Hello, so glad you’re here!

I love answering this question because I believe there is unique value that I bring to your wedding day! I believe that I am worth the investment and I think you will be thrilled with the work that I do and the experience that I provide.

The photographs that I deliver to you are edited, color balanced, with optimal exposure, and handled with the highest level of care so that every image you receive is the highest quality possible. It’s my job to provide a fantastic photography experience for you on the day of your wedding, and it is something that I absolutely love doing.

Here are a few reasons to invest in Ginger Moose Photography:

• 11 years of professional wedding photography experience shooting dozens of weddings each year.

• Great people skills ~ This is paramount on a wedding day! The wedding day is such a beautiful day, but it can include stressful moments, tense family interactions, and tight timelines. This is why choosing a photographer that you trust not only as a photographer, but as a great people person, is so important. I feel that interacting with the variety of guests, vendors, and wedding party members is one of the most valuable skills I bring to the wedding day. I am able to help lead and direct people throughout the day in a calm, easy going, and fun way to make the photos as enjoyable as possible. You will spend a lot of time with your wedding photographer throughout the day, so you should choose somebody that you have confidence in and great chemistry with. It will make your day so much more enjoyable!

• Quality gear ~ I choose the highest quality lenses, camera bodies, and equipment to ensure that I capture every moment of your wedding in the absolute best way. You can rest easy knowing that I have top of the line equipment, backup cameras, and backup lenses always ready in case any glitches happen.

• Quick turn around time ~ I know how important it is for you to be able to see and share your wedding photos soon after you return from your honeymoon, so I promise that I will ship your custom online gallery of edited wedding images within 8 weeks from your wedding date, or I will send a custom wedding album to you for free.

• Beautiful Couples Photos ~ One of the areas that I feel I am strongest in and stand out among other photographers, is my ability to capture breathtaking and intimate photos of you and your spouse to be. I make it a priority to carve out time during the wedding day to
  capture photos of just the two of you together and I believe that these photos will be some of the images you cherish most for years to come. It is my job to produce gorgeous, well lit, and stunning photos of you and your spouse. It is one of my absolute favorite parts of the day!

• Guiding you through planning ~ I care so much about taking care of my brides and grooms and want to be available to help you throughout the wedding planning process. Let’s face it, wedding planning can be stressful at times, so I want to be a resource and friend to turn to when you have a question or hit a roadblock. With my vast experience serving brides, I love helping you create a wedding that you will absolutely love. You can count on me for recommendations for venues and vendors, how to create an ideal timeline, and how to plan a memorable Colorado mountain wedding. I will be available and always excited to help throughout the planning process via email, phone, and text.

• Safe Backup ~ When I come home from photographing your wedding, I will make 3 complete backups of your images on three different hard drives to ensure that your photos are never lost or damaged.

• I absolutely love what I do and I think that reflects in every step of the wedding process! From the first phone call, to the last delivery of wedding prints, I will invest my whole heart in serving you. I would be honored to be your wedding photographer!

Bright. Authentic. Intimate. Natural. Sun-Drenched.

I photograph weddings in a fine art style mixed with photojournalism. This means that photos have a shallow depth of field (subject in focus, background blurred), will include a portrait session with the couple, will include all the details of the day, and will together form a cohesive collection of photographs that tell the story of your wedding day. During the bride and groom’s portraits I often direct and help pose in order to create the most beautiful photos possible. The wedding event itself is photographed mostly in a documentary/journalistic style so as not to disturb the flow of the day, and to capture the important moments as they happen naturally.

Absolutely. These are my favorites from the day…hands down, and find that they are usually the bride’s favorites as well. I prefer to have 30 minutes alone with you sometime during the day. This short portrait session gives couples their most personal, emotional and intimate photos of the day. You might consider scheduling a First Look—a short meeting before the ceremony. I will also pull you away for a few minutes as the sun is setting to create portraits in the best light of the day.

Yes, these portraits are important to your family’s history and should be documented. I suggest creating a selection of groupings so the formal portraits can happen in a timely way; this way you can fully enjoy your wedding celebration. I try to make the formal portraits easy, fast and enjoyable for everyone.

Ginger Moose Photography is located in Durango, Colorado and specializes in documenting weddings in Durango, Telluride, Pagosa Springs, Ouray, and throughout western Colorado. I also travel throughout Colorado and the U.S. for destination weddings. Please inquire about your specific wedding date and location for associated travel costs.

Vanessa will be the lead photographer at your wedding and the person who you will be in contact with throughout your wedding process. There is also an option to add a second photographer to your wedding collection, who will photograph and help assist throughout your wedding day.

The number of photographs varies greatly depending on the collection choice, length of the event and number of guests, but generally your gallery will include 400-600 images.

Your entire collection of digital images will be ready and shipped to you on a custom USB within 60 days of your wedding date. If your wedding collection includes an album, it will be delivered within six weeks of your approval of the final design. I accept a limited number of weddings per year to ensure that you receive your photos in a timely fashion… I know how important these photos are to you! You getting your wedding photos back quickly is of utmost importance to me. 

Yep, absolutely! You will have your own personalized online gallery of photos AND a flash drive of all of your high resolution digital images. In fact, you can share your personalized online wedding gallery with all guests, family members, and wedding party members where guests can download any of the full-resolution digital files for free.

I can assure you that feeding me and my assistant (if included in your collection) will keep us energized throughout the evening. Caterers will often provide vendor meals at your request.