Looking back on our wedding day 1 month later, our photography was the best investment we made. After the wedding day is over, other than your wedding ring, then photography is the only investment that remains with you forever. FTM had beyond exceeded our expectations!!!! Amanda and Dustin were incredible to work with. We did not know them prior to working with them, but knew we wanted a husband and wife team to do our engagement and wedding day photos. Having the husband and wife creates such a great teamwork and dynamic. After the engagement shoot, we both looked at each other and both said, "We LOVE them!" I quickly referred them to my friends because I was confident enough that no one could do it better!
On the wedding day, Dustin made my husband and all the guys totally comfortable during the getting ready photos (which my husband was not thrilled about doing until he met Dustin). Amanda was busy doing so many details shots at our getting ready location that I had no idea about until our album release - which was SO exciting to see! We told them candid photos are much more important to us than posed shots and that was exactly what we got! They let us enjoy our time with our friends and family the whole day while capturing the most beautiful pictures to show the emotions, support, and love happening throughout the day. I had no idea how many moments they were capturing until I received our album. I truly think that was the best part of it all.
We had a set timeline, but they adjusted with such grace. Amanda and Dustin stuck it out through the humidity (which was miserable for awhile) and the short lived rain. It is unbelievable how Amanda can quickly spot such a photographic location, prop, lighting, etc. I brought zero props to use and gave her no "must have" shots prior, but she used things around the property to incorporate into the detail shots (which made it that much more meaningful) and captured photos in the best moments throughout the day.
If I can give any bride advise for their wedding planning it would be to 1) Invest the most in your wedding photographer (husband and wife duo is THAT much better) and 2) Trust your photographer. We spent the money on a photographer that we truly trusted, so that we had to do little work and worry less that our we would get what we want. So glad we did, because the album we got back was beyond more than we could have ever dreamed it would be. It shows our personality and our loving (but totally wild and crazy) support system. We are not much for PDA , nor super romantic together, but somehow Amanda and Dustin were able to capture the love and humor we share together. I would go with FTM over and over again. I hope we can continue to work with them over the years for all of our memories and milestones. read more