Great Questions

Bridal couples ARE very well educated, there is no doubt about that. With a myriad of online sources, tv specials, magazines, and bridal shows, todays brides and grooms come prepared to ask many questions of their prospective wedding photographer. Some questions are better than others however and our best advice is to really understand those questions that come from outside sources other than yourselves or your family. Many of the questions prepared may be better suited to a certain part of the country, a different type of wedding than yours, or may just be a questions that doesn't pertain to you or your situation at all. Use questions found in other resources as a springboard to forming your own personalized questions, and come with that list to your vendors. Expect and encourage vendors to have questions for YOU.......... after all the outcome must be that everyone not only knows your expectations, but fills your needs in the best possible way. You in the same manner need to understand exactly what your vendors are going to provide for you in the way of products and services. It truly is a team, one where all roles are filled and everyone lives up to their end of the contract. We expect that our bridal couples feel like family, and they know up front who we are and what we can do for them. We know our couples and we each operate with mutual respect.

In our 24 years we have come across some GREAT questions, and some of our favorites are:

• How do you keep sand from getting in your camera? -- A great question if your wedding is at the beach, however it doesn't pertain if your wedding is at Windows on Washington!
• What about traffic delays on Highway 40? Not a bad question, that IS always a problem, however if your wedding is in St. Gen, it doesn't matter!
• Do you only shoot digital? If so, what size are your negatives, 35 mm. or the big square ones? Well, we do shoot only digital--- and that means there are NO negatives!
• Do you or one of your photographers stay to photograph the bouquet and garter toss? It really doesn't matter to us because we are not having those at our wedding. Fine, then why do you ask??

Again....... all these questions are great, but life is life and sometimes we find that couples get hung up on things that are just not controllable. ENJOY YOUR DAY................. don't get hung up on the small details that you can't purchase an answer for. Choose wisely, work with respect and integrity on both sides, and release your wedding into the hands of professionals who will do their jobs and allow you to have a wonderful wedding day.