Weddings

Wedding Photography

For pricing, please contact me via the Contact Me link above, or by email at kinsey@kinseyholtphotography.com

At your wedding, I will take hundreds of photos, so it will take approximately 3-4 weeks to receive your disc of images.

Prospective brides - this is a must read on how to ensure you get the best images possible.


Vendors

My list of recommended wedding vendors can be found here.


Wedding Blogs

I stalked wedding blogs for ideas when I was planning my wedding, so I thought I would share a few:

Wedding Chicks
Snippet & Ink
Green Wedding Shoes
The Bride's Cafe
Utah Bride Blog
Style Me Pretty
InStyle Weddings
The Budget Bride's Handbook


Wedding Photography

If your weddings photos are important to you (of course they are!), it is just as important to plan the photography on your day as all of the other details. If you do not allocate very much time for you and the groom to be photographed, you will not have as many images from your wedding day, and you two are the most important part! Time of day, location, and length of your formal session will affect the images you get.

I totally understand the stress of planning your wedding day (I've been there!), and it's hard to fit everything in perfectly, but planning your photography will ensure that all your planning and hard work pays off as you look at your photos for years to come.

First Look


One thing that I think a lot of couples should consider is a "first look." This means that the bride and groom see each other before the ceremony. Some brides prefer to be traditional and not let the groom see her before the ceremony, but I found seeing my fiance before we got married calmed me down and helped me enjoy the rest of the day. Your makeup is the freshest, your dress is the cleanest, your hair is the most perfect, and you haven't cried through the ceremony yet. You get to spend time with the two of you before anyone else sees you or joins in the celebrations, and once you say "I Do" you can snap photos and hang out with your family and friends and if your niece steps on your dress, or you want to talk to a long-lost friend a little longer - it won't matter because you won't be on a tight time-line to go get photos.


Just setting aside an hour for photos of you as a couple before the ceremony will let you enjoy the rest of the day without worrying - you've already captured those important photos! You can also capture some sweet photos of the groom's face the first time he sees his beautiful bride, without everyone looking on. Aww!

Day After

Since I love photography so much, my wedding photography was really, really important to me. I wanted to take pictures at the ceremony site, and with all of the family and friends that turned out to see us get married, and then I wanted some pictures at a different location. I arranged to get some photos done at Val Halla but the two locations were a couple of hours apart! On your wedding day, you don't always have a couple of hours to spend driving for an hour photo session. So, we decided to do a day after session (well, week after :). And I loved it! It was so fun to get in my dress again, and see my husband all dressed up. My bouquet kept really well, as did his boutonniere (isn't that a weird word?). If you make sure you get close up pictures of your flowers on the day of, you'll still have the photos and in your day after session you don't have to do close ups, so if your bouquet isn't looking quite as fresh as the day before, it'll be just fine.

Another thing I loved about doing our pictures after our wedding day was how relaxed we were! There was no stress to get to the reception or worry about last-minute details. We set aside an afternoon and just had fun with our session! We didn't have people waiting for us, and we didn't feel pressured to hurry up and go talk to everyone, because we did that the day before. It was so nice to have an intimate session with just us and our photographer (and my mom - thanks mom). Also, I didn't have to worry so much about getting my dress dirty!