Meet the Team
Hi, we are EMP — Your New BFF’s
We are so excited you are here! Emily Michelle Photo + Film isn’t a one woman show but we also aren’t a big, generic company, and that is what we think sets us apart. We are a small team of friends, sisters and women who love capturing love and are creative, fun, and really cool.
Emily, Lauren and Allie are our main photographers and Georganna and Lauren handle the video end of the company. Our second shooters, Angelica and Devin are highly trained and able to step in as lead photographers if needed (so you really get TWO lead shooters when you book a second photographer with us) and then Devin, Emily and Lauren are involved in the back-end process.
To keep everything cohesive (which is a big deal) we all shoot the same equipment and style and Emily is our only editor, who edits each and every image that goes out to our brides. And just like that, you get beautiful images from a wonderful team who is always there to message back, listen, respond and be on board with your goals and vision for your photo and video.
Hiring a small team benefits you in so many ways - there truly aren’t any downsides!
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Know Us
Meet the Dream Team
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Emily
Jesus lover, traveller, fun mom, coffee addict and always looking for a good time - I have been in love with photography my entire life and am so blessed that this is my actual job.
Emily’s sister and BFF. Lover of makeup and all things cozy. Allie started wedding photography in 2018 and has an amazing eye for detail.
Georganna
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Loves the Lord with her whole heart + loves to serve others. Devin is involved in a lot of our editing prep, and is an amazing second shooter.
Devin
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Allie
We love G. She got her start in western photography and we converted her to a videographer and second shooter with EMP - she is amazing!
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Dogs. Good food. Mountains. And a good book are the only things Lauren needs in life. As part of the team since 2019, you may see her behind either the photography or videography camera.
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Lauren
Angelica
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The sweetest Disney and Taylor Swift loving soul you will ever meet. Angelica lead shoots during busy season and second shoots for the EMP team all year round.
Why a photo+film team?
Collaboration amongst creatives + friends
Our small team is made up of family, lifelong friends and creatives with a passion for building each other up and giving our clients the best experience possible. With a team, the workload and creative burden doesn’t just fall on one person. We bounce ideas off of each other, create together, and serve our clients together. Collaborating truly makes a difference in your final images.
The best back up plan
Although rare, as a client we know in the back of your mind you think and worry about emergencies with your vendors. We have ALL been woken up at night in a cold sweat with a wedding nightmare. The peace of mind that comes with hiring a small team is invaluable. If any of our team is sick or has a rare emergency, we have other team members that can step in so that you as a client get the same quality of work you expect, and don’t have a last minute stranger covering your wedding. The whole team will be familiar with your event!
Consistent images + service
I think the biggest worry people have when hiring a team is that they don’t personally know their photographer before the wedding, but that is why we are meticulous about hiring and retaining the SAME lead photographers and second photographers long term. We take time to train them in both shooting and business, and while you’ll work closely with Emily before the wedding, we know you’ll come to love and trust our little group as well. Not only do they shoot the same and have all been trained the same and use the same equipment, they share the same love and passion for photography, videography and our couples.
Backed by the best
When you hire an individual photographer, all of the backend tasks falls on one person. The editing, messaging, website upkeep, bookkeeping, planning, travel - literally, all the things. And sometimes you run into a burned out, overwhelmed photographer. We never wanted this for EMP and having a team affords us a ton of help so that we are always available to message back, always available for a chat, always edit and return galleries on time and early, and make sure that nobody on the team is ever stuck in a creative rut.
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“You need a team, just trust me”
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Kind Words
“We can’t be more thankful for this group of girls”
I never knew a photo + film team like EMP even existed - while we were originally looking to book with an individual, we quickly found that single photographers doing both in the wedding industry were overwhelmed, hard to hear back from, and seemed burned out and overloaded. We were terrified of long turnaround times and long wait times when we needed a reply. We are so thankful we booked a team. We hear back from someone immediately, our images were returned quickly, and while Emily was amazing to work with we quickly came to love the entire team. Emily’s passion in choosing the right girls to represent her brand is evident - they are all equally talented, sweet and thoughtful and with Emily editing all of our images, everything was perfect and cohesive.