Frank is a photographer who magically turned a simple CITY HALL marriage ceremony into a beautiful memory with high-end quality wedding photos.
My husband and I have been dated for 5 years and we decided to move forward to get married this year. However, due to the current pandemic we cannot hold a big wedding reception. The only thing we could do was to get a simple city hall marriage ceremony. I looked for many SoCal photographers online and finally picked Frank form Shmily Wedding Photography to capture our big moment, the reason to choose him is because of the natural beauty and happiness that I can smell from his work. And my decision turns out to be one of the best ones I have ever made.
For the photo shoot: I give Frank 120 out of 100. Our outdoor city hall ceremony ( held in Downtown San Diego) was actually quite short and simple with vows and rings exchange possibly in just 5 minutes, literally just two people stand in front of a black booth and no romance scenes there. But Frank was able to find the hidden beauty out of the most mundane scene, our parents and friends were in China and didn't get a chance to witness our wedding, after they saw his pictures they were impressed by the whole event.
After the short ceremony, the most surprised part started to come out. Frank gave us a high-end, pre-wedding shoot with various iconic buildings and scenes around the city hall, so we could have the trendy themes such as architecture, park view, urban and seaside.
During the shooting, he really has an eye for detail and understands the power of photo storytelling. He made sure we had the best angles and the most gorgeous smiles, and captured every little cute moment between us, we really love his play of light and color, and our personality naturally come out in his shots. Furthermore, he is not only professional but also patient enough to help us adjusting our postures and expressions.
Other than the image shooting, he also shot a 15s slow-motion video to make our big day even more memorable and romantic, everyone gave us tons of compliments and told us they were so touched by watching this video. (Link: https://youtu.be/XnPgaA8MB08)
For the photo retouch service: After receiving his original photos, We can't wait to share with my family and friends and we got nothing but compliments with the original ones alone. Because we love photos that can reflect the real moments of life, I asked Shmily Wedding Photography to "make a better version of OURSELVES " instead of beautifying us to OTHERS. It only took them two days before I received their retouched photos, and they made it! The retouched photos are beautifully refined to make us look more attractive by subtlety modifying some blemishes on our face, and most importantly, we still looked the same, but a better, perfect version of ourselves.
I would definitely recommend Frank and his team to every couple especially if you are looking for a high-end photo shoot with a reasonable price; Or if you think your wedding scenes may not be perfect and you need an experienced photographer to find the hidden beauty of your wedding; Or if you are not only looking for beautiful stills but also seeking some STORYTELLING in your photos; Or if you are looking for photos that can combine the REALITY and BEAUTY of your images! read more