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You share with me your story as a couple and your hopes for your wedding day. I explain how I work before, during and after your wedding day. I follow up with a recap email with your very own custom proposal
After a carefully selecting wardrobe and scouting locations that reflect you as a couple, we arrive at your engagement session day. Here I provide specific prompts and capture the two of you interacting with each other in a variety of situations that mimic your relationship. I design each session to ensure that you get comfortable in front of my camera and with my style of work... a sort of practice run in preparation for your big day.
Here we make it official: contracts are signed, retainers are paid, I create your client portal so all your information is in one place, you receive your welcome box, and we start preparing for your engagement session.
A few weeks after your engagement session, you'll have access to viewing and downloading your wedding images, plus ordering prints, guestbooks, save-the-date cards and more right from your gallery.
Consultation
Engagement Session
Engagement Gallery
Onboarding
The Timeline
What to expect when you work with me
Shortly before your wedding day, we'll have one more call consultation to discuss your final timeline for the day, and any last minute details necessary to ensure that things run smoothly and that you can fully enjoy your celebration.
When your wedding day finally arrives, my team and I are there from preparations to sendoff, documenting every special moment with agility, kindness and discretion, letting you and your loved ones enjoy the day without having a camera on your face at all times. We find the best opportunities to capture images that will make your heart melt; images that you'll treasure forever.
With very few exceptions, I attend my couples' rehearsals to take final notes on anything from how the room will be lit to who will be standing where. This allows me to be fully prepared along with my team, in order to capture your wedding in the best way possible. It is also a great opportunity to meet your families and wedding attendants.
A few weeks after your wedding, you'll receive your finished images, as well as the printed deliverables you have chosen, together with a handwritten note with my best wishes to you and your family, and a little surprise to help you start your gallery walls.
Final Consultation
Wedding Day
Wedding Deliverables
Rehearsal
The Timeline
What to expect when you work with me
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Chicago | NYC | DC
Local Weddings
My home base is Chicago, and NYC | DC are my "second cities". If your wedding takes place in any of these three locations, or if you want your engagement session here, there are zero additional travel costs involved. I'll also be able to provide full guidance on portrait locations and additional local vendors to add to your team, if you so need this.
Local wedding coverage starts at $7,500
"To be 100% candid, you'd be an idiot not to hire Sandy. There truly isn't a more caring, fun, and kind human who can literally capture every single amazing moment so perfectly. We love her to pieces."
Annie & Thomas
Married September 2018
Wherever Your Love Takes You
Destination Weddings
As an avid and experienced traveler, I'm happy to document weddings all over the world. I arrive with enough time in advance to your day in order to scout for the perfect portrait locations, pick up a few great styling accessories to incorporate in your detail portraits, and get acquainted with your vendors team so that coverage of your wedding is a smooth and easy experience for all involved.
Destination coverage starts at $8,200 plus travel expenses
"We were blown away by how thorough Sandra and her team were when approaching our wedding in México. They arrived a day before all the guests, covered the entire event from welcome cocktail to day after brunch, and created the most wonderful album with all our memories from the week. We cannot thank her enough for all her hard work."
Matt & Carly
Married Summer 2019
The Deliverables
Prints & Albums
Every wedding collection includes at least two printed products so that you can have images that you can hold in your hands and display in your home. I offer gorgeous hand-crafted custom albums, fine art prints, and keepsake print boxes that add to your home decor, and that can allow you to relive your magical wedding experience time and time again.