"Our photographic style can be described as modern and unique yet timeless and classic. Our goal is to simply be visual storytellers through our artistic vision with quality and expertise while remaining authentic to you and your day. We provide guidance but are never obtrusive, aiming only to enhance your experience in a positive way"
HI, We're Jen & CHris!
Wedding Photographers
With almost two decades of experience & over 400 weddings photographed, we know the dance that needs to be done to make things go as smoothly as possible. We've worked in almost every condition, & we are well-versed in how to deal with them all. We will also go above & beyond to make sure that we get all of the important & fleeting moments, captured with the most optimal composition.
Our Main focus
For your day
Efficiency:
We work very quickly yet efficiently. We know all too well how fast the day goes by, and we want to make sure that you get to be present and enjoy as much of it as possible instead of taking up too much time with formal photos.
Minimal posing:
We typically do a few sets of guided poses during a wedding, focusing mainly on natural reactions instead of stiff poses. We also make sure to do these in an optimal location for the best lighting and surroundings.
Documenting:
Almost all of what we do is documenting the day as it unfolds with little interference. We want to be as unobtrusive as possible and document moments from our own artistic perspective while remaining authentic to you and your day. We will utilize our expertise in the situations where some type of guidance is required.
We are always calm & collected and we aren't sticklers about anything, it's YOUR day and we are there to roll with the flow!
Our Style
Our photographic style can be described as modern and unique yet timeless and classic. We use our signature stylized flare sparingly to sprinkle in a little magic into our client's images while remaining authentic to them and their day- which is a mix of candid photojournalism (documentary style) with a good helping of fine art. We don't hop on fleeting fads that won't stand the test of time (besides a little dabbling for fun or to pepper in a little bit!). We strive to remain true-to-life so that in 10 years down the road, no one wonders "What were we/they thinking?"! Because in all honesty, we have some photos from 10+ years ago that we feel that way about now! Some of these trends are returning, but we've already learned our lesson!
Our goal is to simply be visual storytellers through our artistic vision with quality and expertise.
Meet the Team
Chris
Photographer/Editor
Starting out as an editor in photoshop, Chris quickly transitioned to being a professional photographer with his ability to achieve expertise in photography, lighting and editing while being almost completely self-taught. Chris is not only an artist with the camera, but takes it to the next level with his unique and skilled post-processing. Chris is also laid-back and humorous- so he can get clients to give natural expressions instead of stiff, posed and forced.
Jen
Photographer/Editor/Manager
Wife to Chris and founder of Sawicki Studios (which was originally Jennifer Sawicki Photography). In addition to photographing weddings & editing her own work, Jen does almost all of the behind-the-scenes work which includes album design, marketing, social media and website managing.
Jen tends to be the quiet observer whose style is best described as documentary with a focus on the natural moments, emotions and details.
OUR origin STORY
In A Nutshell
After the birth of our daughter in 2004, Jen began learning photography through the New York Institute of Photography (back when they only taught film!), graduating a few years later with a merit award. It was around this time that Chris became highly interested in learning Photoshop techniques.
In 2006, Jen began photographing children & babies and then started photographing weddings in May of 2007. This is also when Chris started high school senior portraits and joined Jen in weddings. Chris quickly realized the art he could create with photography by the use of lighting, composition and post-production, and it's been an ongoing evolution ever since! Chris is one of (if not THE!) first photographers in the area to incorporate the use of off-camera lighting at weddings, particularly for what is now known as "night shots", even earning two awards through WPPI (Wedding & Portrait Photographers International) in just the first few years that we began our career. He was also featured and spotlighted in a few local newspapers and had work published in both ELLE and FIRST For Women magazines at that time.
Having been married for 24+ years ourselves, we love seeing other people start on their journey of marriage and really enjoy capturing the most magical day of our client's lives!
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