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08.24.2010

Ok, you guys remember the gorgeous Alicia and Cedric, right? Of course you do. They are smoking hot and a joy to work with.
Alicia is a media director, and she has sooooo many wonderful ideas. One of the ideas she had was to make a movie poster for their wedding. We played around with several ideas, and then she came up with the idea of doing a mimic for the movie poster of “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”. Only hers would be for “Mr. and Mrs. Alford”. Too cute, right?
They dressed just like Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt dressed for their movie posters, but Alicia went a step further in the design plan. She wanted to express their interests. She loves to shop, and he loves to cook. So instead of the guns in the original poster, we used a credit card for her, and a spatula for him.

This one was a tricky one, but a whole lot of fun to work on. The entire poster is made up from several different elements. It’s actually a composite. I think it turned out super cute, due in main to Alicia and Cedric! I LOVE working with such creative people. And lucky for me, we have a ton of creative couples!

I have a feeling, I’ll be asked to do a lot more movie posters.

04.05.2010

We have been blessed with lots of great clients this year, and it’s hard to believe that by March, we had closed out the entire year to new photography. We have found that the sudden onslaught of business had been through referral through many of our past clients, and other vendors, as well as word of mouth. We are honored by this and we could not be more grateful to our clients and fans. We feel that we have the most gorgeous, most media driven, and highest expectation clients in North Texas. We are again so honored that you continue to choose us over other great photographers. Dallas has lots of great folks, and many who are less expensive.

So why do people keep on choosing us for their biggest day after meeting with scores of other qualified and perhaps less expensive folks? And why the price increase?

I believe people choose us because we are consistent in our skills. If you see our work online, you know exactly what YOU can expect. We give you between 500-800 images on average, of perfectly shot, beautifully lit, sharp, non noisy images that are retouched one by one by hand. Not just a handful. Not just the ones for your album. All of them.

Gone are the messy exit signs, the wires and other distractions, as well as the occasional bad skin or hair day. We don’t resort to turning photos into black and white because of bad white balancing. We do all photos in color AND black and white because it’s not up to me to assume what you prefer.

All our processing is done through the latest, greatest programs on the market. Quality is paramount to us. We upgrade lighting, cameras, lenses, albums, products, and programs yearly. We know what you expect. We know this is your lifetime memory. It has to last, and it has to be PERFECT.

All these upgrades to our quality cost money though. Each one of those photos I slave over, individually, take time. Lots of time. I refused to give our clients something that isn’t magazine quality, or done half assed. I refuse to take shortcuts in order to cram more shoots into a year. We simply won’t put our name on anything we are not proud of, and we are proud of every bit of what we do, and the quality that we offer in way of photos, prints, retouching, and albums.

And to our testament, we have nothing but super happy clients, tons of referrals, and ever growing vendor referrals.

So unfortunately, after 2 years or price increases on our end, and more time spent on things we need to make your wedding the best of the best, we needed to raise our pricing. But we think you will agree that it’s worth the extra cost.

We’ve added packages to better get in tune with client needs and budgets. We’ve expanded our offerings due to client interest.

There are places where you can get more “stuff” for less, but I think when you meet with us, and see full examples of what we offer, the choice will be more than clear. And the few hundred bucks extra will be more than worth it. After all, if we didn’t believe in what we do, and offer the highest quality that we can, and adore our clients, we would have stopped doing this years ago.

Here is the new pricing in effect for all of 2011:

Packages and Prices

(We Accept Visa and Mastercard)

The Basics $1990
Two photographers
Travel within the DFW metroplex
Wedding and Reception coverage UP TO 6 hours
Disc of images with unlimited print rights

The Extras $2400
Two photographers
Travel within the DFW metroplex
Bridal with retouched image disc and unlimited print rights
16×20 print
Wedding and Reception coverage UP TO 8 hours
Disc of Retouched Wedding Images with unlimited print rights
Online Gallery for 60 days
Black and White conversions on all prints

The Goodies: $2800
Two photographers
Travel within the DFW metroplex
Bridal OR engagement shoot with retouched image disc and unlimited print rights
16×20 Print
Wedding and Reception coverage UP TO 8 hours
Disc of Retouched Wedding Images with unlimited print rights
Online Gallery for 60 days
Black and White conversion on all prints
10×10 30 side High Gloss Book Bound Album

Romance Package $3400
Engagement Session OR Bridal Session with One 16×20 Portrait Print
Two Photographers
Travel within DFW metroplex
Online proofing and ordering
Retouching on all delivered images
One 30 page 10×10 Flushmount Wedding Album
Full Resolution Images on Disc with Unlimited Print Rights

Elegance Package $4300
Engagement Session AND Bridal Session with two 20×24s Portrait Prints
Two Photographers
Online Proofing and Ordering
Black and White Conversions
Retouching on all delivered images
One 30 page 10×10 Flushmount Wedding Album
Two 5×5 Parent Albums
Full Resolution Images on Disc with Unlimited Print Rights

Create Your Own Package$?????
Need Less? ( Cannot be done on Basics Package) Need More? No problem!
Send us an e-mail telling us what services you need, and we will be happy to come up with a custom quote for you!

Other Sessions $350

This includes:
added Bridal or Engagement
Boudoir
Maternity
Family
Headshots

Please call for commercial rates, other events, photo booth, modeling portfolios.

And as always we appreciate your interest and your business!

08.28.2009

Well I’m pretty sure every bride on the planet is aware of the fantastic network and magazine “The Knot” has for the wedding industry. Every year, they have a big get together, and this year it was at the fantastic W Hotel.
“The Knot” tapped some of the best vendors in Dallas to put on a fantastic party for us. It was amazing. There was a marching band, great tasty wandering hors d’oeuvres of which I ate more than I was probably supposed to, and they also had a hot dog and french fry bar with all the fixings. All of this in AMAZING lighting, underneath a wealth of fabric draping, and gorgeous flowers. Everything about the event was top notch.
It was so great to mingle with old and new friends.
Dallas Photogs are an amazing bunch, and we like each other way more than most people think we would. It’s kind of like opposing lawyers after a trial….we hang out and have fun, and respect each other’s talent. On this night, we put all that aside, and just had fun.
I also got to meet a ton of great friends and vendors I had worked with, as well as new people I hadn’t had the honor to meet yet.