Chad Pilster is the owner of Pilster Photography out of central Florida. They’re willing to travel anywhere and photograph every aspect of each wedding, no matter what it may be. They’re so creative and detailed, it was hard choosing which pictures to post! Read on for more details about Pilster Photography.

Number of Years in Business:

17 years. Pilster Photography started when I was high school and sold football photos to the boosters. I then freelanced for weekly newspapers where I was growing up. Next I attended SJSU for photojournalism, I interned at a weekly and two daily newspapers, and continued to freelance. After graduating I worked full-time for a daily newspaper for 6 years and have constantly freelanced for other newspapers and magazines, such as Seventeen. I have been documenting weddings for the past 3 years.

Pricing Information:

Pilster Photography’s basic package starts at $2950 for unlimited coverage, but what we can offer is endless, so contact us about our many options.

What makes you stand out?

Couples work hard to make a wedding original and I work hard to capture it that way. Using pictorial photojournalism I strive to bring a style that is documentary and outside the box. I am passionate about creating images people might not expect.

To really take advantage of the documentary style most of our packages include unlimited coverage, so we can be there from the beginning until the end of the wedding day.

Pilster Photography not only tries to tell the story different, but the company philosophy is to be different in every way. We are always looking for creative ways to be outside of the box, from our photos to our marketing material. We love to work with other creative and industry professionals who are looking to do the same. We even love to talk to our couples about ways to make their weddings visually interesting and even more unique.

What’s the favorite part of your work?

That I get a chance to have a new experience. As a journalist I was always experiencing something new, it was an opportunity to be in places I’d never get to go as a regular person. As a wedding photojournalist I am always experiencing a different tradition, a new way of getting ready, an interesting venue, some far off location or something else I’ve never captured before.

If you have any spare time, how do you spend it?

“If you have any.” For anyone who runs a small business, you know that free time is sparse. I have a few passions. One is with my family. Five days a week I stay at home with my newborn. Triathlons and the many aspects around them, including instructing other beginning triathletes, training for them, gaining sponsors and volunteering to help run them takes some of my other free time. I weighed 255 in high school and am now down to 190.

Photography is my profession, but I try to make it as little like work as I can. Any creative person who has done the same thing for more than 5 years will tell you that you can easily get burned out, and unless you can keep finding projects to keep you fresh it’s going to feel like work. I take any other free time I have to work on projects that take me to a new experience.

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