Picture These Discounts
Save on wedding and event photography and family portraits
Melinda Strickland experienced typical stressors in the weeks leading up to her July wedding.
How hot and muggy would it be? Would she remember the choreographed moves she practiced with her husband, Will Strickland, for the first dance? Would her 3-year-old nephew make it all the way down the aisle as ring bearer?
But Strickland wasn’t worried about photography.
She booked Red Bridge Photography for wedding and engagement pictures. She received an engagement session at no charge because Duke staff and faculty who book a wedding with Red Bridge get an engagement session for free – a $400 value.
“We weren’t even planning on getting engagement photos until we saw the employee discount,” said Melinda, associate director for the Fuqua School of Business Executive MBA Program. “We were thrilled with the photos. They really showed the joy we felt on our wedding day.”
Melinda and Will have 20 pictures from their wedding day hanging in frames in the hallway of their Raleigh home. Pictures show Will kissing Melinda on the cheek as her veil blows in the wind; the two performing their first dance surrounded by loved ones; and the couple feeding each other the first bite of wedding cake.
“It was hard to decide which photos to put up because they were all so fantastic,” Melinda said.
Red Bridge is one of the photography outfitters that provide a deal through the Duke employee discount program. Here are some other options for your next photoshoot.
Morgan Henderson Photography
Duke alumna Morgan Henderson earned her doctorate in Genetics and Genomics from Duke University in 2014. After graduating, she made photography her full-time career because capturing families and weddings ended up being her dream job.
Henderson offers a 10 percent discount on portrait sessions and a free hour of wedding photography.
Leah Marie Photography + Stationary
Get your photography and wedding invitations done with Leah Marie Photography + Stationary in Raleigh. Duke staff and faculty get a 10 percent discount on wedding photography, family sessions and wedding invitations.
Joe Payne Photography
Raleigh-based photographer Joe Payne offers Duke employees 10 percent off any portrait or wedding photography collection.
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