You want to see the most adorable couple ever…Mikayla and Kevin are it hands down. Such a gorgeous couple and funny as hell! They were an absolute blast to work with. Their adorable puppies just added to the fun!
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This engagement portrait was shot in one of my favorite locations in Montana. It has some beautiful rock formations along the Blackfoot River with the mountains surrounding the entire area. And can we just take a minute and appreciate those shoes!
This couple was all Montana through and through…they wanted to have their engagement portraits down by the bitterroot river and incorporate both their custom Jeeps and their adorable dog! We laughed nearly the entire time and the weather opened up and gave us a gorgeous Montana sunset to play with!
I've known Jesse for years and have worked with both he and his wife to be at countless weddings...they're both DJ's! Of course we had to incorporate that part of their life together into their engagement portraits. These were shot in Monk's Bar downtown...it's never looked so good!
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Bride Tips From Dax Photography-Smiling During The Ceremony. I can't even begin to tell you how many times I've seen a wedding party that doesn't smile during the ceremony. No more RBF people!!! This goes for EVERYONE! Remind your wedding party that they NEED to smile during the ceremony! During the entrance it always looks best if the couples entering are smiling and laughing at each other. While standing up during the ceremony, some smiles and glances at family and friends in the crowd is perfect. During the exit smiling and high five'ing the guests in the aisle is wonderful. And let's not forget the couple should be smiling at each other with a few laughs towards the crowd. It should be the happiest time for everyone involved...show it. Love, your friendly neighborhood photographer. www.daxphotography.com
Just had one of my engagement sessions featured by Montana Bride, Inc​!  This was the second time that the Missoula Airport/TSA has literally shut down air traffic for us to shoot.  They have been so great to work with and on this one we had the Director of the airport drive us around.  Just as we were starting a gentleman was just parking his vintage Yak-52 and graciously allowed us to use it!  Congrats again to Tim and Meagan!!!!  Check out the feature here: http://www.montanabride.blogspot.com/2015/08/montana-bride-featured-e-session-meagan.html
Missoula Montana Engagement Portrait-Ashley and Chris
I've been a vendor at the Missoula Wedding Fair for over 5 years now and have seen it progressively go downhill. Â This is the Cherry Creek Wedding Fair held every year at the Holiday Inn Downtown. Â It has suffered from poor management and utter greed by the host radio station. Â This year I finally decided NOT to attend...believe it or not, I found out I'm not the only one! Â In fact, far from it! Â I've heard from over a dozen of the best wedding vendors in the region that they share my same concerns regarding the event and won't be there this year. So if you're a new bride and were hoping to attend this years event...DON'T! Â There will be very few vendors there and the ones that are may not be a good representation of the quality of wedding professionals in the Missoula valley.
Please allow me to explain why so many vendors are deciding to no longer attend this wedding fair:
1) Â It has, and continues to be BY FAR the most expensive wedding fair in the region for vendors to be a part of. Â This includes Spokane, Seattle, Bozeman, etc. Â In fact, it's more than double the cost of Bozeman's 2 day event. Â Bear in mind Cherry Creeks' wedding fair is only 5 hours on a single Sunday in January.
2) They require vendors to have a prize giveaway valued at $150 or more! Â This in no way benefits the vendor as everyone has a giveaway, it's purely a draw to make the radio station look better.
3) Cherry Creek used to match the entrance fee for the wedding fair in radio ad credit...which is the ONLY reason so many vendors have still attended in the past. Â This year they did away with that program.
4) They blatantly lie about the attendance of the event. Â Saying they get 400+ brides in attendance. Â Each year, after the event when the email list of the brides who attended is distributed there is usually only 150 "brides" on it. Â I put brides in quotation marks because there are a large percentage of women at the event pretending to be brides just to get freebies!
5) Because it's still free to the public and they require giveaways from all the vendors this event is littered with women who are simply pretending to be brides.
6) Most vendors just attend the event for marketing exposure. Â But as far as marketing is concerned, it does very little to get your business' name out there. Â It is very rare that anything is actually booked the day of the event. Â And those that do book usually would have booked with that vendor regardless. Â Every year I see new vendors show up at the event counting on booking brides, only to not be seen again the next year.
7) Bottom line it simply doesn't ROI for most vendors to be a part of this event. Â After the entrance fee, designing and printing marketing materials, employee payroll costs, set up and tear down time, giveaways, etc, etc. Â The event really doesn't make financial sense for vendors.
Don't get me wrong in the past this event has been much better, but I would highly recommend you don't attend this year...just like myself and many of the other wedding vendors in the region.
Engagement Portrait Photography-Ashley and Chris
Love is in the air-engagement portrait on airport runway (Ryan and Amanda)
Montana Engagement Portrait-Marcus and Ali
Engagement Portrait Photography-Christopher and Megan
Montana Engagement Portrait Photography-Alice and Richie
Montana Engagement Portrait Photography-Ali and Marcus
