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Tammy Swales presents Guest Blogger (and former bride) Shannon Chaudhry | Rochester NY Wedding Photographer
August 17, 2010In the days, weeks and months leading up to a wedding, I get to know my couples pretty darn well, and always look forward to the calls and emails from my brides. Seriously…when they have all their photos and married life is well underway, …I miss them. ::sigh::
Shannon and Kieran moved to Baltimore shortly after their wedding, and I love that Shannon sends me little updates, notes about how things are going and just generally to say “hi!”. I LOVED working with these two!!! I mean, how could you not?!?!

Adorable. Right?!?! And SO funny together!!!

So when Shannon started her own blog, Shananigan, it gave me the idea to have her “guest blog” for me about what it was like to be a Tammy bride. While I was thinking more of a eye-witness report of insanity and chaos, Shannon wrote such a sweet and amazing review. I don’t normally post testimonials, but this one was so touching and down to earth, that I had to put it up. So here is Shannon’s post in all of it’s un-cut awesomeness. And just for the record, I totally don’t remember saying anything about Kieran’s eyelashes haha!!!
Tammy is quite possibly the most amazing photographer in all the land. Seriously. This isn’t a joke. She could probably turn water into wine if she tried. I first met Tammy last Fall when we met for a consultation. Tammy immediately put us at ease and you could just tell she knew her stuff. Plus, she liked my fiance’s eyelashes, which was cute. Anyway, I wanted an urban theme for the photos, she picked the place, and the pictures were AHHHH MAAA ZIIING. These things were individual pieces of art. Plus the entire process, from setting up the initial consult to receiving the final photographs, was extremely smooth. Tammy and Jess were always available and promptly responded to anything I had questions about; whether it be when I would get my proofs to why phone books still exist in this digital age (though I’m not sure we came up with a great reason for that one).
Then come the wedding photos! All I can say is I have fallen in love with this woman (and her pictures are alright too). She is so extremely talented it is not funny. Plus she has the best sense of humor and personality. She created such a great rapport with me that I am really going to miss her!!!! I feel like I am losing an appendage and am honestly thinking about getting married again so I can have more pictures take. Ok, that may be a little over-exaggerated. But, she is great to work with and creates wonderful pieces of art. I recommend her to everyone, even if they need a passport photo. I mean, you want to look good when the customs guy in Aruba looks at your photo right!? She is amazingly talented, extremely personable, and just plain cool. Plus, she has Jess working for her too. Bonus.
Double bonus. (haha that was Jess interjecting. but…true. very true. ::grin::)
It was such a joy working with these two!!! They always made me laugh – still do! – and their wedding was so inspiring, such a gorgeous, elegant celebration of their incredible love.

So thank you, Shannon and Kieran!!! I can’t wait to see what adventures are coming next for you! And you’d better keep blogging about them.
Everyone likes to open presents. I love to see the delight and wonder in people’s eyes as they wrestle with ribbons and pull off paper and ooooo and awwwww over what’s inside. And……I know my brides are going to be opening their fair share of gifts. The martini glasses and quesadilla makers, blenders and Le Creusets. There is so much wonder and excitement when couples first see their wedding images, when they can first relive their incredible day without all the hustle and bustle and nerves of the wedding day. So we thought, why not couple the wonder of opening an amazing gift with the wonder of receiving and seeing your wedding images??!!! Totally makes sense, right?! Right. So…a fabulous new husband and wife just received another wedding gift…

Wait. What? You mean you don’t know what this is?! ‘Cause you got to open it, Silly!

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You still don’t know what it is? Let’s open it a little more!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!! And along with images and other sundry necessities, there are also a few little surprises. No. I’m not telling you what they are. You’ll just have to wait to find out. ::wink wink::





























8.17.2010
What an honest and sweet way to show what your clients think of their experience! Holleerrrrrr