Which photographer do you like more?

[MMM]

Which photographer do you like more?? With out any consideration of their pricing?

 

[MMM]

Here are active links to their sites:

Agnes Lopez

Jason Angelini

 

[neatfreak]

Assuming it''s for your wedding, I greatly prefer Agnes. I really like Jason''s artistic photography, but his "person" photography looks much more forced than Agnes''s.

 

[princesss]

Absolutely Agnes. She seems like she''s capturing moments when you look at the couples in her photos, while Jason seems like he studied a book of "shots to take at a wedding". IMHO he doesn''t consider angles and body shapes in his pictures, and a lot of the kissing pictures look like bad romance novel colours and not like intimate, romantic moments. I like that Agnes does comp cards and headshots, I feel like it shows up in her wedding work in understanding how bodies and people look on camera and how to bring out personality in her photos.

But then...I''m a complete photo snob.

 

[E B]

If I were you, I'd ask to see a full edited wedding. Anyone can take ~50 good shots of many, many weddings, but a full wedding shows just what a photographer can do.

But going off the sample shots alone, I love what Jason does with scenery (as well as his use of different lenses), so I voted for him.

 

[zoebartlett]

I really like both photographer''s work. I chose Agnes though because I think I like her style a little more.

 

[ladyciel]

I like both, and I think for me I would need to meet them in person and take their personalities into consideration. My feeling is that if I don''t feel comfortable with the person, how on earth is he/she going to get beautiful, natural photos of me?

 

[omieluv]

I can see why you are having such a difficult time deciding. As others have mentioned Anges has a great style for capturing people, however, I do enjoy Jason''s artistic flair. Jason''s strength is more in capturing the finer details of the event (e.g., scenery, food, etc.), while Agnes seems to have a great appreciation for the human form. I bet you wish you could hire them as a team!

Really though, it will help to meet with each and view more of their work.

 

[MMM]

okay, i must come clean!!

thank you for all your opinions!!
the situation is as follows:
i have already booked agnes! we are from florida and are getting married in florida but just recently moved to los angeles. before we left i really wanted to make sure my photographer was booked so i could be sure to meet with them before booking - it was not something i wanted to plan from a distance. photography is probably our number one priority. we looked at website after website for weeks - months really! and talked to a LOT of different people from all over the state. we finally settled on agnes. there were 2 photographers we liked a little more, but they we just too expensive! we met with her, thought she was great, loved her pictures etc, etc.

that was over a month ago.
two nights ago i was reading a local message board on the knot and saw someone raving about their photographer and bunch of other girls chimed in that had worked with him also - all said great things. i went to his site to look at his pictures just for fun and really liked them a lot. i don''t like them more than agnes''s, but i do think they are really great.

then, i saw his pricing?!?! he is literally thousands of dollars cheaper! THOUSANDS!! i know i like agnes more, but do i really like her THAT much more?!?! probably not.

so i''ve spent the past few days really upset with myself! why had i never heard of him?!?! grrrrrrrrrrrr.
i just wanted to hear others opinions on the two without having all the messy details to get in the way.

we have already signed a contract with agnes and i just don''t feel right breaking it. even though im SURE she could rebook the date - our wedding is over a year away. plus, what if she refused to let us out of the contract? then we would have a photographer that knew we had tried to "fire" her! eeeek! just not a good situation.

anyways, thanks for all your opinions. i am finding peace with the situation. im trying to think of it this way:
i like agnes more. period. if i had found jason''s site before booking her i never would have "let" myself have her! so, i get to have a photographer i LOVE. and i''m sure i wont be missing the money (albeit a LOT of money) 10 years down the road. although right now, i am missing it a LOT. ...sigh...

 

[MMM]

do other people second guess their choices??? actually, im going to start a new thread for this... i bet i can find some other indecisive ladies!

 

[sera]

I would absolutely book Agnes if I could... absolutely amazing photos/art! Just beautiful!

 

[punkin]

I did the same thing - spent tons of time searching for a photographer and waffled about paying so much. However, I finally went with my favorite and I''m feeling really good about it. I think Jason is good and his price is fantastic but I like Agnes better. I think you''ll be happy!

 

[happilyeverafter]

Date: 8/21/2007 12:59:56 AM
Author: MMM
do other people second guess their choices??? actually, im going to start a new thread for this... i bet i can find some other indecisive ladies!

I second guessed myself a few times, but not on the photographer, on the reception venue. We are having it in a private room in a restaurant. But it''s not a fancy restaurant - it''s like a rib place. I love their food and we can get the room for free, and not a lot of fine restaurants are open for a sunday lunch, so this is what we chose (plus I can decorate the room really nice, and it has a fireplace!). But when I tell people where it''s going to be I get these "looks". That''s when I second guess myself. But so far i''m still on track with my first choice.