Doug Bean was our wedding photographer and we cannot praise him enough. Leading up to the day he was always available by text or email, and as he had never been to our unique venue before, he met us there a few weeks before the wedding for us to scope out shooting locations. On the big day, he helped my inexperienced groom tie his tie and arrange his tie clip and cuff links. After that Doug set up our First Look and it's a moment we will never forget. Throughout our entire day he was kind, courteous, patient, and made sure we only focused on each other and our love. He took shots we never would have thought of and for the specific shots we did ask for he made them even better than what we had in our heads. He was very careful about taking wonderful detail shots of my bouquet, our shoes, my groom's Green Lantern tie clip and cuff links, etc. He was creative and resourceful and together we took advantage of every nook and cranny of our beautiful 1930s Mission style Historic Fifth Street School venue. My husband and I really felt like Doug was part of our team! During the ceremony and reception he was both unobtrusive and everywhere at once! I know he got all the classic shots but I was never aware of him. All my guests and our family couldn't stop gushing about him. He was so fun during the reception too! There were a few times when he took our wedding rings away from us and I can't wait to see the photos to find out what creative things he did with them. I also saw him with our custom cake topper that was painted to look like us! He's a sneaky one! We haven't seen the photos yet but I have absolutely no doubt they will be gorgeous. We would hire Doug again in a second for any special occasion. He was the one vendor for our wedding that we appreciated the most and can't stop talking about. THANK YOU DOUG!!!
For the reviewer here who gave Doug one star, I think you must have just caught him at a busy moment because that is so far away from my experience with Doug that it's hard to believe we could be talking about the same person.