4. Kevin Sawyer Photography
Kevin Sawyer’s wedding photographs are the definition of wholesome. From adorable four-legged best friends, to the intimacy of wedded bliss, to the joy of celebrating them with family. Perhaps one of the most awarded and bold Reno wedding photographers out there, Sawyer chases and captures emotion boldly and warmly.
Calling him a wedding photojournalist with a penchant for empathy wouldn’t be far off. Many try to make their wedding shoots picture-perfect. Sawyer goes for raw and real instead, like this father-daughter dance we love (pictured above), and makes reality absolutely memorable.
5. Lauren Lindley Photography
Lauren Lindley has some surprises for her visitors. Her pictures are a mixed bag of color, party, joy, weddings, emotions, and bliss. She uses her website blog to educate rather than promote, with incredible panache. And when it comes to capturing wedded bliss, she does it with as much deftness as the other categories and genres in her list—brightly colored, confidently joyful, and promising celebration everywhere.
Even her black-and-white photographs have the delight of a party shining through, escaping the vintage label they often get lost in. Whether wedding or elopement, Lindley’s a phenomenal photographer to help share your joy with everyone.
6. Madi Wagner Photography
Madi Wagner has a penchant for working with stunning natural landscapes and environments. She’s able to create a scenario of intimacy in a wide variety of settings and with all kinds of couple requests—horses included!
But we feel her real magic lies in her incredible eye for special moments that pop up in a celebration—a stolen kiss in a car, the oldest couple in the room, rockstar relatives, or an embarrassing toast at the table. When you want that mixture of picture-perfect and memorable, Wagner is the creative to pick.
7. Ruta Swanson of Amber Shore Pictures
Ruta Swanson does way more than your regular photography package. Attention to grooms, to the setting, to detail, cinematography, and the immortalization of intimate moments are her forte. But we feel that secretly her niche is something even more special—wedding and bridal portraits.
Swanson is thorough when shooting your special day, but her attention stays on the bride and the groom, featuring prominently as her special focus. It’s quite usual to dramatize the wedding in a shoot. But to stay focused on the bride and the groom requires sensitivity, which Swanson displays in abundance.
8. Sam Murray Photography
An immense amount of effort and planning goes into a wedding. And Sam Murray is a wedding photographer who loves getting every detail. As evidenced by her Instagram account and pictures, not only does she take the effort to get wonderful pictures, she also immortalizes the special efforts that go into making weddings unique and memorable.
Tantalizing sneak peeks into the behind the scenes of getting ready, to the actual event, are all framed in loving detail. And Murray makes marriage look like the magic it’s supposed to feel like.
