Team work makes the dream work
OAK MEETS IRON
As your photographers, we will spend some of the most important times together. From the I do’s to the milestone celebrations. We don't want to come in as strangers, but as friends.
Here's a bit about us and our story.
Illustration by Morgane Carlier
Our Story
We are Bianca and Kyle “Pastrami” Thompson! A Married couple from Central Florida. We met each other at a rad little Irish Pub in Cocoa Beach in 2015. It was love at first sight, and from then on out we were practically attached at the hip. This lead to us starting Oak and Iron together in October of 2016 and leaving our day jobs to fully commit to photography. Later that year we flew to Seattle, hiked up Rattle Snake Ridge, and got married (Highly recommend pairing this with a jersey mikes sub).
We always get asked especially when it comes to weddings, why we chose this area of focus and not something like bands or editorial shoots and that is a really simple answer. We thrive in chaos. We love going from photojournalistic candids to details, to creative portraits, to wild party photos. Its like every aspect of photography and that’s never stopped being exciting for us.
Our Approach
The most important part of our photography is to really show who you are and all the beautiful moments that you are apart of. We like to consider ourselves time lords, giving you the opportunity to go back to these important moments in your life. We definitely love what we do and because of that, we are always having the time of our lives, which we believe adds a great vibe to any session. Don't be surprised if we break out into a dance move or joke around to get a smile out of you, we never take ourselves too serious in that aspect. Our inspiration comes from looking at our old family photo albums, B rated movies, architecture, paintings, and anything that makes us look at the world with purpose. We wanted to put our own twist on things, and that's what we set out to do every time we pick up our cameras.
With us, you get a married couple who believes that moments are nothing unless you live them and our job is to make those moments last a lifetime. As much as we do use posing, we also are obsessed with candid, natural moments. They are what make the session true to you after all. We want you to feel comfortable in front of our lenses, so it's important for us to get to know everyone we work with. We want to show who you are! We use consultation sessions or facetime/zoom to meet with you so we can know you outside of being our client.
For a behind the scenes look and peak into our daily lives, make sure you follow us on instagram and check out our stories! We've been told they are the highlight of some peoples day, so we extend the invite to you! Plus it's full of daily exclusive content that might not be seen on our website!
Travel
As we travel for weddings, we like to open a few times for sessions while in new cities and states! If you have been wanting to book a session with us but aren’t in Florida, here’s where we will update where we will be if we are accepting bookings for sessions while we are there! Spots are extremely limited and prices may vary depending on travel fees. More to be added once we figure out our travel schedules to each location.
AUGUST 2024 ——-> Up-state, NY
SEPTEMBER 2024 ——> Brooklyn, NYC
OCTOBER 2024 ——> Austin, TX *SESSION AVAILABLE*
OCTOBER 2024 ——-> Louisville, KY
DECEMBER 2024 ——> Boston, MA
APRIL 2025 ——> New Orleans, LA
APRIL 2025 ——> Las Vegas, NV
MAY 2025 ——-> Forest, VA
AUGUST 2025 ——-> Duxbury, VT
SEPTEMBER 2025 ——-> Pittsburg, PA *SESSION AVAILABLE*
OCTOBER 2025 ——> Boston, MA
NOVEMBER 2025 —-> Hartford, CT
Reach out to us for specific dates and rates!
As Seen On
What We Love
-Our cats
-Horror movies
-Professional Wrestling
-Royal Tea + King Bao
-Italian Beef Sandwiches
-Wearing Robes
-Graphic Tee’s
-throwing clean clothes on the floor
-Cuban Sandwiches
-Each other (Barf)
*A tribute to Olive Oil, whom passed away January 2023. She was really the whole reason we were able to start this company back in 2016. When we had taken her in as a little stray kitten, we wanted to give her the raddest life. Kyle was working at a thrift store at the time and on his break he made her a hammock/ diy cat tower out of an old end table and he ended up getting fired for destruction of store property hahaha. He came home earlier than usual and was like “Well, I guess it’s time to make this photography thing work” and thus Oak and Iron was created.*
Our cats are the pickles to our life sandwich