james_giordano

We have the Bride and Groom always sign our contract as it contains our release to use their images too, we have a line for the financially reposnalbe person(s) if othe than the B&G

The reps in the US are sales reps and not very helpful with mistakes.... and mistakes are a plenty with Graphi. One thing, with any album company is to have them send the final product to you first, this way mistakes don't get to the client. We had Graphi miss the first page of an album once and while everythign was fixed - it took a month. We no longer use them for our albums.

I'm not in agreement with the lighting having been good. These pictures would have been alot better with a little more wamth in the room created by dragging the shutter. It would have made the reception hall looked a lot better than shadowed in black backgrounds.

Quote: Because my packages are so low I do tend to rely on some print orders to make more money.

 

Chances are with low budget brides they are going to the drugstore for reprints. I use to say in my contract free after a year for the disc, or $300 if you want it now. Now I don't include them unless asked. If you are building your business don't count on reprint orders.

 

Good suggestions from others on getting if you are sick.

Pelican Hard Case

Do any of you feel that it keeps the brides from scanning the photo and reproducing? With the number of proofs we are giving out these days, the brides hand out the extras photos to parents to make a scrap book. I personally am going going to try to go proofless for 2008.

You know it seem bridal photography has gotten to the point where Brides are more intersted in 500 - 1000 proofs than a beautiful album and portraits suitable for hanging. Oh and not to mention a disc of images so they can get more 4 x 6 prints. And many photographers are going crazy out doing each other providing 1000's of proofs and disc's for Brides to copy away at the drug store. It's really brought the industry to a new level and the reality is you won't shoot 1000 quality images, nor will the other types of artists mentioned in the post above be asked to produce on such mass quantity. My thought is we owe it to our profession to get away from this focus on proofs and focus on quality wedding photography. /rant off

I would put the subjects at 45 degress facing the sun and use a difuser if you are not in the golden hour. Notice on the second photo of the chile how the sun highlight on the sweater and face and slight shadow give the subject dimension.

I think a planner is hired to find professionals and the best photographer they can get within their clients business and not be interested in just a photography who will give a kick-back. Shows you the quality of the planner.

On AI Focus/Servo the red assit beam on the flash not activate.

Rather than "reflecting" more light onto the subject(s), I like to use a difuser held by stands or assistant, and add fill flash if necessary.

 

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We use iview for our slide shows during the wedding. We generally start the slide show when the guests are entering the reception and then turn off for the grand entrance, turning on for a little while after so that the B&G can see some of their photos prior to their honeymoon. We also always have the discussion with the couple to see if they want it or not. Most really like the idea and it is a great a great filler for their guests as well as getting our name out there.

Jeans & T-shirt, sandles. I'm in Arizona, it's usually hot and uncomfortable enough without getting too stiff. It's also the one time I want the couple to feel very relaxed and apper as natural as possible, I think being on the casual side helps that issue.

Quote: Edsel Adams, Mar 29, 2007; 11:09 a.m.

 

People will move on to another web site, rather than sit through a long download or intro. Your site is pretty much un-viewable wih dial up too.

 

Sorry could not resist... but dial-up is as obsolete as the Edsel

Ditto, Ditto, ditto.

 

Enough said.

$100 a month. 30 clicks per month. Zero inquiries. Canceled last week. I must have been Knots to use them

Onewed, wedj and similar sites are only good to get you exposure, but not client in your price range. It's been my observation that brides that go to those sites are looking for $500 - $900 wedding photographers.

 

Ad words is good to start, The Knot also targets a larger audiance.

Great photography!!!!

Music Ok

Flash too fast, but cool. Which softward did you use for the slideshow.

Set them up for the picture, tell them to follow your instructions, then say JUMP. They will be caught off guard and you can't help but to be natural. Just be sure to keep your finger held down on the shutter and get the maximum number of shots.

Thanks again for all the responses thus far. I will incorporate many changes tonight. One thing though, I have Google Analytics run data on my site and almost 99% of the viewer all have High Speed internet, I don't recall seeing any dial up. Google Analytics is a great feature for anyone who has a web site... it tells you quite a bit about your viwers, from location, to browser version, speed, what verison of flash you use and much more.

Thanks for that feedback, that's exactly what I was looking for.

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