About

Yes, we are a studio.

But with mom & pop vibes.

We're Ben & Karis - husband, wife, and the two humans behind Pearl Paper Studio.

Seventeen years ago, we started this studio with a pretty simple idea: couples shouldn't have to choose between beautiful photos and a genuinely enjoyable wedding day. Along the way, we've grown from a husband-and-wife team into a studio that's big enough to be dependable, but still small enough to feel personal. Around here, you're never just another name on a calendar.

The funny thing? We're still photographing weddings nearly every weekend ourselves. That means we're always learning. Every season brings new ideas, new perspectives, and little refinements that make our work stronger than it was the year before. We believe great photography should evolve with the people it's made for- creating images that feel just as relevant twenty years from now as they do today.

What the facts?

Our completely unsolicited wedding opinions.

You didn't ask. You're getting them anyway.

Kind people photograph better.

Nobody needs a photographer bringing main-character energy to family photos. Kindness helps people unclench, listen, laugh, and get back to the party faster. When people feel comfortable, they stop performing. That is usually when they start looking like themselves.

You learn a few things after 1600+ weddings.

After 17+ years and 1,600+ weddings, very little surprises us anymore. Weather changes, timelines wobble, family photos get complicated, and someone always needs a boutonniere rescue. Experience matters because weddings do not pause while someone figures it out.

You can never have enough backups.

The boring stuff is only boring until it saves the day. Cameras, cards, files, timelines, people, plans. We think through all of it ahead of time so if something gets weird, you do not have to watch us invent a solution in real time.

Grandma on the dance floor wins every time.

Nobody puts "Grandma becomes the moment" on a shot list, which is exactly why someone has to be watching. The big portraits matter, but the photos people talk about years later are usually the ones that snuck up on everyone. We pay attention to the room, not just the schedule.

PROFESSIONAL WORK SELFIES

This is still very much a people business.

These are technically professional work selfies.

(HR said we had to call them that.)

We've spent years squeezing into tiny hotel rooms, dodging rain clouds, chasing golden light, surviving on cold vendor meals, and somehow still finding reasons to laugh at the end of a 10-hour day.

And even after all these years, we still love what we do and the people we get to do it with.

We think that's pretty cool. We hope you do too.