Weddings

 
Some tips on planning your photos
 
1. This is not a requirement, but having the bride and groom see each other for pre-ceremony portraits allows you to look your best! This will give you much more time with your guests at the reception as well!
2. Allow two to three hours for portraits before your wedding. This gives you time for couple shots, family shots, and shots other members of your family and bridal party, and it provides some built-in time for people who might arrive late for the photo session. Remember that your guests generally arrive 30 minutes before the ceremony, so you want the pre-ceremony photo session completed early enough to give you time to rest. The photographer may not get all the shots you want if you don’t arrive early. After the wedding, family and bridal party members possibly will leave to go to the reception, and getting people back together for photos can be very difficult and time-consuming.
3. Tell everyone to be ready at least two hours before the ceremony. This gives the photographer much more time to create combinations of photos of your loved ones. We never know who is going to be on time, so having everyone come two hours before the wedding gives us time to start working no matter what. Remind people to be on time at your rehearsal also!

4. We usually start with individual photos and then shoot the big groups after everyone arrives. It is extremely important to have parents, brothers and sisters and their spouses and children there “ASAP” so we can shoot lots of combinations with the family. Grandparents, godparents and other VIPs are all needed as well.

5. It is very important to NOT have other cameras or videos in the same room as the photographer the first two hours or any other time the photographer is setting up shots. This is to help prevent people from blinking or looking away in the formal photographs and having over-exposed photos caused by other people’s flash cameras. Be sure to remind people of this at your rehearsal.

6. Starting a wedding photo session in any location except the location of the wedding can be tricky. Sometimes you have to do it because the church won’t let you into their space when you need to be there. Add extra time to your two-hour start time if you have to start anywhere other than the wedding location. Be liberal with time … better safe than sorry!

7. Pick a trusted friend to be a “go-between” for you and your wedding photographer. They will follow the photographer around the first two hours of the day and make sure the right people are standing together in photos. We suggest a female who knows many members of your wedding party and family and is not afraid to speak up. It is better NOT to have this person be your mom or someone who has little children to tend to or other duties that will consume her time. This is a HUGE and wonderful quality insurance policy to have!

Answers to some of your questions
 

We know that at this very busy and important time in your life, and you have many different issues to address before your wedding. The following are some of our policies that we hope will answer many of the questions you might have concerning your wedding photography:
 

Payments
 

In order to reserve the date of your wedding, a deposit of $300 is required in advance. This deposit is applied toward the cost of your wedding package and is not refundable in case of a cancellation. Two months prior to your wedding date, a minimum of 2/3 of the cost of your wedding package should be paid. The balance of the bride and grrom’s wedding package is due in full before the wedding date. There is an 8% sales tax added to any package or order.
 

Engagement Photographs
 

We do not charge a sitting fee for engagement photographs, but engagement photographs are totally separate from and may not be included in any wedding package. Your engagement photos should be made from six months to six weeks prior to your wedding date. Please allow ample time to do this so that they can be released in the newspaper several weeks prior to the wedding. We suggest that you publish your wedding announcement in the newspaper approximately six weeks to three months before the wedding.
 

Bridal Portraits
 

If you wish to have a formal bridal portrait taken at the the studio, there is a $30 sitting fee ($50 for an outdoor sitting). These bridal portraits are very nice to display at the reception. Bridal portraits will be taken on your wedding day. But if you need a formal portrait done to display at the reception, this service is perfect for you. Pre-wedding day portraits are totally separate from and may not be included in any wedding package.
 

Touch-up Services
 

Touch-up services are available on a per image basis. Ask your photography sales representative about what we can do to enhance your favorite poses. If there is something in a photo that the customer wants to be removed, it is the responsibility of the customer to make a note on the order form about the area and what action is needed to touch up the photo. Touch-up work is not performed unless indicated by the customer on the order form. Minor touch-up is included in the pricing, but the cost of major touch-up work will be based on the amount of work that must be done.
 
 

 

 

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