It’s All In The Personality!
It's a wedding, not a photo shoot. Personality is important.
You will spend more time with the photographer than anyone else during your
wedding day. If you don't think he or she is relaxed, funny, or will get along
with your guests, etc., keep looking. It's nothing personal; it's just all
about you. When looking at a photographer's website, I go straight to the gallery.
NOT THE PRICES. Look at the photos. If you like the style, the colors, the
B&Ws, the feel of the photo, then go check out the rest of the site.
Always meet with the photographer and meet with more than
one photographer. This way you can compare not only their styles but most importantly
their personality. (The last thing you need on your wedding day is a bossy/rude
photographer!
Remember, you’re being “interviewed” too. You are not only
deciding if you can work with the photographer but the more often than not the photographer
is also deciding if they can work with you!
It may sound mean but, I do not accept every wedding that
comes in the door. I don’t do bridezillas!
It’s Not Just the Equipment!
The camera doesn't make the photo. The photographer does.
Every year I see guests showing up with amazing cameras, (I love the ones who
stand right next to me and say “you have the same camera I do”) Some guests are
great photographers. But you're not hiring me for my camera. Because truth be
known, I can pull off an award winning image with a $600 camera just as good as
I can a $6,000.
You're hiring me for how I see a wedding. For how I feel it.
For how I edit it. For my experience in knowing the pace of what will happen
next, for my patience when things don’t go off on time or as planned for you
and the wedding party, and the ability to adjust without flinching when
something unexpected turns into something amazing.
It’s About Customer Service!
Customer service is a huge thing for me and how I run
Crystal Image Photography.
My simple philosophy: Treat your customers they way you would
want to be treated if you were doing business with that company. (Now, that doesn’t mean I agree with the “customer
is always right” statement.)
I have seen it time and time again and even experienced it
first hand from several local businesses their rudeness toward customers. It is my customers who have helped make
Crystal Image Photography what it is today and that I never forget!
You Get What You Pay For!
Remember, you are not just purchasing a service from a
wedding photographer you are also in most cases purchasing a product.
Be sure to ask your photographer how long it takes to get
your images, albums, etc. Here at Crystal Image Photography our turnaround time
from the time we photograph your wedding until you see your images is 1 to 2
weeks MAX!
It was just recently that I heard a horror story of a bride
not even seeing her images until 5 months after the wedding. That’s just crazy.
I’m here to tell you that it does not take months and months to edit and print
images.
When I heard this story I felt so sad for the bride. She chose not to have us photograph her
wedding. Why? Because of the cost, we were “too expensive”.
Expense was a issue for another couple we talked with last
year. They chose to have a friend photograph their wedding for free. Three months after the wedding they finally see
their images and the bride frantically puts out a request to anyone who was at
the wedding to post any wedding images because their “professional” pictures
were so bad.
When dealing with your wedding images, remember you get
what you pay for or in these cases want you don’t pay for!
When deciding on a wedding photographer and a photography budget,
remember, a rude photographer will only make you and your wedding party uncomfortable
and a cheap photographer will produce not so great images and/or poor customer
service.
When your wedding day is over, the cake and food is gone,
the flowers are dead, the guests are gone and all you have left are memoires
and your photographs.
