"They are truly the dream team when it comes to giving you the grand experience."
DETAILS
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With a curated and editorial eye, Ether & Smith documents each portrait, detail, and moment with refinement and elevated imagery.
They direct and step in when they need to – moving your dress or invitations to be composed artfully, direction + guidance during portraits for luminous natural light and flattering angles. Yet, they know how to read the room – the fine balance of anticipating and stepping back for natural moments.
STORIES WILL OUTLIVE US WHEN WE’RE LONG GONE.
Your stories are art.
They deserve to live infinitely through palpable heartfelt imagery.
Working with you to plan and style your engagement session, to putting together a custom detailed wedding photo timeline, to communicating with your planner. We're ten steps ahead, always anticipating your needs, providing guidance to set up your day for success.
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Consistency in our editing and shooting style; clean and timeless, yet soft and luminous. With a mix of an editorial and documentary approach to weddings. After more than a decade of editing hundreds of thousands of images, we have nailed our signature style and approach.
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More than a decade of experience photographing over 300 weddings. We know how to read the room, when to have a delicate touch, and when to step in and direct, "pose", and guide for flattering angles and moments. We move and lead with a cadence of confidence and joy with everything we do.
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SPECIALTIES
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Approaching every wedding with intentionality and a high-frequency mindset
ESTABLISHED mastery
refined IMAGERY
tailored process
- HONG VAN & DERRICK
What I see and feel from the photos is everything AND MORE than what I had wanted and envisioned. The romance, the elegance, the dreamy feeling - it was all there.
KIND WORDS
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Enjoy your day, hire a planner!
Your friends and family will appreciate it, too. We exclusively accept weddings with planners (smaller weddings as an exception) - contact us for a list of our favorites.
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Be inspired by life, not Pinterest.
Let's be inspired, have a vision, BUT make it your own, one of a kind images of yourselves and people you love the most.
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Share your ideas, then trust the professionals.
We LOVE to dive deep into your vision, priorities, and preferences, what matters to you, matters us, trust us to take your big picture into reality.
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Be present and let go.
Months of planning to one day to let go, it sounds crazy but it makes the biggest difference; ride the waves, let us take the wheel.
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Enjoy the party, a live band is worth it.
Your friends and family may not remember everything, but they WILL remember a night of dancing and good food.
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Have the wedding you want.
NOT the wedding they want. Don't get caught up with trends, follow your heart and gut.
bigger picture
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THE NEXT STEP
Once your date is officially reserved, we'll send over a very detailed welcome email (with a preliminary photography timeline) and ship out an 80-page photography guide to help you prepare for the big day.
Make It Official
03/06
Engagement sessions can take place anywhere from immediately following booking usl to just a few days before the wedding. We'll recommend locations, outfits/styling ideas specific to your location of choice, and provide a detailed itinerary with logistical information and tips on how to prepare + what to expect.
The Session
THE NEXT STEP
04/06
Expect a series of three emails two months before your wedding with tips + advice from our 10+years of experience. We also start chatting about timeline specifics, unique details, family formal shot lists, special traditions and anything else we should know about your big day via a pre-wedding questionnaire. We also check-in with your planner to ensure we're all on the same page.
Wedding Prep
THE NEXT STEP
05/06
It's finally here! The day the two of you say "I Do" and dance the night away surrounded by your family and friends. Just know we're excited to celebrate and capture your wedding day and incredibly honored to have your trust in documenting a magical day. Take each moment, let us photograph it all.
The Big Day
THE NEXT STEP
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Most clients invest between $10,000 - $15,000.
Engagements, families, boudoir.
Starting at $1,500.
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Starting at $1,500.
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Her and Allen are SUCH good vibes. Your photographer is the vendor you spend the most time with, so it's important to choose a team that you like having around. Emma and Allen are both chill and calming yet also somehow upbeat and funny, which is exactly what you want on a day that can be stressful and chaotic.
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They’re there to capture all the big and little moments and all the emotions throughout the big day! Definitely memories to last a lifetime. I would choose them over and over again. One of the best decisions we made for our wedding.
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She is an amazing communicator and extremely friendly yet professional. Our photos were to die for and we received so many compliments by friends who said they were floored by her photos. If you want a one of a kind experience and one of a kind photos - look no further.
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I’m truly just blown away by them. Every photo she captured looks like it could be in a magazine. Not only are the beautiful, but she did such a great job at capturing the joy and happiness of everyone. I will cherish these photos forever and ever.
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