Simply the BEST
The short summary: I have never worked with such an incredible pair of people in my life. I count myself beyond lucky that I was able to spend my elopement day with such a kind and funny duo, let alone the beautiful beyond beautiful pictures they took of us that I cherish.
The longer version:
Our wedding was originally scheduled in 2020, and I booked with Dorota and Marcin in 2019 after finding their stunning and creative work on their website. We were particularly impressed with their use of color and their playfulness with natural light. From the first phone call with them, I felt 100% more calm about our wedding. Their work speaks for themselves, clearly, but what I could not have anticipated was the charismatic, hilarious, and incredibly thoughtful humans behind the camera.
I was absolutely excited to marry my partner, but I have *always* dreaded having my picture taken. It is my least favorite activity. Needless to say – I had a lot of nerves/dread for wedding day photos, and these two put me at more ease than I could ever have imagined.
When our wedding was postponed due to border closures, not only were Marcin and Dorota incredibly accommodating and helpful with rescheduling, but they also were terrific communicators throughout the pandemic. They sent us news from Canada (we live in Chicago) and kept us updated on the estimated reopening. I also sometimes received surprise beautiful pictures of the epic outdoors from them which lifted my spirits during a tough time! I actually had far more communication from them than I did our venue.
We rescheduled 2020 2021 2022, and every time we had to change the date, they were so professional, prompt, and kind. As we inched our way closer to our 2021 date (we had already rescheduled for 2022), they contacted us that it looked like the border might open to U.S. citizens right before our 2021 date, and that they still had it on hold for us. We decided to go for it – and booked flights to go elope with Dorota and Marcin.
We had a chat before we flew up to Calgary about what we’d like to do and go see. I laughed the entire call and felt completely at ease. We told them we trusted them, and they could bring us wherever, and we gave a couple ideas. They knew the hassle we had gone through with our wedding and even met us for a night prior for a bite to eat to welcome us to town.
Our elopement day was pure magic. And by “pure magic,” I mean we had incredible experts in charge. Upon our request, they brought along their friend Michal who took the role of our officiant (we recommend him, too!). While I would have loved to do an adventure elopement, my partner did not feel up for it. I encourage you to check out their adventure portfolios, though. It’s too bad I really love my husband, because I would really like to elope again with them. We met them in the morning, and they did what they did best – captured our joy with award winning photography skills. I will treasure these photos all my life. At the last second, they suggested we switch gears and trekked over to BC to run around a waterfall. We felt like we were spending our elopement day with two old friends, as opposed to hired vendors.
Like I said in the beginning, from even the quickest glance, you know that these two are masters of their craft. What I hope my review shines a light on, though, is how terrific these two are as people as well as photographers. I hope they had fun with us too, because now I want to have them document all future celebrations for our family. I might show up one day with a newly adopted pup. “Dorota and Marcin…more pictures! We have a dog now!”
I am SO excited to work with them again in a month for our wedding ceremony. And it is shocking to me that I'm saying this about photographers, when I typically dread having mine taken. :)
Thank you so much for a wonderful and fun beginning to our marriage and for capturing it with magnificent beauty. You are simply the best!