THE
EXPERIENCE
A NOTE from CHRIS
I think people can tell when something feels real. That's probably why I've stayed in weddings for so long. For one day, people let themselves be fully present with each other. You see relationships more clearly. You see history. Personality. Care. Joy. Sometimes all at once. My job is to be present, prepared, and attentive enough that you forget I'm there. What you get back is not a record of what happened. It's what it felt like to stand there and live it.
xo, Chris
The Photographer
Photographed as
two distinct people
Most photographers address the couple as a unit and default to the bride. I don't. From the first consult, I make a point of understanding what each of you wants. The story belongs to both of you, and every frame reflects that.
The pre-wedding conversations go past logistics. I want to know which moments you're nervous about, which people matter most, and where the day is likely to surprise us, so I can plan for all of it.
What that means for you: the visual identity of the work is specific to who you are. I'm not running a template at your wedding. The gallery reflects the couple you actually are.
What You'll Feel
What You'll Feel
Already
Known
I don't wait for the wedding day to build the relationship. I come to engagement sessions wherever you are and absorb the travel myself, because the relationship comes first. By the time I photograph your wedding, I already know how you move, what makes you laugh, and whether you need direction or space.
The engagement session isn't really about the photos. It's how you get used to me, so that by the wedding morning you've forgotten the camera exists.
Back to
Your People
I tell couples before the wedding day that my goal is to get you back to the party in twenty minutes. I come with a clear plan for portraits, communicate it ahead of time, and move efficiently once we're in it.
The point is to get the images that matter and return you to the celebration you spent months planning. Being stuck in a photo shoot while your guests are at cocktail hour is not a good trade. You won't have to make it. And if the two of you actually love being photographed, tell me, because I love that part: we'll plan a real art-directed session of your own, with scouted light and ideas nobody else would try.
Iconically
You
I come to every wedding looking for the real thing. The cross-stitch on the wall that matters to nobody but you. The way a particular guest holds a glass. The way you look at each other when you think nobody is watching.
Editorial quality is there. It just never comes at the cost of truth. The gallery you receive could only have been made at your wedding. Nothing about it would transfer to anyone else's.
Client Stories
In their
own words
Chris is so genuine and fun and easygoing, it's impossible not to feel at ease around him. His authenticity is contagious.
Right away, he saw both of us and acknowledged us. He was present and willing to accommodate what we wanted while also being sure to give direction and make it easy for us.
Chris went above and beyond the entire wedding weekend, photographing parts of our rehearsal dinner and welcome party just because he could, which was such a kindness it makes me want to cry just thinking about it.
How It Works
The process,
step by step
Step 01
Inquiry &
Connection
It starts with a real conversation about the vision of the weekend. Not timeline questions. Vision, color, mood, and what you want said. I want to understand who you are as a couple and whether we're a fit before either of us commits.
The couples I work best with aren't comparing me line by line against four other photographers. They're looking for a fit. If the work feels right and the conversation feels right, we book. That's the right way to do it.
Step 02
The Engagement
Session
We pick a location with a point of view: a city block, a hotel suite, a piece of landscape that means something to the two of you, somewhere your real life actually happens.
This is where we build a shorthand: how you move together, when you want direction, when you want to be left alone. On the wedding day, that shorthand does its work invisibly.
Step 03
Your
Weekend
Steady, prepared, on time, and on top of it. I know the timeline as well as your planner does, and when the day changes course, I move with it.
Welcome dinner, rehearsal, ceremony, reception, the morning after. Each gets real coverage, and the gallery reads as one continuous story instead of five separate events.
Step 04
Gallery
Delivery
Sneak peeks within twenty-four hours. Full gallery in three weeks when the quote says six. Curated, sequenced, edited as a body of work, not a folder.
Every image is individually refined. Your planner receives the gallery too. None of it is in the contract. None of it is announced. That's just how I show up.
See the InvestmentThe Details
Four things you
can always expect
Both of You,
From the First Call
I speak to both of you individually from the first conversation. When both people feel genuinely seen from the start, the photos look different. Nobody endures their own wedding. Nobody gets edited out of it.
The Engagement
Session, On Me
I travel to engagement sessions wherever you are and absorb the cost myself. The relationship comes first. By the wedding morning, you've already forgotten about the camera.
Twenty Minutes
to Portraits
A clear plan, communicated before the day, executed precisely. Get the images that matter. Return you to your people. Your guests stay engaged. You stay present.
More Than
Was Agreed
Sneak peeks within twenty-four hours. Galleries early. Rehearsal dinners covered because I'm there. Galleries delivered to your planner too. None of it tallied, none of it announced.
Before You Inquire
A few things
worth knowing
What will it actually feel like to work together?
Calm, prepared, and decisive. I direct when direction helps and read the room when it doesn’t. Couples consistently describe it as feeling like both of you have been listened to from the first conversation. By the wedding morning, I’m not a vendor you hired. I’m someone who already knows you.
How far in advance should we book?
Most weddings book twelve to eighteen months out. Peak season runs late spring through fall. I take a small number of weddings each year, and popular dates in Park City, Deer Valley, and Sundance fill ahead. If your date is sooner, reach out anyway. Cancellations happen.
What does the process look like, beginning to end?
A real first conversation. An engagement session I come to and pay for. A strategy session several weeks before the wedding to map the weekend as one visual arc. On the day, steady and prepared. Sneak peeks within twenty-four hours. Full gallery in roughly three weeks, including delivery to your planner.
Do you shoot film?
Yes. Fuji and Canon, digital and medium format film, with Kodak Portra woven through. Not for nostalgia. For depth. The combination produces a gallery built to hold up over time.
Will my planner enjoy working with you?
I work the team. I ask your planner what she’s most proud of and make sure it gets photographed. I share the final gallery with her too. A good day for your planner is a good day for everyone, and I take that seriously.
The best photographs don’t just show you how something looked. They remind you who you are. That’s the work. That’s all of it.
your weekend.
“He saw both of us and acknowledged us. He made sure the full gallery reflected what we wanted and truly made us shine.”
Breen Weir