| SECRET #1: How To Guarantee Your Wedding Lives | | | | from the families is coming to the wedding; learn their |
| Up To Your Dreams. | | | | names and talks to the couple about the importance |
| Believe it or not, the wedding photographer you | | | | of all facets of the wedding from the getting ready |
| select to photograph your wedding can make or | | | | photos, ceremony and reception. |
| break your wedding day. Yes, I kid you not, your | | | | SECRET #5: The Truth About Wedding |
| wedding day - not just your photographs! Why? | | | | Photographers Revealed. What They Don't Want Me |
| Because he's THERE - with you and your family, in | | | | To Tell You! |
| person - interacting with all your family and guests - | | | | It is not my intention to say anything bad about any |
| and representing you every minute. | | | | other wedding photographers in the area. I know |
| Now, HONESTLY, we're not just talking about | | | | most of them personally, and count many of them |
| wedding photography here - we're talking about | | | | as my friends. However, it is really important that I |
| YOUR WEDDING - how YOU FEEL on your wedding | | | | alert you to some of the problems that you |
| day, and how smoothly and romantically everything | | | | otherwise would never know about. |
| goes. You see, your wedding photographer | | | | Well, here's a "biggie." |
| determines this, by the way he helps you plan your | | | | Most wedding photographers will cram as many |
| wedding, the way he treats you and your loved | | | | weddings into a day as they humanly can. Many |
| ones, and the way he conducts himself throughout | | | | times, this means they must rush from your |
| the day. | | | | wedding, to get to another, and then rush from that |
| Amazing Secret Revealed - What Other Wedding | | | | one, to get to another. This type of wedding |
| Photographers Don't Want You To Know! | | | | photographer just isn't going to be able to capture |
| So here's the secret: Meet the photographer - IN | | | | the EMOTIONS, ROMANCE, LOVE, AND |
| PERSON - before you hire anyone to photograph | | | | RELATIONSHIPS between you and your husband and |
| your wedding! Most brides don't realize that many | | | | also between you and your family and friends. He's |
| studios hire part time wedding photographers to | | | | just won't have the sensitivity and enthusiasm and |
| photograph their weddings for them -a lot of the low | | | | love for what he does to be able to capture those |
| end studios might hire high school and college kids, | | | | feelings. And he won't have the time or energy. You |
| friends, relatives, etc. This means that you go to a | | | | will want the photographer to pay total attention to |
| studio, talk with a salesperson, look at their samples, | | | | your event, to be there, to be unobtrusive but at |
| and make a decision - without really knowing who will | | | | the same time, as mentioned above, to know what |
| be photographing your wedding! And if it's not just | | | | is important and how to cover it. |
| the right person doing the photography, and | | | | This is one of the most ignored aspect of choosing a |
| interacting with all your family and guests, everything | | | | wedding photographer. You see, due to the digital |
| can be ruined! | | | | revolution, it is easy for one to acquire and use a |
| So, when you're talking with a potential studio, ask | | | | digital camera. However, that does not mean that |
| them the following questions: | | | | owning a digital camera and knowing how to use it, |
| 1. Who did these photographs you are showing me? | | | | makes one a professional photographer. Other than |
| 2. Who, by name, will be the wedding photographer | | | | one has to know what photographing a wedding |
| of our wedding if we hire your studio? | | | | entails technical wise, a wedding photographer is the |
| 3. We want to MEET this person, BEFORE we hire | | | | glue that puts all together. Thus, one and foremost |
| your studio. | | | | aspect of the job is to be good with people. There |
| Then, when you meet this person, ask him or her | | | | are always time limitations and people challenges for |
| the following questions: | | | | a wedding photographer that has to deal with in a |
| 1. How will you dress at my wedding? | | | | polite and professional manner and be able to cover |
| 2. Did you do ALL the samples of wedding | | | | completely the wedding photography to the utmost |
| photography we saw in the sample books? If not, | | | | expectations of the marrying couple. This is so |
| show us YOUR work, please. | | | | important! Be sure the photographer you hire has a |
| 3. How long have you been photographing weddings? | | | | "team" approach to taking good care of you on your |
| Is it digital or film. | | | | day. |
| 4. How long will you be at my wedding? Will the time | | | | SECRET #6: |
| be stipulated on the agreement. | | | | This means that he isn't going to be trying to work |
| 5. Before you leave our wedding, who do you check | | | | alone to photograph your important day. You see, |
| with first to see if there's anything else we would like | | | | doing a really super, romantic, EMOTIONAL STORY |
| you to do? | | | | of your day requires a huge amount of planning, |
| 6. Do you work from a checklist of photos? (You | | | | care, and effort. More effort than just one person |
| NEVER want a photographer who needs a checklist | | | | can do. We are a TEAM. A team that together, |
| doing your wedding photography! He'll spend all his | | | | guarantees that you not only have a great time on |
| time looking at the list, and miss all the wonderful, | | | | your wedding day, but also assures you of having |
| romantic and spontaneous moments of your | | | | PERFECTLY EMOTIONAL photographs! |
| wedding!) Then, decide if you REALLY LIKE HIM, as | | | | A HUGE POINT FOR BRIDES-TO-BE: The Magic Of |
| well as his work! Because he's going to be spending a | | | | "E.F.P" On Your Wedding Day! |
| lot of time with you and your family and friends, on | | | | You see, I don't really look at it as "wedding |
| your important day. Quite a few more details need | | | | photography," but rather as "Emotional Family |
| to be cover and stipulated on written agreement / | | | | Photography created on your wedding day!" It's all |
| contract that either the studio representative or | | | | the emotions, relationships and personalities of all |
| actual photographer will sign and the bride and groom. | | | | your friends and relatives, captured in beautiful |
| SECRET #3: An Important Warning: Miss This Secret, | | | | images for you and your family to cherish for the |
| And A Disaster Could Happen At Your Wedding! | | | | rest of your lives. After all, isn't that what you really |
| This seems so obvious, and yet brides miss this one | | | | want? Aren't The People and The Emotions Of Your |
| all the time, and pay a BIG PRICE for it after their | | | | Life What Matter The Most To You? PEOPLE AND |
| wedding! Be sure the wedding photographer has | | | | EMOTIONS of your wedding and life are so valuable |
| happy brides and grooms, who have written him and | | | | to you, so that is why is so important for the |
| told him how happy there were with both him, and | | | | photographer to capture the beautiful dresses and |
| his work! We're talking TESTIMONIALS here! From | | | | flowers and all the details of the wedding, like |
| real people, with their full names, and their city and | | | | décor, and the whole ambiance of the |
| state, so you can call them if you want to, just to | | | | reception and ceremony. You want your wedding |
| "check them out" and make sure that they really said | | | | photography to "tell the story" of your wedding day, |
| what the photographer says they said. (That's a hard | | | | AND your families and friends. How To Be Assured |
| sentence to read, but you get the point! Sorry!) I'm | | | | That You Will Be The Most Beautiful Bride Your |
| sorry to be so skeptical, but we live in a time in | | | | Friends Or Relatives Have Ever Seen! |
| history when you have to be really careful to be | | | | SECRET #7: |
| certain that people are telling you the truth. | | | | You deserve to have a wedding day where you are |
| SECRET #4: A Magic Way To Have A Great | | | | the most beautiful bride any of your friends or |
| Wedding. | | | | relatives have ever seen. That's the dream of every |
| One of the things that you really want to look for in | | | | girl when she begins visualizing her wedding day. And |
| your wedding photographer, is someone who is an | | | | you deserve to have that! You will select the perfect |
| EMOTIONAL STORY TELLER! An artistic | | | | dress, headpiece, veil, flowers, shoes, etc. Yes, you |
| photographer whose images combine to tell the | | | | will have your hair and make up done. But it goes |
| EMOTIONAL STORY of your family, your friends, | | | | much deeper than that. You see, beauty is also in the |
| and your wedding day. This is really important, if you | | | | way you FEEL on your wedding day. The way your |
| are looking for photographs which will be PRICELESS | | | | emotions show on your face, and the way you glow |
| to you for years and years to come! And here's why | | | | when you walk down the aisle and look in the eyes |
| this is so important! If an artist is an EMOTIONAL | | | | of the love of your life. |
| STORY TELLER, there's a really good chance that he | | | | Many of my brides will understand this when I say it: |
| will be compassionate about not ruining the romance, | | | | When you hire a photographer to photograph your |
| beauty and emotions of your day. Just to be a good | | | | wedding, you're really paying them to be there. To |
| wedding photographer or an excellent photographer | | | | take all the pressures and tensions out of the day |
| might not be enough. You see, only a true romantic | | | | for you. You know that your photographer truly |
| can truly understand how important this day is to | | | | cares about you, and will help you with EVERYTHING |
| you, and how perfectly you want it to go. And a | | | | so the day goes perfectly. That's really what our |
| true romantic will be sensitive to NOT INTERFERING | | | | brides are paying us for. You see, if you, your |
| WITH THE EMOTIONAL ROMANTIC FLOW OF | | | | husband (there's that great word again!), and your |
| YOUR DAY! | | | | family and guests are all having a wonderful time, you |
| It is also very important that the photographer | | | | will be more beautiful than you have even dreamed |
| knows how to anticipate capturing the emotions, | | | | you would be. Because there will be no tension there. |
| reflections, and relationships between the Bride and | | | | And, by the way, your photographs will be |
| Groom and relatives and friends. Usually, the | | | | WONDERFUL, too, because you looked so wonderful |
| photographer who is more involved in learning who | | | | and were having such a great time. |