Photographer Recommendation
Morning ladies!
I am a nestie/knottie from Central PA. My photographer is moving to the Pensacola area in October. I have nothing but great things to say about her, but I do know that moving to a new area is hard to drum up business. I found Kate on The Knot myself, through past bride recommendations and I wanted to give a small shout out to her in case any nesties were ISO photographers. Her name is Katie Willmann and her company is called Captured By Kate Photography. It was easier for me to post this than to comment on separate ISO posts due to the fact that I dont frequent this board, obviously!
Because she is moving to a new area she is running some specials. The first five brides to book with her will get 50% off their package, and believe me this is a steal!
Kates packages include an engagement session (or rehearsal dinner if you prefer) and all day, unlimited hours for the wedding. For us, she photographed us getting ready starting at noon and didnt leave the reception until 11 PM. You will get all the rights to your photos, and everything on DVD or thumb drive. She also has packages that include an album. You are not obligated to purchase prints from her, but you certainly can and all of your photos are posted on online albums for viewing.
She also does maternity, family, and rock the dress shoots. I did a RTD myself with her and was more than pleased.
Her prices are extremely reasonable and she is great to work with. She's artistic and extremely nice and organized. She made my wedding day such a breeze, half the time I didnt even know she was there but she captured some GREAT photos. She is also really great at communication and I never felt like I couldnt depend on her.
Her website is www.capturedbykatephoto.net/ and she blogs about her sessions here: http://capturedbykate.wordpress.com/
If you are interested, or if you want to see more of her work to give a recommendation to someone for a wedding or other event, feel free to email me at steeser03 at yahoo dot come and i'll give you the login info for all of my online albums. If you have any questions about her, shoot me an email and I'll be happy to answer.
You can also become her fan on facebook and follow her work.
Happy wedding planning!
Re: Photographer Recommendation
You can email me at kristinmariereilly@yahoo.com to get the password to look at the album and the pictures. Seriously go with CBK....she is AMAZING!
-Bethany
I recommended Captured By Kate to a colleague at work who got married a month before me. Kate was great to work with all the way through the planning process, and I felt even more relieved after my friend from work told me all about how much she enjoyed working with Kate at her wedding. Unfortunately her venue wasn't so helpful and Kate really stepped up by helping out with running the day and coordinating with many of the other vendors!
Several of my friends who were recently married had so many problems with their photographers and paid way more than we had to with Kate. She met the turn around time she committed to on our photos or was faster on both occassions: engagement and wedding day. I also appreciate getting copies of all of our photos and she provides a letter giving you permission to print them anywhere.
She was with us all day on the wedding day, and wasn't invasive at all. She was very organized and had a list for all of the family "posed" photos. I sent her some examples of candid shots that I wanted and she did a fantastic job of fitting them in throughout the night.
Her photos are so creative and beautiful. If you'd like to see my photos, feel free to email me at maggie1 @ hotmail dot com and I'm happy to share my password with you.
Good luck with all of your planning. Please consider Captured By Kate if you're still in search of a photographer for your big day.
Now for the important part, the pictures! The pictures are amazing and there are so many! She gave me 635 files on a drive so I can do whatever I want with them. I can also have the option of her printing them for us. Even though our wedding is over, I still love looking at her blog and all of her new projects :-)
I couldn't recommend her more, she is friendly, professional, and talented.
Still in the wedding bliss and only being married a little over a month, I must say that Kate, from Captured by Kate, truly made our wedding day more memorable then I ever thought it could be. I actually met Kate at another friends wedding and not even engaged at the time, but in love and hoping it would happen soon, I knew I would want her to be our photographer at our wedding one day! When the day happened, I didn't even hesitate to call her, set up a meeting and finally have her photograph one of the best days of my life. Kate is honestly a professional and not only is she fantastic at what she does, she loves what she does and it shows in her positive attitude and is seen in each photo she takes. Florida is lucky to be getting such an amazing and talented artist. For all of those brides to be out there, check out Kate's website and blog, you'll see at first hand what a fabulous photographer she is! capturedbykatephoto.net
If you are in need of a photographer I highly recommend her I have nothing negative to say! Her prices can not be beat for the time she invests!
When we show friends and family our pictures, they truly are blown away by them. A coworker of mine's daughter is getting married in October, unfortunately Kate will be joining you guys then! She was so sad that she couldn't have Kate shoot her daughter's wedding. I'm so sad that she's leaving! We really wanted to continue to use her as our family grows
Seriously though, if you are looking for a photographer to capture one of your most special days, Kate is the one. She is so sweet and courteous. You really won't even notice that she's there at all during the wedding day. Somehow she captures those moments that you missed. Don't know how she does it, but she does. She's very organized and definitely keeps on top of everything. I bet we told her a dozen different ideas of where we wanted to do our engagement shoot. She always got back to us quickly and helped with the decision we ultimately made. Her prices are fair and her work is AWESOME!
Nicole
Oh and by the way, the slideshow she does with your first dance song will make you cry like a baby! Other family did too!
http://www.capturedbykatephoto.net/Home.html
We have showed all of our family and friends the photos and the response is always 'Who was your photographer? They did an awesome job!' Everyone loved how creative she was and the vision she had for a variety of shots, not just the standard wedding portraits. Sadly, she is leaving us in Pennsylvania but don't wait Florida! Hire her before everyone else does and your date is booked!!
On our wedding day, she probably doesn't even realize it, but her demeanor really helped me calm down and actually enjoy the day because I knew she had things under control. I think we were lucky with the weather we got that day, but I'm still amazed at how gorgeous the pictures turned out. She was able to capture the feel of the day, and for that I am grateful. Because we had only 30 guests, it was great to be able to direct other friends and famlily to her blog to see the slideshow she put together to our wedding song. I cry pretty much every time I watch it (and I watch it a lot).
So, to Katie, THANK YOU. And to all of you Florida brides-to-be, you are so very lucky to be getting her.