If you're looking for a traditional wedding and portrait photographer, you've come to the wrong place.
When I first designed this business, I made a list of all the things I would change about traditional photographers:
1. They're too expensive.
2. They make you commit to print packages you don't really want or need.
3. They charge a sitting fee.
4. They charge additional fees to stay longer at your wedding celebration and then end up leaving before the fun really begins.
5. They don't grant copyright permission.
6. They try to fit you into their style without understanding who you really are.
So, I decided to throw out every one of the usual conventions. That's why, at Spilker Portraits:
1. Packages are incredibly affordable.
2. You may purchase the minimum package and upgrade to other packages, or purchase additional prints, at any time.
3. You'll never pay a sitting fee.
4. You'll have photos of your very special last dance, and you won't pay additional fees to get them.
5. You'll receive every photo from your wedding day, in full-resolution, with copyright permission.
6. You won't feel like you've just been stamped out by a cookie cutter photographer.
But there's much more to Spilker Portraits than just the business....
As a child, I used to sneak into the library and pull books of photography from the shelves. I have always been inspired by Dorothea Lange's ability to capture the most incredible emotions in the faces of her subjects, and I've always been fascinated by Henri Cartier Bresson's ability to find that spectacular, elusive moment that everyone else seems to miss. Throw them both together, and you have a photojournalistic style of wedding photography that influences every DVD I create.
The best way to know if Spilker Portraits is right for you is to view the merchandise. Please browse the numerous photos on this website. I hope you'll understand what this business, and more importantly, the faces on these pages, mean to me.
I look forward to meeting you and adding your smiling face to these pages.
Matt