At 43rd Ave. Photography, the motto is, “We’ll show you what your day looked like,” which is something that sounds straightforward until you’re knee deep in searching for a photographer and starting to realize that lots of photographers tend toward highly stylized and heavily edited final results. If your vibe is more about a bright, accurate depiction of reality without a whole lot of filters, then you’re looking for photojournalism. And San Francisco–based Nicole and her partner Stephen at 43rd Ave. Photography are trained photojournalists who will candidly capture all those in-between moments that would otherwise be lost.
Nicole and Stephen met while studying photojournalism at San Francisco State, and as Nicole says:
We learned to photograph people as they are. To anticipate rather than dictate. We believe that the people getting married are infinitely more important than even the most beautiful of details. We know our couples put a lot of time and effort into how their wedding looks, and we take care to photograph those details as a keepsake. However, the majority of our time is spent making pictures that show off their personalities and what their wedding day looked—and felt—like.
San Francisco–based 43rd Ave. Photography shoots weddings all over the Bay Area: travel is included within 100 miles of San Francisco. They offer a range of pricing options to cover everything from elopements (starting at $500 for one hour with Nicole) to what they call full “wedding collections” (starting at $3,000 for six hours) to everything in between ($1,350 for four hours for small weddings). All packages include edited high-resolution images and an online gallery of their images to view, share, and order prints.
Lots of photographers will deliver a thumb drive and call it a day, but 43rd Ave. cares about what happens to your photos AFTER the wedding as well. As Nicole says, “When was the last time you looked at a digital photo from 1999?” And, truth. It’s hard to know how the quality or accessibility of digital images will hold up after twenty years, but we all know prints—whether in an album, a keepsake box, or on your walls—can last generations. The duo at 43rd Ave. can help you find a home for your photos that’s outside your hard drive. And if you happen to want an album then you’re in luck, because they are total pros at album design (photojournalists, remember?) and will make the process streamlined and easy.
Those of us at APW that have been lucky enough to hang out with Nicole of 43rd Ave. would describe her as a big warm smile in a tiny person. We should all be so lucky to have the kind of friend who can cheer us up and calm us down with just a smile beside us on our wedding day. But for rest of us, we can at least hire Nicole to do that… and then stealthily melt into the background to take incredible photos. As her client Christina said:
I didn’t feel like our wedding photos came out looking staged and they really captured the spirit of the day. You listened to our requests and added a few unique touches to photos that made them feel light and silly. You two are super chill and made an overwhelming experience totally manageable.
So if you’re looking for super-sweet, super-sneaky photographers who will fill your wedding album with some beautiful portraits and a whole lot of memory-inducing candids, then contact 43rd Ave. Photography ASAP!
43rd Ave. Photography is offering $200 off a wedding collection by mentioning this post and 10% off wedding collections booked in May 2016.
