Aaron Feldman says: "My favorite part of a wedding to photograph is of the wedding couple right after the ceremony, when they're super happy and their adrenaline is flowing. I love capturing the real emotion while still stylizing the scene."
We think vintage is a super cool style choice, if done the right way. A lot of people request to have pictures done with a vintage treatment, but there's a real fine line between stylized artistic and gimmicky. When you involve a vintage outfit or vintage props, then it makes sense to give the image a faded, desaturated look. That's stylized artistic. Where it becomes gimmicky is when you have a normal scenario and you change the colors to give it a vintage look. There's going to be a clash there.
If going vintage, we prefer doing the vintage treatment for the engagement shoot instead of the wedding. A vintage engagement shoot can be a fun and unique way to bring out your personality as a couple. Then, we can keep your wedding images current, and your children will be able to see what you actually looked like in the year you got married.
Also, keep in mind that trends naturally change over time. Think of wedding images you may have seen from the '60's or '70's, and the fashions of the time. Whatever you're doing now, it's going to look vintage to your children, even if you don't consciously go for a vintage look.
Everything is photographed in color, initially. During our enhancing process, we select specific images that will have impact in black and white, and we convert them. We put time and effort into both color and black/white enhancement, and do specific treatments on the images for each method to ensure they look their best. When you see your finished images, the majority will be in vibrant color.