Brandon Patoc Photography

Brandon photographed our wedding back in September 2014 and we couldn’t have been happier! He was professional, fun, and reliable. We got married at the court house and had a reception the following day so we had two different celebrations we wanted photographed. Thank you brandon for capturing our love through your beautiful photographs. We would highly recommend you (and already have)!!

Having Brandon photograph our wedding was by far the best decision we made for that entire day. Brandon is smart, sharp and has a mellow demeanor which is refreshing on a day where energies tend to run high. He soon faded into the crowd and frankly, I completely forgot he was there once things really got going — which added even further to my surprise at all of the little moments that he managed to capture that day. Brandon’s gift is the ability to beautifully photograph the nuances, the personal exchanges and emotions that now allow me to truly relive the day until the end of time — and his talent is rare. The posing photos of course are a must and ours turned out absolutely stunning. I couldn’t be happier with the whole lot of photos. I am forever grateful that we had Brandon photograph our day and it was a privilege to have him at our wedding.

When looking for a photographer, the most important thing to me was to find a photographer who truly captured the emotion of joy, laughter, and love. That is exactly what we got from Brandon’s beautiful pictures! Brandon is such a genuine person who absolutely adores his job! Brandon, you are truly the best! We love your work.
I also want to mention how much of a pleasure it was to work with Brandon. Brandon is so quick to respond, usually within the same day.
I was truly blown away when I saw our engagement pictures, they are absolutely perfect! If you’re reading this review wondering if you should book Brandon, stop, and go book him, like now! You won’t regret it :)

Let me start by saying planning a wedding was probably one of the most stressful experiences of my life! That said it was also one of the most amazing, magical and life changing experiences of my life and hiring Brandon was a no brainer.
Looking at his work you can plainly see that he is extremely talented and has a wonderful eye for capturing honest and sincere moments. My husband and I had the pleasure of working with Brandon on two separate occasions (engagement session and wedding day) and each time he was professional and always a pleasure. He made the experience very special for my husband and I and you can tell in our pictures. He helped relax us and got us into a good groove and we have gorgeous pictures because of it.
Do yourself a favor and take one major load off your wedding planning plate by hiring Brandon!
Thanks again for everything!!!

I could go on for an hour, but I’ll try to respect your time. Hiring Brandon Patoc as our wedding photographer, was one of the best decisions we made throughout the year of planning. We stumbled upon his name in a Bridal magazine listed as one of Seattle’s top photographers, and immediately fell in love with his style.
Not only were we stunned by the photos he captured – moments we didn’t even know existed on our wedding day – but he was fantastic to work with. He answered emails, phone calls (even texts) within the hour, and consistently worked around our schedule, met with our wedding planner (and us!) and surprised us with a delivery of champagne on Valentines Day. He went so far beyond his required duties as our photographer.
As for his photos: There isn’t anything we treasure more. We look back on them at least once a week (I know, I know), and each time we’re more and more pleased with his work, noticing new details and emotion. He was able to be everywhere at once it seemed. Running around in the least invasive way, capturing genuine moment after genuine moment.
What sets Brandon apart from many other photographers we looked at, is the fact that he is a trained photo-​journalist. He looks to tell a story – your story — through his photographs, which is precisely what we were hoping for, and exactly what we received.
Finally, he cares about his clients, even after the event is said and done. Our wedding was in November, and he rushed prints to us (on CHRISTMAS EVE) to ensure we had the last-​minute gifts (framed photos) we were hoping for.
If you want to take a peek at our photos, here’s the link:

Forever grateful,
Hilary & Adrian

I have to say that I love pictures and so do my family and friends. Because we all love pictures so much, our expectations of good photos are extremely high.
Brandon Patoc Photography without a doubt hit photographic home runs throughout our destination wedding week in Cabo. I am grateful that he poured hours into making our pictures look amazing. Our wedding day went by so fast and when I got the proofs, I felt transported back to our special day. Brandon’s attention to detail seemed to catch every emotion perfectly and each image had a story.
I know people say a picture says a thousand words, but Brandon’s photos captured a million. He is an exceptional photographer and i would not hesitate to book him again.

My wife and I hired Brandon for our wedding photographer on the suggestion of a mutual friend, and I feel like I should be taking that friend out for dinner on a weekly basis to thank her for the suggestion.
I know my fair share of wedding photographers back home (Kansas City) and wasn’t really looking forward to the notion of flying someone out for our wedding, so I was glad to find someone local whose book looked solid and who was, more importantly, easy/​quick to communicate with. We both immediately felt comfortable with Brandon; a lot of times, wedding-​related folks (caterers, photographers, dj’s, etc) never let you forget how busy they are, but Brandon made a point to make us feel like we were the center of his universe for our wedding day.
On our wedding day, Brandon put in one of the most solid days of work I’ve ever seen anyone put in. He stayed patient as we corralled a pretty large wedding party full of edgy parents and crying kids, handled my wife’s particular nature with incredible grace, and did so with a smile as he took our pre-​wedding shots. During the ceremony, I didn’t notice him once, but (after looking at the shots we got back) I’m amazed I didn’t. He didn’t miss an angle and documented the ceremony perfectly, catching the glow everyone had on their faces so beautifully.
For the reception, Brandon was in the thick of everyone, and it seemed like I couldn’t move 4 steps without seeing him taking pictures of my wife and I or our families and friends (this is a good thing). He was seemingly everywhere at once, and managed to capture the intimate, genuine hugs and conversations with grace while still managing to capture the frantic, jubilant energy of the goofballs on the dance floor. He also managed to document all of the intricate details (place settings, food, decorations) that so much time is spent thinking about and executing while often being overlooked for big picture details.
Your wedding day is one of the days you absolutely want to feel like a rock star, and Brandon’s photography definitely made my wife and I feel larger than life. I can’t express how impressed I am with Brandon’s professionalism, his vision, and his ability to capture different moments and different styles. I’ve got no plans on getting married again (knock on wood!), but I can happily and whole-​heartedly recommend Brandon’s services for anyone who is tying the knot or documenting an event.

Brandon is a great photographer and we loved his work, but his business practices as a professional photographer are dishonest. We hired Brandon to do an engagement shoot with us, and wanted to hire him for our wedding also. After receiving back the images from our engagement session, we decided to not hire Brandon for our wedding after all because his delivered product turned out to be much different than what his website and contract will lead you believe.
Included in all of his packages is a «a high resolution disc of the color-​corrected photographs». However, there are 2 things that are misleading about this statement:
1) Brandon’s defintion «high resolution» is much less than all of the other Seattle-​area photographers that we talked to (there are about 15 other photographers that we called after we saw what Brandon’s resolution). If you want to make any of your own prints larger than 5“x7″ at a decent dpi, or print canvas prints (by the way, Brandon charges a huge markup on these), you will not be able to. The resolution is not high enough for what print shops require.
2) Brandon’s definition of «color-​corrected» photographs does *not* mean the photographs that you see on his website — with artistic effects and even black-​and-​white adjustments. You will not get the digital files for any of the photos that he custom-​edits. Those cost $ 45 per image (for just the digital file). What you get are what look like raw photographs from his camera, with slight «color-​correcting».
Since we booked our wedding session before we got our engagement photos back, we had already given a deposit. Once we found out what Brandon’s packages *actually* consisted of, we attempted to work it out with him and get our deposit back. He refused our request and told us the files he gave us should be sufficient for our printing needs, and that if we want prints larger than 5×7, we should order through him ($ 85 for a 16×20 print). As such, we chose not to have Brandon shoot our wedding and found a photographer that would give us the files (as I mentioned, every other photographer we called provided all the touched-​up images at a *real* «high-​resolution).
He gave us a $ 100 «studio credit» to try to make up for the $ 300 deposit that we lost to him. When we placed the order for the prints we wanted, he forced us to submit 2 separate orders, one for the studio credit and one for the photos that were included in our engagement practices. This meant that we had to pay $ 15 in shipping costs. He claimed that it was because the studio would actually be shipping them separately. However, when they came, they were (as we suspected) all shipped in one shipment — as always, he was just nickle and diming us for everything he could.

I don’t even know where to start with my feelings on Brandon’s work — I was SO afraid of getting wedding pictures taken. I’m not very photogenic and hated the idea of fake smiling for hours. Brandon put all my nerves to rest with his laid back personality. Don’t get me wrong, he’s all business but yet so casual, it’s really refreshing especially when you have a million things going on when planning a wedding.
All of our friends joked about how Brandon was a ninja at our wedding, he was everywhere all at once. Everywhere you turned, there he was capturing a picture of something. He’s definitely not one to just stand by and wait for perfect moments, he creates them. We did the obligatory family pictures and he used his sense of humor to get everyone in my big family on the same page.
It doesn’t hurt that his pictures were featured in Seattle’s Bride Magazine.

We hired Brandon last-​minute (in wedding planning time) for the ceremony and formal photos for our wedding. We only wanted to have him for the shots that we felt were absolutely required, like family/​wedding party shots and the ceremony. He was reasonable and charges about $ 300 per hour.
There was nothing ground-​breaking about his photography. We chatted with him on the phone prior to the wedding so that he could get some idea of who we were, what our style was, etc. He did get some shots of my husband and me that were lovely.
I could have used more artistic direction from him. If you decide to use him, he has excellent communication, laid-​back style, and a quirky sense of humor. The laid-​back style is also a down-​side, if you aren’t totally sure what you want out of the session. I was so flustered that day, I didn’t even think to ask Brandon about the shots he got prior to his departure.
Post-​wedding, we received access to our photos online and a CD of the color-​corrected, high-​resolution photos. We were very pleased with the result.