If We Can't Afford their Pictures, Can We Afford their Furniture Instead?

The pitch. And she hits it…

Todd is the photographer we liked most today at Artisan Events, a great photography company based in the city. We had appointment set up for bright and early Saturday morning to find out about my personal favorite based on the Web sites.

We got to the company’s Lakeview studio a couple minutes behind schedule thanks to traffic, but it was worth the trip up. The studio manager, Tina, took us into the back “room” divided from the boutique up front by curtains. We sat on the plush teal, beige and brown couch with matching adorable pillows in front of a the biggest flat screen Apple makes while Tina ran us through the portfolios of the photographers still available for our wedding day.

Of those, we both liked Todd better.

In reality, we probably can’t afford Todd.

The package offered was great, except for the price and the fact that we don’t get to have our negatives until one year after the wedding. Other than that, the album, lots of time and a double team are included. That price though…

This place was partially my favorite because of the selection of albums. They have some very unique options that are actually going to last (some studios have really cheap binding) and are unique. A couple options are nice enough to plunk down right on our coffee table until we have rug rats running around that could potentially destroy our wedding album. Ha!

The other part I love is that every time I’m looking through local wedding magazines and reading about “real weddings” (maybe I can sell our wedding to a magazine?) I look at the photos to see if I like them, and then look at the photo credit to find out where I can find that person. All of my favorites have been this company’s principle, Amanda Sudimack. Sadly, she makes $1,000/hour. If I win the lotto, she’s in.

We’re looking at other photographers before making a decision.

I should go buy a lotto ticket.

Homerun!