Christopher Rebo Photography

So, I’m a little late in getting this posted, but better late than never, right?  We’ve been talking with other professionals in the wedding industry to try and gather some useful tips for all the brides out there.  There are so many things that you should know, and it is so hard to know what those things are, or where to find them…  So we are trying to help!

We talked to Katalin Green, who is probably THE premier Montana wedding planner, and got a couple quick tips from her.  She even made them photography specific for us! 

#1 -Before you send your invitations to the printer and set your ceremony time in stone, check with your photographer to make sure you are going to be making best use of the light that day!

#2 – If you are having an outdoor ceremony (and many of you do!), be sure to see if your photographer has any suggestions specific to that location – such as the best direction to position the ceremony for the time of day it is happening.

I just want to thank Katalin for taking the time to give us some handy information to pass along to you.  Be sure to check out her website from the link above.  If you are looking for a wedding planner, Katalin is one of the very best, and you can’t go wrong with her!

We hope to have some more helpful info coming up soon for you, so keep checking back.  Leave us some feedback in the comment section – let us know if this i helpful to you!

Chris

Ok, so we had that little sneak peek from Josh and Kathy’s session a little while back.  Well, are you ready for more fun?  If you didn’t see the other pic, you can see them here.

As we mentioned before, Josh and Kathy run Lockie Photography down in Bozeman.  They also shoot quite a few weddings, and I am thrilled to be doing their wedding photography for them down in Bozman this July.  Not only that, I will also be IN the wedding.    Josh is a great friend of mine, and I am honored to be a part of their big day!  How are we going to manage all this?  Well, with the help of my super talented second shooter Janna, of course!

We had a great time shooting their engagement session here in Helena.  You’ll probably notice that some of these pictures are a little more goofy than what you usually see.  Like I said, we had fun, and some of these are just for the sake of fun. 
Hope you enjoy, and leave them some comment love!

Chris

Just a couple quick teasers from Josh and Kathy’s engagement session last night…  I couldn’t wait to post these, and there will be plenty more posted soon!

Josh and Kathy are close friends of ours, and together they run Lockie Photography.  Check out their site here: Bozeman Wedding Photographers

They will be getting married down in Bozeman this July, and I get to be a part of their wedding, as well as documenting part of it.  Sound crazy?  Well, that’s just the way we like it…. 

Make them feel good; say nice things about them in the comment box!

Chris

So, we kinda wanted to do a recap from 2009 and show a couple of our favorite images from each of the weddings we shot last year.  I say we, but I guess in actuality these are Chris’s favorites, as I picked them all. 

We were thinking about doing something fun, like having our readers vote, and then doing a fun prize for the couple who’s picture got the most votes.  Still debating what that prize could be…  So, I will try and get them numbered, so vote in the comments section for your fave!   (NOTE: This is all done in the spirit of fun, so please one vote per person.  We can see IP addresses and the like when you leave comments, so please play fair.  Ok, thanks!)

So, without further ado, here are some of our favorite images from 2009!

Chris

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Wow!  Had a wonderful, busy, (exhausting?) holiday season, and now it’s time to get back to work!  Lots of stuff going on that I’d like to share, so here we go… (in no particular order…)

Janna had the opportunity to go to a 1-on-1 workshop with the wonderful Jessica Kettle, of Jessica Kettle Photography, who’s work Janna and I both love.  She learned a ton, and I got to learn a little too, secondhand. 

I’ve got some new pictures to post up here soon, and some old ones as well.  Sometime in the next week or so we will be doing at least one best of 2009 post, and I’m thinking we may even have a little fun with it!  Maybe a vote, and the couple in the winning image gets a prize?  What do you think of that?  Not 100% sure on the idea, so I’m open to hear others. 

Sometime in the not to distant future we will be starting what will (hopefully) become a regular feature: Guest Authors.  We will have posts (and I think maybe even some video posts!) from some people with good info to share for both brides-to-be and photographers alike.  Keep a watch for the first installment sometime in the next few weeks, hopefully.

We are going to be at the Helena Bridal Fair again this year, and we are super excited to meet you all!  Please don’t be shy – we are going to have a great giveaway, and we would love to just chat with you.

We’ve received some wonderful comments and testimonies from our clients in 2009, and some of those will be appearing on the website soon, and we may post them here with a few images tied to them as well.  Hopefully it will be something helpful for those of year who like to know you’ll get what you pay for. 

I think that’s about it at the moment…  I’m sure I’m forgetting something, but that’s ok.  Hopefully have another post tonight with some pictures from a recent engagement session!  Leave some love in the comment box if you have some to give.

Thanks!

Chris