Eric and Jeanette from MUSE recently took photos of my fiancee and I for our wedding save the dates and invitations
As soon as we met them, Eric and Jeannette put us at ease. They were warm, friendly and all their equipment perfectly organized.
I immediately felt like I was in the hands of professionals, while also feeling that I was being cared for by close friends.
We started the day with Jeanette doing my fiancee's makeup and hair, and discussing the multiple outfits my mother had brought for the shoot - including a variety of formal as well as traditional Indian clothes.
Eric was our photographer, and discussed with my family the different poses and locations we'd be shooting at, and the best times of day we should plan to be there
Then...my family caused a major issue.
We forgot one of the required accessories for one of the outfits. I started to get very worried - if we couldn't be finished on time I would have to come back another day
No problem - in their kindness and how much at ease I felt in their care, I almost forgot that Eric and Jeannette are professionals and have probably seen it all. They immediately reworked our schedule, Jeanette got us changed into another set of outfits and we were suddenly back on track with the new schedule. We could still take some great pictures while my father went to pick up some things from a vendor. They were concerned for our well being, but handled it calmly and in the end thanks to their problem solving it was a complete non issue.
The weather also did not cooperate with us, and rained on the primary beach location we wanted to shoot at in the afternoon. Eric and Jeanette know the island and the scenic places to shoot and took us to another beach, where they took some great pictures.
Finally, I should also add that while I mention how much at ease I felt with them, they still made sure we accomplished what we had come to them for: get awesome pictures, and look awesome in those pictures.
We went to the studio for the second of our three photo shoots, new accessories having arrived. We had planned to then leave to go to another beach for some fun, sunset shots.
At the end of the day we had TONS of opinions from me, my family and my fiancee about what to wear, should we take more indoor shots, should we try other poses....and with the sunset shot on the line, Eric gave us a a gentle nudge to make sure that we got on the road and out to the beach so we didn't miss our small window of perfect lighting.
We got out of the car, walked out onto the beach and had about 15 minutes of perfect light. If my family had kept talking any longer we would have missed it - and those sunset shots are my mom's favorite pictures of all!
The pictures are amazing, and the whole day was a wonderful experience that I will remember every time I look at them.
Even with the problems that my family caused by forgetting things, talking too much, and the weather not cooperating - if you didn't read it here you'd never know. This wasn't a day that came out perfect because everything was easy - it came out perfect because MUSE Bride are professionals and make it perfect even with me as an imperfect client =) read more