Let Them Eat Cake...

Along our journey in the Hills we met our photographer, Angela Pierson.  She was super nice & we can't wait to work with her.  I have a feeling we will have wonderful traditional shots as well as several fun photos.  Angela is open to just about anything & seems very laid back.  I'm sure we will all work well together.

After the ceremony & photos we will be having dinner at an Italian restaurant.  The facility is new & the staff was more than helpful, willing to take time to talk to us & ask several questions.  This restaurant was not our first choice, however, upon seeing both dinner locations, the decision was easy.  Here's a peek at our dinner location:

We can have this private room for the night for a fee, or risk overflow from the restaurant if they are busy that night.  They also have a patio area behind the restaurant they are willing to reserve for us if the weather is nice.  The owner is allowing us to bring in a dessert so we found a small cake shop in town.  A 10" cake was ordered.  It is red velvet with cream cheese frosting & chocolate piping.  Hopefully when it is done it will look something like this (white one) with roses on top:

Take a Picture, It'll Last Longer...

I made too many phone calls & logged too many web hours trying to find the perfect photographer while we are in the Black Hills. Personally, I think photography is something that should be of excellent quality. These will be your memories so you should not skimp on a photographer.

With us getting married in South Dakota & then having a party a month later we need two different photographers. To ask the same photographer to travel 5 hrs is too costly. So the ideal situation is to find a photographer willing to give us reprint/copyrights. This way we can mesh the two sessions together & create our own wedding album.

I knew right away that I would ask a high school classmate of ours, Mandie Haman, to do our engagement, family & reception photos. She has kindly agreed to do our photography for a great price & I get reprint rights. It's a steal!

You can view her work here: http://www.mandiehaman.com/index2.php#/home/

After many, many phone calls & emails I reached a deal with Angela Pierson Photography in the Black Hills. She will photograph the wedding day & ceremony (we are not having a reception that day). She also agreed to reprint rights.

You can view her work here: http://www.angelapiersonphotography.com/__welcome.html

Total price for photos & editing: $1,650 not too shabby since we maintain copyright.