We had an incredible time working with Katy. She was professional, friendly, creative, and went above and beyond in her work with us. We are blown away by her photos - she has a great eye for capturing the perfect moment. We will cherish her photos our entire lives and without a doubt, we highly recommend her!
Katy met with us in person for lunch and you could tell that her passion is capturing these intimate and meaningful moments. She was genuinely interested in getting to know us, asked the right questions, and you could tell that she takes the work seriously, has a great personality and would be a perfect fit as part of our micro wedding party (6 guests and a dog). It was important for us to find someone that we gelled with, because letting someone into our small wedding isn't just another name on a big guest list, it's really someone that's very much a part of our special day. As we explained our ideas for our nontraditional wedding - which was 3 parts long spread out over an entire day - she was not only up for it, but had great suggestions on how we could fine tune our ideas.
She was great at checking in with us throughout our planning process, and was happy to answer questions as they came up.
Come the day of the wedding, she was understanding that the poor weather would delay the start of the ceremony. She was the first to arrive at our destination, and helped orient the guests and was great at introducing herself and providing tidbits of bird-nerd information as we walked the trails of Smith Rock National Park for 45 minutes. This was great for our guests who had never been to Smith Rock before. She took great photos (both directed and spontaneous). Our experience with her at the park, then at Brasada Ranch, and finally at dinner in Bend was that she had a lot of energy to keep up with the hectic nature of a packed schedule, but also took the time to direct us to slow down for special moments and get us to be our natural selves. She was even able to get great photos of my parents - who are extremely shy and avoidant of cameras!
We hope that this review is helpful, and understand that choosing a wedding photographer is a very important step in the process. We felt at ease with Katy, that we could trust her with our special day. It was important to us to choose someone that had a great personality, professionalism, with a lot of creativity and attention to detail. Because we knew Katy has these all, it took a load of stress off our shoulders and allowed us to be more in the moment at our wedding.
In the end we were given beautiful and natural photos of us and our wedding party. It's great to have the well composed and poised photos that we had dreamed about, along with photos of those unexpected fleeting moments that may have gone unnoticed if not for someone with a keen eye.
We would love to work with Katy again! read more