Experience — KINDRED WEDDINGS

This is about you, not us and our “style” is honesty. To us, it’s simply soul-crushing to put you in some generic Pinterest pose that we’ve seen on some other couple by some other photographer. We want to capture your dynamic connection, full of movement and subtle gestures that add up to something uniquely yours and no one else’s. Things we won’t ask you to do: jump like it’s 1999, kiss anyone’s forehead, kiss inside of a veil umbrella, spin like you’re Cinderella, and we definitely won’t ever ask you to fake laugh, fake smile, or fake kiss, ever, because then what are we even doing here?

Here’s the truth: you spend more time with your wedding photographer than you do anyone else on your wedding day. So, it’s important that you feel at ease, that you feel like the photographers aren’t strangers but friends, celebrating your love right alongside you. We want you to see us with our cameras and feel more excited, not less. We don’t want to just know how you met, we want to know how your relationship unfolded and what makes it special. We want to know what inspires your love and how it’s changed the way you see yourself and one another.

We're not ones

for small talk.

You're not models

& that's why we like you.

Thank goodness for that because that would just be really weird. This is what we’re trying to say: Your gallery isn’t going to look the same as our last blog post. The sun is different every day and so is the way it streams through a bright white tent versus a stone cathedral versus a French farmhouse window. No wedding is the same and that’s what makes wedding #148 still just exciting as wedding #2 (instead of some Kindred version of Andy Samberg’s Palm Springs.) The most consistent thing about our job is how we do it. We approach each wedding with presence and curiosity, ready to be inspired by the unique details and exchanges that write your story, one that is deeply personal.

Anyone can make you look like models. We’re not interested in people thinking you’re models. Emotion is our everything. We want to capture your real, unbridled love. We’re inspired by that nervous giggle, that wedding morning hype, that feeling you get when you’re safely wrapped up in your lover's arms, the way happy tears look the same as sad tears but feel completely different, and of course — those killer dance moves. From the prompts we offer to the wedding day vibe we cultivate to the images we choose to edit and deliver, emotion is the way we filter every decision.

One of the most important aspects of what we do is capturing all the celebrities around you: Grandma who cusses like a sailor and loves to salsa dance, your sibling that introduced you to “good music”, the cool aunt, your dad’s face when he sees you for the first time right before you walk down the aisle. You’re important to us and so the people that are most important to you are important to us, too. We’ll capture their laughter, their happy tears, and all the brief exchanges that you missed when you were sharing your vows, changing into your party dress or making out at golden hour. A full wedding gallery is meant to include all the people that make your heart feel full and that’s exactly what we aim to do.

Where's grandma?

To get the kind of imagery that really shines, we need you to trust us, to be willing to be vulnerable and most of all, present. Try not to worry if your dress is getting dirty, if your veil is perfectly placed, if your hair is windswept. That’s precisely the magic that makes us love what we do. If you trust us, we promise you’ll love what we can make together.

You can trust us.

Chances are, you haven’t been a bride or groom before. It’s cool, we got you. Not only have we been a bride and groom before but we’ve worked along side quite a few at this point (we’ve lost count). We’re here to make fun of bizarre industry terms like “first look” but also share perspective of why sometimes those aspects of the industry really work and support the day and aren’t just trendy. We’ll share why “cutting the cake” is overrated but “putting on the dress” isn’t. We’re here to connect you with non-cheesy videographers, fabulous florists, and your new favorite DJ. Whatever pointers and support you need from outlining the schedule of the wedding day to providing not-yet-snot-soaked tissues: we’re here for you.

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