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How To Have The Wedding Day Of Your Dreams!

If you are looking for emotional, romantic, sensitive photographs of each other and your family and friends, and you want your wedding day to go beautifully, romantically, and smoothly, this is going to be a very exciting letter for you!

Your wedding day should be the most wonderful, loving, romantic day of your life.  You should have many “emotional moments of a lifetime” during your day.  You should have lots of fun with all your friends, family and guests.  And, you should be so relaxed and happy (no stress!) that every single moment of your day is magical and beautiful to you.

Dear Bride To Be,

Thank you for checking out this website. And congratulations on your engagement! How exciting and romantic! Now, if these qualities are what you are looking for on your special day, I would like to help.  I've been photographing weddings for over 20 years - not because I have to for the money, (I have a very successful portrait photography business that makes me a very comfortable living) but rather because I want to, because I love the emotion and romance of your wedding.

Here's 7 Secrets To Having The Wedding Of Your Dreams!

SECRET #1: How To Guarantee Your Wedding Lives Up To Your Dreams.

Believe it or not, the photographer you select to photograph your wedding can make or break your wedding day. It’s not just your photographs! It’s because she's there - with you and your family, in person - interacting with all your family and guests - and representing you every minute.

Now, we're not just talking about photography here - we're talking about your wedding - how you feel on your wedding day, and how smoothly and romantically everything goes. You see, your photographer determines this, by the way she helps you plan your wedding, the way she treats you and your loved ones, and the way she conducts herself throughout the day.

So here's the secret: Meet the photographer – in person - before you hire anyone to photograph your wedding! Most brides don't realize that many studios hire part time photographers to photograph their weddings for them - high school and college kids, friends, relatives, etc. This means that you go to a studio, talk with a salesperson, look at their samples, and make a decision - without really knowing who will be photographing your wedding!

And if it's not just the right person doing the photography, and interacting with all your family and guests, everything can be ruined!

So, when you're talking with a potential studio, ask them the following questions:

1. Who did these photographs you are showing me?
2. Who, by name, will be photographing our wedding if we hire your studio?
3. We want to meet this person, before we hire your studio.

Then, when you meet this person, ask him or her the following questions:

1. How will you dress at my wedding?
2. Did you do all the samples of wedding photography we saw in the sample books? If not, show us your work, please.
3. How long have you been photographing weddings?
4. How long will you be at my wedding?
5. Before you leave our wedding, who do you check with first to see if there's anything else we would like you to do?

Then, decide if you really like her, as well as her work! Because she's going to be spending a lot of time with you, your family and friends, on your important day. By the way, just so you know, here's my answers to those questions:

I will be photographing your wedding personally. I will dress in a nice professional outfit. And my partner will dress in a nice suit not a tux. He doesn’t want to take anything away from your groom and groomsmen and the fathers.
I also truly love photographing people, and I have been doing it for long enough to be able to anticipate your special needs.
I'll be at your wedding until you, your husband (how exciting - your "husband!"), your parents, and your husband's parents all say they have nothing else for me to do. I never will leave your wedding without checking with all of the above people!

SECRET #2: Announcing The Single Most Important 'Secret' You MUST Know About Weddings!

Here's a really big "secret" that almost no brides think about when interviewing a potential photographer: What's their guarantee? What happens if you aren't happy with the photography, or the way you and your friends were treated, or if the photographer left your wedding before he was supposed to, etc. This is of the utmost importance!

The Guarantee (make sure it's in writing!) tells you just how committed they are going to be in taking good care of you, and doing a great job.

And, just so you know, here's our 100% money back guarantee:

You will be thrilled (not just 'satisfied') with how we represented you and your family at your wedding, and also thrilled with your photographs, or we will do whatever necessary to have you be thrilled with them, or we will return all your money. No hard feelings either. We want you to love everything we do for you!

You see, we understand that you can't do this over again. This is a "one-time-thing" and everything must be perfect! You have our written guarantee that we'll take really good care of you!

SECRET #3: Read Testimonials From Other Happy Brides!

This seems so obvious, and yet brides miss this one all the time! Be sure the photographer has lots of happy brides and grooms, who have written her and told her how happy they were with both her, and her work! Testimonials from real people, with their full names, and their city and state, so you can call them if you want to, just to "check them out" and make sure that they really said what the photographer says they said.

“Phil and I want to thank you for doing an absolutely outstanding job at our wedding. Now that we’ve seen the pictures, we are amazed at how beautiful they are, and the extent to which you captured the essence of our wedding. All types of the pictures—color, posed, candid and black and white are all exceptional. We are so glad we placed our memories in your capable hands.

Also, we found that you were wonderful to work with on site at the wedding, and we got lots of compliments from our families. You did a very thorough job of photographing the wedding without being intrusive. We just can’t thank you enough.”

Julie and Phil Hedlund, Vienna Virginia

SECRET #4: A Magic Way To Have A Great Wedding.

One of the things that you really want to look for in your photographer, is an artistic photographer whose images combine to tell the emotional story of your family, your friends, and your wedding day. This is really important, if you are looking for photographs that will be priceless to you for years and years to come!

And here's why this is so important!

If an artist is an emotional storyteller...there's a really good chance that she will be compassionate about not ruining the romance, beauty and emotions of your day. You see, only a true romantic can truly understand how important this day is to you, and how perfectly you want it to go. And a true romantic will be sensitive to not interfering with the romantic flow of your day!
So, looking for a romantic, will also result in someone who will respect you and your wishes, and conduct herself in only the most professional and friendly way, because she understands in the most intimate way, the importance of the "Story of Your Wedding Day."

SECRET #5: Your Photographer Must Get To Know You.

You want to feel totally at ease in front of the camera on this important and romantic day. How can you be totally yourself if you are worried about what you will look like in the pictures or don’t understand what I am doing? It’s probably been a while since you were photographed and there are some things you may be concerned about.
By photographing you in a casual setting, we will be able to work through any issues that may come up. I always hear sighs of relief after a casual session of photography. My couples always say how much fun it is. This part is so rewarding. I can’t imagine going to photograph a wedding without building a relationship ahead of time.

SECRET #6: A Remarkable Secret To Truly Enjoying Your Wedding Day, And Having It Filled With Wonderful, Emotional Moments!

Be sure the photographer you hire has a “planning session" with you months before the wedding. Knowing what is important to you and taking the time to plan the photography so you can spend time with your guests and not the photographer is really important.

We will sit together and go over all of the details so you can feel assured that things will be taken care of. I want to know who all of the family members are and all the important relationships.

This way we know exactly what we are going to do and I can concentrate on the photographs. You see, doing a really super, romantic, emotional story of your day requires a huge amount of planning, care, and effort. More effort than just one person can do. My husband/partner and I have a team approach. So while I make certain that you look fantastic for your formal portraits, by helping you with your dress and flowers, fixing your veil and train, he is going to be taking photographs of the little moments in between!

We will do anything we can for you; bring you a drink if you're thirsty in the receiving line or find your best friend from college if you ask. We help you in any way we can to assure that you have a wonderful day, as well as wonderful photographs. We are a team that guarantees that you’ll have a great time on your wedding day!

The Magic Of "E.F.P" On Your Wedding Day!

You see, I don't really look at it as "wedding photography," but rather as "Emotional Family Photography created on your wedding day!" It's all the emotions, relationships and personalities of all your friends and relatives, captured in beautiful images for you and your family to cherish for the rest of your lives. After all, isn't that what you really want?

"E.F.P." is one of the major things that separates me from all the other wedding photographers in the area. I want to capture the love, relationships, personalities, and emotions of all your family and friends for you to enjoy and view with happy tears in your eyes for years and years to come!

Aren't The People and The Emotions Of Your Life What Matter The Most To You?

Yes, you'll also see the beautiful dresses and flowers. Yes, you'll see the lovely ceremony, etc. But much more than that, you'll feel the emotions that you and your fiancée feel toward each other and toward your best friends and family members on this magical day. Yes, feel them each time you view your photographs. That's what I am going to do for you!

You see, you want photography that "speaks" to you with love, emotion, respect, and the glorious feelings you will be feeling on your wedding day. You want your photography to "tell the story" of your wedding day, and your families and friends.
I want you to cry when you see the photographs! Cry tears of happiness, because in those photographs are all the people you and your husband love and care about - showing their real personalities and emotions like you never dreamed they would!

An Amazing And Wonderfully Emotional Way To Express Your Love For Your Dad On Your Wedding Day!

I can assure you that one of the most emotional moments in a dad's life is when he "gives his little girl away" at the beginning of your ceremony. Your dad will never forget it.

But now, there's something full of emotional magic that you can give your dad when he gives you away! At that very powerful moment in his and your life, you hand him a surprise "Father's Pride" that he carries with him back to the pew, and as he reads your personal message to him, and looks at the emotional photograph of you in your wedding gown, he begins to cry with tears of joy and love! He will be so moved and touched! You and he will never forget it! Don't miss that moment!

The Magic Moment When The Love Of Your Life First Sees You!

Or the incredible moment when your fiancé first sees you in your wedding gown - perfect in every way - with your lovely flowers, the beautiful veil and headpiece - everything which you selected specifically for him - as the tears swell up in his eyes, and he tells you how very much he loves and adores you. Don't miss that moment!

A Magic Moment With Grandma

Or, if you are lucky enough to still have a living grandmother, the lovely moment when she reaches up and puts her arms around you, and with tears in her eyes, tells you how beautiful you look and how much she loves you, and how proud she is of you.

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