 Tell us a little about you? My name is Paige, I am from Dexter, Michigan and a graduate of Albion College who absolutely loves to capture the moment. I live in Central Florida now. I love Disney and the beach so living in Florida is true perfection for me. I have been lucky to have been a part of over 100 weddings from coordinating to photographing to being an assistant, I feel that I truly understand weddings and how to keep your day on track and keep everyone having a great time. Your wedding photographer is a big part of your life on your wedding day so it is important to me that we have a connection, and that you are comfortable with me. The moments captured will be the photo on the wall that your family will see for a lifetime. My goal is to truly capture every moment for you as if they were my own. How did you get into photography? From as far back as I can remember I have always had a camera in my hand. I really started though my junior year of college when I was with my team at horse shows. When I graduated college, I began to work at The Little Wedding Chapel, coordinating and second shooting for my dad. When the opportunity presented itself for me to photograph weddings on my own, I dove right in. Why weddings? There are so many reasons why I became a wedding photographer but the main one is this; Wedding days are stressful. You have everyone in your family with you, some you haven’t seen in quite some time and everyone wants a piece of your time. I want to be that person who captures your time, your emotions, your moments. The moments you become a family. What is your favorite part of a wedding day? My favorite part of the wedding day is such a hard question to answer! But, I would have to say the moment when the bride and groom come back up the aisle right after they are married. The joy for their new life together is just incredible. Can you share a moment during a wedding that took your breath away? There is always a moment from every wedding but the one that made me cry was at Valerie & Nate's wedding. Valerie did a "first look" with her dad and her brother. She had a hand-written letter for her father that was just absolutely beautiful. Later that same morning she had me deliver a letter to her brother, and it was just as beautiful then as it was with her father. Very touching moments. You could say I love "Love." Valerie's love for her family was shining so brightly on her wedding day! How would you describe your photography style? I am a documentary style wedding photographer that loves bold colors. While I do your portrait style setups, I also love to simply capture your interactions as your own and how you are comfortable. What would your past wedding couples tell us about you? Everyone that I have worked with has been so relaxed on their wedding day. When I work with a bride and a groom for their wedding day we talk about the things that they want well in advance so that nothing is missed and there is no stress about forgetting something. They have also told me that they don't feel rushed. Because I work with the wedding planners on your day, I also work to keep you on track to make sure you get the most out of your day. Any advice for our future destination wedding couples? When traveling make sure that you don't get lost in the planning, HAVE FUN. Many people get suck in the stress of planning your wedding to perfection. No matter how the day turns out, it will be perfect, it's the start of your new beginning.
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 Romance Travel Group is excited to announce a new partnership with destination wedding photographer, Katie Pietrowski! Tell us a little about you? Born on Cape Cod, the beach is my second home, and a place I could photograph couples forever. After 9 years of photographing weddings, I have developed a style of shooting that is fun, authentic, and honest. My goal with each wedding is to capture the hundreds of individual moments that makeup the story of the wedding day. When you work with me, you don’t just get a photographer, you get an organizer, a hype (wo)man, and someone who genuinely cares about delivering you an outstanding product. How did you get into photography? I have always loved photography and purchased my first “professional” camera for fun in college. I started photographing friends, taking headshots for the theatre majors, and landed an internship my senior year with an incredible photographer nearby. After a 3 month long crash course in shooting weddings, editing, and creating an amazing customer experience, I started my own business shortly after graduating. Nine years later, I’ve photographed 140+ weddings, and made dozens of new close friends who were once my clients! Why weddings? Weddings are the most unique, intimate, and emotional events to photograph. You can never replicate them, never go back in time and re-do them, and they truly are the beginning of a new chapter for the couple (and all of their family and friends.) They are a mix of emotions, beauty, and chaos, and I never get tired of documenting them. What is your favorite part of a wedding day? Two favorite parts. First, the ceremony. This is the reason everyone is there. It might only last 20 minutes, but those 20 minutes are the most important part of the day. I love photographing the reactions of family members, the emotions on the couples face as they read their vows, and the passionate first kiss as a newly married duo. Second favorite part of the day; portraits with the couple. Often times this is the only time where they are able to be alone and soak it all in, so I love facilitating that time and naturally capturing them from afar. Can you share a moment during a wedding that took your breath away? Oh man. So many moments, ha! It’s very likely that at some point during your wedding day, I’m behind my camera trying to hide my watery eyes. A good father-daughter dance moment, or any time a parent gets emotional during a speech gets me good! Also, any time vows are so personal and beautifully written that everyone is crying truly does take my breath away. How would you describe your photography style? My approach is simple. I’m there to document the day from behind the scenes. I let the wedding day unravel as it naturally would, and I capture everything from the emotional first look, to the crying with your best friend on the dance floor, to the group photo with 96 year-old grandma at the center of it all. The best wedding photos are the real ones. The moments and small but important exchanges that happen all day long. And those are the photos that my clients appreciate most. What would your past wedding couples tell us about you? I think clients would say I am outgoing, funny, reliable & creative. Fortunately, a lot of my couples end becoming friends of my fiance and me due to how much fun we have working together! The biggest compliment I received from a bride’s review recently was: “My bridesmaids absolutely loved her and I joke to my husband that I really just want to be her best friend because she is just so fun and has great energy (trust me, also something you really want on your wedding).” My relationships don’t just end after the wedding day is done, and I love that! Any advice for our future destination wedding couples? Relax. Do the hard work leading up to the wedding. Hire vendors you TRUST. Delegate your budget to things that are most important to you. Throw all ideas of “what I’m supposed to do” out the window and reframe the thought as “what do my fiance and I WANT to do.” Do all of that, and when the wedding day comes, you will be in complete relaxation mode knowing that you’re working with the best, and have planned a day that is totally unique to you.                           Romance Travel Group is excited to announce a new partnership with destination wedding photographer, Jenna Ryan! Tell us a little about you? I consider myself equally a Northerner and a Southerner – I grew up in the Midwest and spent the vast majority of my years there. I loved life there and all the people in it, but always felt a pull toward the South. For the last few years, I’ve felt so fortunate to do life in South Carolina. I love my job as ‘Mom’, and I love to travel. Wherever life finds me at any given moment, you’ll usually find me with some sort of camera in my hand. There is beauty to be found in every situation, and I’m constantly channeling C.S. Lewis’ idea that “We do not want merely to see beauty, though, God knows, even that is bounty enough. We want something else which can hardly be put into words – to be united with the beauty we see, to pass into it, to receive it into ourselves, to bathe in it, to become part of it.” I’ve found photography to be an invaluable tool in this way. How did you get into photography? I’ve always appreciated how art and design can evoke such emotion or sense of peacefulness in a person. In college, I began posting photos of my photography class assignments on social media, and before I knew It a few friends had asked me to photograph their weddings. That led to more weddings, and it wasn’t long before I found myself doing photography full-time. Why weddings? I think for me, so much of what I do is about the *moment*. That look between a bride and her groom, a bride and her dad, the laugh a groom shares with is best friend. These moments happen so quickly and then they are gone. When I look back at a wedding I’ve photographed and see all those priceless moments that are now preserved forever for that couple, it’s extremely fulfilling. What is your favorite part of a wedding day? I love the couples’ portrait portion of a wedding day. Whether it’s before or after their ceremony, that sweet time I get to just laugh a little with a bride and her groom is so fun. And, because I know that these are the photos that will likely hang in frames for decades to come, I find that my creative adrenaline kicks into overdrive during this time! Can you share a moment during a wedding that took your breath away? I was recently photographing a bride in the bridal room, and as she was looking in the mirror, she began to cry happy tears. I think even she was caught off guard by how excited she was to marry her groom. It was delightful to hear her talk about how beautiful she felt, and when her 6-year-old son walked in all handsome and dressed up, I thought she might lose it completely in the best way. They were becoming a family that day, and it was beautiful. My aim is to always learn my couple’s story, because when you learn their story, suddenly the moments that need to be captured become very clear. How would you describe your photography style? My goal is to create natural space for couples to have some fun together. If they can even forget I’m there for a moment while photographing them, I’ve done my job well. Photography is a hugely important part of your wedding day, but it should not overtake the day. I gravitate toward a light & airy style of photography, but also don’t like to place myself or my clients in a box of one style. Sometimes the moment calls for more of a dark and moody feel. Overall, I like to consider myself a purveyor of beautiful moments, and each moment deserves special consideration as to how it should be captured. What would your past wedding couples tell us about you? They would tell you that I have a healthy respect for the wedding day and all that it entails. I am always available, but never obtrusive. I’m equal parts adaptable and prudent when it comes to keeping the schedule of your day. Fun during a photo shoot is a priority, and it makes me do a little happy dance every time grooms tell me how much fun it was to have their photos taken! Any advice for our future destination wedding couples? Consider that your photographer is one of the people you will spend the most time with on your wedding day. She will likely be with you while you’re getting ready, during your first look, and all throughout the day and night. Be sure to choose someone that you can enjoy spending that time with, as well as someone who cares enough to learn your unique story. If a photographer has done her job well, the candid, unforeseeable photos you receive from throughout your wedding day may just become some of your favorites.                            |
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