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Top 5 Tips For the Newly Engaged From personal experience! It’s that time of year! Not just holiday season but….engagement season! It wasn’t all that long ago that I was in your shoes as a newly engaged fiancee! I had lots of people offer me advice but having gone through it myself, here are my […]

5 Tips for the Newly Engaged

December 6, 2019

For My Brides: Getting Ready Photos Tips for Brides The wedding day is here! Maybe you were up all night previously, anticipating the fun to come – or maybe you slept soundly without a worry in the world. Either way, the morning of your wedding day is always such an exciting time! Your girls and […]

5 Tips for My Bride’s Getting Ready Photos | Tips for Brides

September 26, 2019

Tips for Brides: Creating the Perfect Wedding Day Timeline I’m sure by now you’ve realized that planning a wedding day can sometimes feel a little overwhelming. It’s hard to know what to expect when you’ve never done this before! This blog post will walk you through the perfect wedding day timeline, from the photographer’s perspective! […]

Creating the Perfect Wedding Day Timeline: Tips for Brides

August 27, 2019

Do I Need a Second Shooter? Why ALL my wedding packages include a second photographer Did you know that every single one of my wedding packages includes a second shooter? Sometimes brides wonder if the extra cost of having a second photographer is worth it. Or maybe you wonder why one photographer isn’t “enough.” So, […]

Do I Need a Second Shooter?

July 25, 2019

Top 6 Things to Do Before Your Engagement Session 1. Consider getting your hair and make up done. It doesn’t have to be a full-on updo and the exact look you want on your wedding day. But it will be a good indicator to you of how your make up will photograph. It is also […]

For Brides: Top 6 Things To Do Before Your Engagement Session

July 11, 2019

What to Wear to Your Engagement Session The question of what to wear to your engagement session is probably the most common one out there! Today we are going to break it down for you from a photographer’s point of view, to make sure your clothing is the most flattering for your photos. Be comfortable […]

What to Wear to Your Engagement Session

what to wear to your engagement session

July 4, 2019

Choosing a Location for Your Engagement Session Hopefully you enjoyed last week’s post on How Seasons Affect Your Engagement Session. We chatted about some of the different pros and cons of each season, and how the weather, start time, and environment will be a little bit different for each one. This week I want to […]

Choosing a Location for Your Engagement Session

choosing a location for your engagement photos

June 20, 2019

How Seasons Affect Your Engagement Session The engagement session is one of the most FUN parts of ALL your wedding planning! You get to dress up and snuggle together for an hour! What’s not to love?! There are lots of different aspects that go into making your engagement session as beautiful as possible. But more […]

How Seasons Affect Your Engagement Session

June 13, 2019

The Booking Process with Danielle Durbin | Film & Photo I hope you have been enjoying allllll about choosing the BEST wedding photographer for YOU and your day. So far we have covered: 5 Trending Shooting Styles of Photographers 5 Editing Styles of Photographers 8 Questions to Ask Your Photographer Before Booking SO now let’s […]

Walking You Through the Booking Process

booking process with danielle

June 6, 2019

8 Questions to Ask Before Hiring Your Wedding Photographer Hopefully by now you’ve read over my recent blog posts about how to choose your wedding photographer. We talked about 5 Trending Shooting Styles among wedding photographers, and also 5 Trending Editing Styles. It’s important to know and understand which styles you love and think would […]

8 Questions to Ask Before Hiring Your Wedding Photographer

May 16, 2019