent lights -gah!), but he successfully warmed the event through his lens, eliminated harsh lighting, and made it appear as magical as it felt.
I had expressed to George very explicitly that I didn't want the cliché wedding portraits for either my bridal portraits OR during the event, "I don't know, I just want that kind of magazine look to it, none of the direct cheese-cake smiles into the camera". Not only did he make me look like a model with directing me to pose (which is impressive since I'm not a model, I am quite awkward in photos I think, AND that my parents were also hanging around like hawks so that's not exactly relaxing for someone who is already awkward in the first place) but he amazingly captured moments that weren't "posed" at all. He's sneaky (in a good way!) of clicking his camera when you least expect it, fixing your hair, laughing at an actual joke that isn't canned and genuinely funny he throws at you, or just walking to the next location so when you see the entirety of the photos together, you see the experience and the story. Nothing ever felt staged with him (except when it's suppose to - i.e. group shots of the entire family clan kind of thing) and he worked his tail off!
AND ON TOP OF THAT, he accomplished this, by himself, not even a second camera AND at an amazing price!
He works to personalize the experience, and aims to please. So many of my other friends dealt with photographers who lacked personalization, professionalism, and you were just a number and a paycheck.
You want to ease your stress and entrust your photos into capable hands? Go with George.
You want to make sure you're always going to be seen in the best light because he actually IS an artist and not just someone with a camera? Go with George.
You want to not stress out about the spilled drink on Grandma's skirt messing with your album? Go with George.
He has the artistry and the technical skills to outmatch any of the photographers I have seen any of my friends use at their weddings. He doesn't just work "for" you, he actively works "with" you. He knows how important these photos are and he prides himself in his work, you can tell, and it pays off. read more