Paul C. Miller Photography

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Introduction: Paul C. Miller is a wedding and portrait photographer based in Sonoma County in the town of Monte Rio, California. His work as a documentary and newspaper photographer in Russia and Eastern Europe has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Los Angeles Times, and numerous other publications. Trained as a photojournalist, Paul is a visual storyteller, capturing the spontaneous, unscripted moments in life. Always ready to travel, Paul photographs weddings, portraits and events throughout Northern California: San Francisco, Healdsburg, Sebastopol, Napa, Marin, Santa Rosa, and Mendocino. Photography has always been full of surprising discoveries. It is the unscripted, spontaneous moments that I strive to capture with my camera.

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22 years in business

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What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
My pricing is very affordable by Bay Area standards and is all-inclusive. That is, there are no hidden fees for overtime or the full-resolution digital image files I offer to my clients. I try to keep my pricing mid-range, though many of my fellow photographers have pushed me to raise my rates. I've found that with the prices I currently offer, I attract people who understand and value great photography. The locations my clients choose and all the art direction in preparing for a great wedding prove that they are artists, though art may not be their chosen professions. I offer discounts for off-season weddings (November-April) and very small weddings often called "elopement weddings." Prices vary according to the date, number of people and my client's budget.
What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
It is important that my style of photography is what a couple is looking for, so the first step is to meet in person or arrange a phone/Skype conference. I make it clear what I will deliver on the day of the wedding and when they should expect their final proof images. I am very flexible with a couple's wedding itinerary, though I insist on the following: 1.) Stay as close to your schedule as possible and make sure that your hair/makeup artists respect that schedule. 2.) Make time for group and bride/groom portraits before and after the ceremony. 3.) Do your best to relax and act naturally by putting your trust in me to find the gems in a day of shooting thousands of images.
What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
My training as a photographer started under Professor Norman Locks at UC Santa Cruz. He encouraged me to follow my instincts but also to study the work of the masters I had discovered. Josef Koudelka, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Diane Arbus, Nan Goldin, August Sander, Robert Frank. All these great artists influenced my candid street photography, portraits and documentary work. But my first real work as a professional came when I landed in St. Petersburg, Russia and started pursuing personal projects that were later noticed by Dan Williams who was working for the Washington Post. From there, I pursued my work as a photographer and was hired by the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Guardian, The Baltimore Sun, The San Francisco Chronicle and others. When you work for a newspaper you are not expected to control a situation. My experience working for newspapers has taught me to to adapt and respond quickly. Of course, with weddings, there is more flexibility to work with people in the making of great portraits and occasionally requires me to give some direction.