My wife and I had a friend lined up to photograph our wedding, but she canceled 6 months before (we hired her 1.5 yrs before). In a panic we searched for photogs, fearing we wouldn't find one available due to the popular date of our wedding (10/10/10). Luckily we found
SETH KAYE PHOTOGRAPHY in western MA.
www.sethkaye.comSeth has a photojournalist background, so his style is more about documenting the day then posing people like puppets and making them smile unnaturally. He cares about the story of the day, which was exactly what we wanted.
He and his partner photog were friendly/personable, put us at ease (particularly me), and blended in. Talking about him afterward, our Maid of Honor said -- "There was a photographer? I never saw him." That's how stealth he was.
My wife and I had heard horror stories about couples having trouble with their photographers AFTER the wedding in terms of paying extra to get photo copyrights. My groomsman's photog at his own wedding practically held the pics for ransom. Not Seth. His prices are affordable, he's not greedy, and copyrights were never an issue.
I swear he's not paying me to sing his praises, but oftentimes we ("we" meaning people in general) are more eager to complain about bad service as opposed to praising good service (hence why it's taken me so long to write this -- I was too busy complaing about our low-quality DJ). Seth loves his job and it shows.
If you're getting married in MA and looking for a quality photog, I highly recommend Seth.