Vendor Spotlight: Jinda Photography
Tell us about JINDA
Photography:
We are Jin and Linda, a wedding
and lifestyle photography team based in Seattle. We both grew up here in the
northwest and met years ago at the Bite of Seattle where we pretty much fell in
love. A bit later we also fell in love with our first DSLR camera that we bought
at good old Costco! That first camera had us discover a fun new hobby which
then took us down an amazing journey discovering a love for capturing and
creating images of people more than any other subject and now here we are
privileged to do something so fulfilling and expressive for both our clients
and ourselves.
What
makes your company unique?
I come from a very technical
background and Linda from a design field and that combination definitely helped
create a great marriage for running JINDA. We both knew early on in our
relationship that we had alot of the same visual and design tastes and that has
helped us to establish a clear style, feel and brand to our photography. Also
because we care so much about the quality of the service and products we
deliver, we made the decision from day one to only take on a limited amount of
weddings per year. This has allowed us to give our all to each and every one of
our awesome clients without getting burned out and staying fresh and energized
in what we do.
What is
your philosophy with working with brides?
Proactive communication and
setting expectations of what's to come, how things are going to play out and
guiding them where they're seeking help or don't know to ask goes a long ways
in ensuring an awesome experience. It's not every day people get married and
know the ins and outs of how to plan for it so just like it's great to hire a
wedding planner, we make it as easy as possible for our couples when it comes
to the photography. We keep things very simple from beginning to end like from
what options we offer which won't make your head spin to helping them get
started with the day of timeline that they can tweak to make their own. We even
create a wedding website for our clients so they don't have to deal with the
technical aspects of putting together a site. Basically it's a good mix of
educating, communicating, and keeping it simple which we found works great and
results in very happy clients.
What is
your advice for couples in selecting a wedding photographer?
The one thing we can't stress
enough is to make sure your photographer is someone you absolutely feel
comfortable around and genuinely like as a person. The best way to know is by
meeting them before booking even if you've been emailing and conversing over
the phone. Sometimes that's not possible but if you're both local, definitely
meet up. There's no substitute for meeting someone in person and just like a
blind date, you just don't know if there will be chemistry or not until you
interact face to face. It could go great but it might not and I'm sure nobody
wants to find out on their wedding day. A great personality goes a long way
more than you know when it comes to how people feel and react in front of the
camera. That's why this is so important because it directly affects how honest
and natural your photos turn out.
What
are the current wedding photography trends?
The current trends seem to be
towards the film look. Film is awesome and we've been playing around with
medium format film for our personal stuff but digital gets the job done for our
weddings.
What is
the best part of your job?
Sharing the same love,
excitement, and rush for our passion with the person you love and embarking on
the journey together meeting so many amazing people along the way!
