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I recently stumbled upon the work of Chicago photographer Jeremy Lawson.  It's a completely different feel than what we wanted, but I LOVE his stuff!!  So fun, edgy and unexpected.  Definitely check him out.

http://jeremylawsonphotography.com/blog.cfm

http://jeremylawsonphotography.com/

This picture alone is priceless! 

While I'm always biased toward my hubby-to-be Steve Koo (as I mentioned above!), I also love Jeremy Lawson, Olivia Leigh and Laurie Peacock (my wedding photographer!!). Also Dawn Roscoe is another great one -

http://dawnephoto.com/

All just depends on your style and budget and how edgy you want to go. But there are a lot of great photographers listed above!

how about chennergy?

http://www.chennergy.com/

their work is absolutely to die for!! they did mrs. meatball's wedding. her pics are on here as well as their site. they are absolutely divine!

Hey there.  I'm going to suggest a photographer here in Toronto who travels extensively to various clients.  His name is Dmitri Markine and he's been named as one of the top photographers in Canada (can't find the article right now, though).  His prices are pretty decent, starting at $3K (in CDN funds).  We would have booked him but discovered him only after we already booked a photographer.

http://www.dmitrimarkine.com/

@Mrs.Chocolate Popcorn - generally photographers who work solo/have their own company ensure that should they not be able to make it for any reason (ie be near death or in a coma!), they will ensure that there is a photographer of the same quaility at your event. My wedding photographer has that in her contract, I believe, and so does my hubby-to-be. There's a strong network of photographers who all know each other (especially in cities like Chicago) so between everyone they know/know of, it's pretty reasonable to assume that someone of that group will be available.

SO - that's a great question for anyone to ask their photographer when meeting with them - ie what is the backup plan? :)

@sharberry - what fun! Was he available? I can't keep up with his clients anymore :)

@MelissaatFresh - the general rule seems to be spamming the boards about a specific vendor (especially the posts that are trying to seem like they are from brides but they're most likely vendors) is frowned upon, as well as starting threads specifically to advertise your services, as those are supposed to be placed in the Classifieds section.

But generally, if a thread is started about a particular topic (such as this one), people chime in with a variety of reccommendations. Hope this helps to clarify, and welcome to Weddingbee!