Harrisburg Wedding Photographer - Grace Lightner Photography - Celebrating Life Through Modern Artistic Photography

Weddings & Events
Central PA & Harrisburg's Wedding Photographer for the Stylish Bride

What we do... (In addition to the obvious...)

Unlimited consultations are included at no additional cost.
We take the time to get to know you as a couple & individually. The more we know about you, the further we can blow you away with imagery that will make you weak in the knees.
We provide tips to help you plan your Wedding Day and offer suggestions on on the day's timeline to maximize the time we have to create the "WOW" shots as well as to maximize the time you can relax and have fun celebrating with your guests!
For packages over $2500 we offer a complimentary 2 hour Engagement Session! (Even if you don't get a free one, do the E-Session! It will give you a glimpse of how much fun we will have together and how awesome the images will be!)
For packages over $2500 we will set up a complimentary Wedding Photography Registry! (Which WILL dramatically slash your out of pocket Photography Investment!)
As a professional, we understand the nuances that make up a Wedding Day and the dynamics of the things that are happening and that will soon be happening so we can predict the amazing moments and be at the right place to capture it.
Although we will gladly accommodate shot requests, we promise to never give you a "So now what?" look, we are the professionals!
We bring an arsenal of sexy pro photo equipment including a backup camera, portable lighting, scrumptious art lenses including wide angle, fisheye, ones that create gorgeous blur & more...
Our technical knowledge of how to use all our equipment as well as ability to work with natural light to create the ultimate in Wedding loveliness!
An assistant who also will be shooting during certain portions of the day and providing their unique dose of smile invoking humor.
Since we will be hanging out with you for much of the day we also serve as a bit of a Wedding Coordinator by keeping you on track according to the timeline you provide (and that we can help you put together).
We research your venues to see what can enhance or impede our work.
We photograph in a portrait journalistic style which blends photojournalism (those beautifully intimate moments that are unknowingly captured) with traditional and creatively posed portrait photography (we will definitely try to push the limits on creative shots if enough time is allotted and we think you'd be game).
And of course we also gobble up all those beautiful & pretty details (we know you worked hard on them!)
We are terribly easy to get along with, we offer corny jokes, genuine smiles, infectious excitement and energy. You and your guests will enjoy the time you are in our hands! Or else!!! Just kidding... =)
Stress? We don't freak out! In a way stress just acts as an exciting challenge. We keep focused and help reduce stress during those times when couples need it most. We want you to enjoy your Wedding Day and focus on celebrating so we can feed our cameras more delicious images.
We offer an ingenious cost cutting Wedding Photography Registry... oh did we say that already? Well it is worth a repeat! The Registry can virtually eliminate your out of pocket investment and allow you to get all the decadent stuff you didn't think you'd be able to!
We pre-edit all the final images to make sure they look yummy and pour our creative love on our favorites for your ultimate viewing pleasure and to illicit squeals of joy!
We create an online slideshow of your final proofs so you can show off your Wedding Photos to Family & Friends.
We offer all sorts of yummy high quality custom products to showcase your Wedding Imagery.
Our gorgeous Wedding Albums feature your beautifully retouched images in a custom designed layout which we design from scratch. Available cover options range from traditional to stylishly modern materials such as exotic leathers, metal, custom image covers & various textured acrylics.
Our awesome Wedding Book allows you to showcase more Wedding images for less and showcases a custom image cover on Metallic photo paper!
We create custom DVD & Blu-ray Photo Stories out of your favorite images to create a movie like visual sensation that will be a block buster hit for you and your family!
We also offer Final Images on CD with Copyright Consent so you can create prints at your leisure & safely archive your precious memories. This includes the pre-edited images too!

Whew! If you read all of that then good for you! Are you excited? Ready to book right now? Well wait just one moment! We'd like to invite you and your fiancé to set up an appointment to meet, talk about your Wedding and to discuss the type of Photography services & products that you'd most love. And most importantly to see if we are a perfect match! Trust us, your gut will tell you and then we can move on to booking & planning your Wedding Day!

Special Note

Because of the amount of love, time & creativity we pour into each Wedding we will only book a maximum of 15 Weddings a year and no more than 2 per month. Every Wedding is special to us and we do not like to spread our creative love thin. We may spend 6 hours with you on your Wedding Day, but at least a whole week's worth of work is put into each Wedding to plan, edit images and create custom products for each couple.

So book early! At least 6-12 months prior to your Wedding Date. More times than not we have to turn away clients because of a prior commitment so don't wait until the last minute to book and that goes for ALL of your preferred vendors and venues!

Wedding Photography Registry Service

Our Wedding Photography Registry is an ingenious and powerful tool that can virtually eliminate your out of pocket Wedding Photography Investment.

We offer a safe, custom and easy to use online Wedding Registry that will allow your guests to contribute to the Photography Investment allowing you to spend less & get more.

This service is complimentary for all packages priced at $2500 or more. To view a sample Wedding Registry page please visit the following link.

http://www.gracelightnerphotography.com/missybenweddingregistry.htm

A word on choosing the Right Photographer for your Wedding Day

Many Brides have been reduced to tears and a lifetime of disappointment by hiring unprofessional & unskilled hobbyist photographers to photograph their Wedding Day. For many, hiring a Wedding Photographer will be the first time ever hiring a Professional Photographer. For this reason it is easy to make the mistake of hiring the wrong photographer to match what you know you want when it comes to your Wedding Photos. Unfortunately there is no standard that every photographer must meet in order to provide you with acceptable quality service and products. In fact any person with a camera and a twinkle in their eye can legally call themselves a Professional Wedding Photographer. So it is vitally important that you do your homework and have a clear vision on what you want and budget accordingly. Every photographer is unique in their ability, shooting & editing style, professionalism, and the way they design albums and create beautiful artwork.

If you are looking for truly gorgeous Wedding Photography like you admire in magazines but are only shopping by the lowest price you will likely end up with a clueless Photographer who has limited creative vision, little understanding of Wedding Day dynamics, lack of professional equipment and backup, poor technical skill, questionable people & posing skills and little clue of how to edit & create stylish & polished images & end products from the photos they take. You will most likely be left with a CD of unretouched (or very oddly retouched) images that lack the pop, excitement and beauty that you wished you would have gotten had you invested a few hundred dollars more to go with a true professional.

If you think it is normal for full coverage beautiful and professional Wedding Photography plus Album or CD to be less than $1000, then you will likely find yourself with an amateur or hobby Photographer for your Wedding that will deliver you amateur results. With the low cost of intro SLR's there is a hoard of wanna be photographers who want to practice on your Wedding Day and will entice you with a low price. This is certainly not to say a low price guarantees low quality, all aspiring professional photographers need to start somewhere and many start off by offering free or low cost services which is perfectly fair. However it is vital as a Bridal Couple to completely understand what you are getting for your money and be okay with that. A Wedding is not something you can just do over.

So just a word of heartfelt advice to prevent disaster & tears.... Do your homework, check portfolios, meet in person for a consultation, look at samples, trust your gut, get referrals, ask questions and feel confident when you say "I do" to your photographer. You will then be more likely get the results that will leave you with tears of joy instead of tears of disappointment AND you will truly enjoy and remember with a huge smile on your face one of the most incredible days and celebrations of your life!

Wedding Packages & Pricing

Our packages start at $845 with our most popular packages being around $2500. We will also create custom Wedding Packages to suit your needs. All packages worth $2500+ include a complimentary Engagement Session and Wedding Photography Registry setup.

We offer a wide range of products to suit every couple including Proofs, Proof Book, stylishly designed Custom Photo Books, stylishly designed Custom Photo Albums, High Resolution Image Files with or without retouching, DVD & Blu-Ray Photo Stories, Prints, Gallery Wraps & more.

Please contact us at 717-834-5479 for detailed information on all of our Wedding Packages and to discuss how we can create images that will have you begging for more!