About Open Aperture Photography
We're here to hold your hand...
Weddings are stressful and confusing. We're here to help you with the entire process: before, during and after your wedding day. We do everything from recommend other fantastic vendors to help lay out your wedding day timeline. I constantly tell our clients and I'll tell you too: We're here to help! What can we do for you?
What we aren't: We're not the photographers who just show up on your wedding day and ask where we're supposed to be. We're not some strangers who just keep following you around on your wedding day. We're not so one track minded that we only focus on the final product. It's about the process and experience that go into making amazing images.
By the time that wedding day arrives, our couples don't think of us as "the photographers." They know us as Bob and Amanda, which is how we like it.
We only do a limited number of weddings in order to spend the right amount of time on each one. Want to know if we still have dates available this year or next year? Contact us and find out!
Our standard coverage area includes much of Eastern North Carolina, ranging from Greenville to Jacksonville and Kinston to the coast. For a custom quoted travel fee we're also available for travel. We have covered weddings from east (North Carolina) to west (Arizona) and north (Pennsylvania) to south (Florida).
We're proud members of Professional Photographers of America (PPA) and we use the training and education they provide on every shoot.
About Bob and Amanda
We're a lucky husband and wife team who gets the opportunity to work with other new couples. What a dream!
Bob is the lead photographer and he's the man with the plan (unless he gets overruled by Amanda). He cut his teeth doing TV news and made the jump to weddings and portraits a couple years ago.
Amanda is the second photographer and on-site assistant. She's there to shoot as well as help Bob and our couples (and not necessarily in that order) with whatever they need.
Bob and Amanda really love the opportunity to work with young couples and help plan their weddings. Everybody puts so much work into it, everybody gets stressed planning it, then everybody gets to party at the reception because they pulled it off successfully.
Bob really loves the teaching and planning aspects (he's a natural born teacher) and Amanda really loves any chance she can get to work with brides (in her mind she still is one).
About Our FREE Bride Guides
That's right, we said FREE. We want to help you with your planning so we're giving you these guides for free. All you need to do is sign up!
Free is great, but what are they? Since we're experts on wedding photography, that's what the first two are about: Making sure you pick the right photographer and planning your timeline properly for your photographer. The third, fourth and fifth guides talk about how to avoid mistakes, relax and have fun on your wedding day.
The first guide that you'll receive is called "20 Questions You Need to Ask Your Wedding Photographer." Who would know more about that than a wedding photographer? Sign up here:
About Rates
Our wedding photography packages start at $1900 and our portrait packages start at $150. We love to sit down with our couples for a free consultation to customize a package. Contact us today to check the availability of your date before it's too late!
About Bridal Registry
A program unlike anything else in the area.
Albums, fancy wraps and large prints can be tough to afford after a wedding, so have somebody else buy them for you! Our bridal registry works similar to ones you've seen in a department store: Choose what you want and your family and friends can call us and go from there.
Bridal Registry Highlights:
-Your friends and family can purchase merchandise credit that can be redeemed after your wedding day.
-The credit can be used on any post-wedding merchandise that we offer: albums, prints, wraps, etc.
-Credit can be purchased in increments of $50.
-You set the maximum amount that can be sold.
-We provide you with registry cards to send to your guests.
About Our Referral Program
Past wedding clients who refer future wedding clients get a special gift from us: A free portrait shoot sitting fee! That's a $150 value! Inquire for more details.