Showing posts with label Wedding Videography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wedding Videography. Show all posts
4/12/2009
Dallas Wedding Photographer Montage
Enjoy this video montage of photos of both Dallas Wedding Photography and Destination Wedding Photography throughout the USA. Brides, book your wedding imagery at www.WeddingPhotographerDallas.com and call 214-703-0360 to reserve your wedding date.
2/05/2009
Tips for Hiring the Perfect Wedding Photographer
Congratulations on your wedding! My wish for you is that the fairy tale you dreamed of and probably practiced as a child comes true for you with your prince charming!
There are few photography events that come close the importance of your wedding. For many brides, your wedding is the first time you will hire a professional photographer. With no prior experience in commissioning a professional photographer, you may be tempted to make the mistake of shopping for a photographer as you shop for other items for the wedding…based on price. However, what you are paying for is the quality of your memories and you will want the best photography you can afford.
I love today's professional digital photography. As a professional wedding photographer in Dallas, it allows me to take many more photos and weed through them later. But sadly digital photography also allows mediocre people to spend a few hundred at some store and point and shoot and dare to call themselves professional photographers.
Just a few years ago, you had to have a strong knowledge of posing, lighting and technical aspects of capturing beautiful images on film. Most wedding photographers would show up at your wedding with ten to thirty thousand of dollars of equipment. Today you can get a decent amateur digital camera for $600 and you are now a “professional wedding photographer”. So how do you make the best investment in a professional wedding photographer?
1) Establish a budget for photography. Martha Stewart suggests 20% of the total wedding budget. (If your total wedding budget, dress, flowers, venue, food, beverages, entertainment, etc. is $15,000 then your photography budget should be $3,000)
2) Discuss their formal training in photography and years in business. (not how long they have been taking pictures) Keep in mind that 50% of small businesses in America fail in the first five years. On the other hand, we are in our 10th years of success.
3) Make certain your wedding package includes EVERYTHING you want, from photography of the wedding day to a completed wedding album. (57% of brides surveyed by Kodak in 2007 only received a high resolution DVD of images – NO PRINTED PICTURES AND NO WEDDING ALBUM) The largest amount of time and often talent, in addition to capturing the photographs on your wedding day, occurs after the wedding. It is all the post-production of the wedding including digital processing, color correction and retouching of the images and designing and printing a beautiful wedding album that require tremendous talent and TIME.
Post production is NOT an option that is available at most one-hour photo labs – so you ARE NOT saving money trying to have your images printed yourself. Could you imagine going to a lawyer and after a very expensive hour of her time – she sends you home with a do it yourself kit to finish your legal documents?
4) How does your photographer archive your wedding files? Get a purchase option for your files in writing. If you do get a DVD of images, immediately make a copy to your hard drive and a second copy to place in your safe deposit box at your bank.
5) Find out your photographer’s backup plans. In the event of an illness, accident, or other event preventing your photographer from being able to photograph your wedding, learn their contingency plan to have your event photographed with equal or greater talent. Also, what is their equipment contingency plan? Do they have a back-up camera and back-up lighting equipment in case something is dropped and damaged in the middle of your wedding?
At WeddingPhotographerDallas.com, I bring backup equipment from cameras to memory cards and batteries, etc. We also work with other photographers of similar experience so you know you will always be in good hands.
Our MAGNOLIA package is for brides who do not need a wedding album. Our LILY and ORCHID Dallas wedding photography packages include gorgeous custom-designed wedding albums from Italy. We also offer professional wedding video packages too. We welcome the opportunity to create exquisite images of your wedding day!
There are few photography events that come close the importance of your wedding. For many brides, your wedding is the first time you will hire a professional photographer. With no prior experience in commissioning a professional photographer, you may be tempted to make the mistake of shopping for a photographer as you shop for other items for the wedding…based on price. However, what you are paying for is the quality of your memories and you will want the best photography you can afford.
I love today's professional digital photography. As a professional wedding photographer in Dallas, it allows me to take many more photos and weed through them later. But sadly digital photography also allows mediocre people to spend a few hundred at some store and point and shoot and dare to call themselves professional photographers.
Just a few years ago, you had to have a strong knowledge of posing, lighting and technical aspects of capturing beautiful images on film. Most wedding photographers would show up at your wedding with ten to thirty thousand of dollars of equipment. Today you can get a decent amateur digital camera for $600 and you are now a “professional wedding photographer”. So how do you make the best investment in a professional wedding photographer?
~ Here are my suggestions for hiring your wedding photographer ~
1) Establish a budget for photography. Martha Stewart suggests 20% of the total wedding budget. (If your total wedding budget, dress, flowers, venue, food, beverages, entertainment, etc. is $15,000 then your photography budget should be $3,000)
2) Discuss their formal training in photography and years in business. (not how long they have been taking pictures) Keep in mind that 50% of small businesses in America fail in the first five years. On the other hand, we are in our 10th years of success.
3) Make certain your wedding package includes EVERYTHING you want, from photography of the wedding day to a completed wedding album. (57% of brides surveyed by Kodak in 2007 only received a high resolution DVD of images – NO PRINTED PICTURES AND NO WEDDING ALBUM) The largest amount of time and often talent, in addition to capturing the photographs on your wedding day, occurs after the wedding. It is all the post-production of the wedding including digital processing, color correction and retouching of the images and designing and printing a beautiful wedding album that require tremendous talent and TIME.
Post production is NOT an option that is available at most one-hour photo labs – so you ARE NOT saving money trying to have your images printed yourself. Could you imagine going to a lawyer and after a very expensive hour of her time – she sends you home with a do it yourself kit to finish your legal documents?
4) How does your photographer archive your wedding files? Get a purchase option for your files in writing. If you do get a DVD of images, immediately make a copy to your hard drive and a second copy to place in your safe deposit box at your bank.
5) Find out your photographer’s backup plans. In the event of an illness, accident, or other event preventing your photographer from being able to photograph your wedding, learn their contingency plan to have your event photographed with equal or greater talent. Also, what is their equipment contingency plan? Do they have a back-up camera and back-up lighting equipment in case something is dropped and damaged in the middle of your wedding?
At WeddingPhotographerDallas.com, I bring backup equipment from cameras to memory cards and batteries, etc. We also work with other photographers of similar experience so you know you will always be in good hands.
Our MAGNOLIA package is for brides who do not need a wedding album. Our LILY and ORCHID Dallas wedding photography packages include gorgeous custom-designed wedding albums from Italy. We also offer professional wedding video packages too. We welcome the opportunity to create exquisite images of your wedding day!
For timeless memories of love, book your wedding photography by calling our Dallas wedding studio at 214-703-0360.
12/30/2008
Rex and Jazmine's Dallas Wedding Photography
Rex and Jazmine enjoyed a wonderful Christian Indian wedding in Dallas at the Hotel Intercontinental. Their Lily Wedding Photography package included unlimited photography throughout from preparation through reception as well as a gorgeous Italian Flush-Mount (aka magazine style) wedding album with custom design. We also provided their wedding videography, and they qualified for our special promotion discount (ask us how you can too).Their online gallery made sharing their wedding photos with family and friends worldwide.
To reserve your 2990 Dallas wedding date, call 214-703-0360.
12/19/2008
SAME DAY Wedding Video Announcement
Special Announcement: We are now offering 2009 Dallas Brides and Grooms an exciting new service that will amaze you and entertain your guests -- SAME DAY Wedding Video. Imagine enjoying watching your wedding video highlights at your reception!
Here is how it works: at your wedding reception that night, we will project a HD Video of your wedding earlier that day featuring highlights from your:
Preparation • Ceremony • Cocktail Hour • Formal introductions • First Dance
We bring a special video crew & equipment that records these moments and edits them, in HD Video glory, right then and there into a unique and stunning video presentation that is projected onscreen to you and your guests. All we require is at least 2.5 hours from your first dance till the video presentation.
This special service is available as a standalone service for only $1,800 or as a $1,500 upgrade to our HD Platinum and HD Diamond wedding video packages.
You get to keep your HD Same Day Highlights presentation on a special Blueray™ DVD.
Your retaner of half holds your Same Day Wedding Video date. (non-refundable). We accept payment in Check, Cash, or PayPal online.
We encourage you to call us at 214-703-0360 to reserve your date.
12/16/2008
Angela & Brad Dallas Wedding Video
Angela and Brad got married at SMU in Dallas. Here is a sneak peak of a moment in their Wedding Video. Enjoy!
For high-end wedding videography, see our professional SD and HD wedding video packages.
We even offer an exclusive Same Day Video Presentation at your wedding reception: learn more.
For high-end wedding videography, see our professional SD and HD wedding video packages.
We even offer an exclusive Same Day Video Presentation at your wedding reception: learn more.
Then call our Dallas studio at 214-703-0360 to reserve your wedding day.
12/13/2008
2010 Brides Enjoy True HD Wedding Videography
Wedding Photographer Dallas is proud to announce two exquisite additions to our fine wedding video services -- true HD Wedding Videography.
Our HD PLATIMUM and HD DIAMOND video packages expand upon our SD Silver and SD Gold video packages by offering camerawork in true "1080p" -- the pinnacle of video quality.
Click Here to view details on all Dallas Wedding Video packages.
For the discriminating bride and groom who want the story of their wedding day told in artistic documentary style, our HD videographers deliver as good as it gets! It is no exxageration to call these wedding videos masterpieces in their own right and you will thrill to watch them again and again!
We provide you with widescreen DVDs or you can upgrade to Blueray™ DVDs.
2010 dates are limited so call us at 214-703-0360 to reserve your High Definition Wedding Video.
12/05/2008
12 Month Wedding Countdown for Brides
Dallas Wedding Planning Guide for Brides12+ months before your wedding:
Envision your wedding and draw up a budget.
Assemble your "planning team." Consider hiring a wedding consultant.
Pick a wedding date and time. Select several options, then check with your venues, officiant, and important guests before finalizing. Select your wedding photographer and wedding photography package.
Start planning the guest list.
Look for and book ceremony and reception sites.
Ask friends and relatives to be in the wedding party.
Optional: Have an engagement party. Consider if you want Engagement Portraits. You may want to register beforehand for gifts.
8-10 months before your wedding.
Bride: Shop for, and order your gown.
Envision reception food.
Decide what type of entertainment you want. A pianist for the cocktail hour, strolling violinists, a DJ, or band?
Think about your floral decor.
Research and book your wedding professionals. Interview vendors: photographer, videographer, reception band or DJ, florist.
Reserve accommodations for out-of-town guests.
Register for gifts.
Contact rental companies if you need to rent anything for ceremony/reception, such as chairs, tables, and tent.
6-8 months before your Wedding
Book ceremony musicians.
Order bridesmaid dresses.
Start planning honeymoon.
Send save-the-date cards. This is a particularly good idea if you're marrying during a tourist or holiday season or having a destination wedding.
4-6 months before your Wedding
Attend prewedding counseling, if desired.
Have your bridal portraits taken.
Shop for and order invitations and wedding rings.
Shop for formalwear.
Renew or get passports, if necessary.
Envision your wedding cake and research, interview, and book a cake designer.
3 months before your Wedding
Order wedding cake.
Hire a calligrapher, if you want your invitations professionally addressed.
Attend your shower. (It may be earlier, depending on when hosts decide to have it.)
Groom: Rent the men's formalwear.
Hire wedding-day transport: limousines, other cars. Look into transportation sooner if you're considering renting streetcars or over-the-top travel.
2 months before your Wedding
Mail your invitations.
Write your vows.
Purchase gifts for parents, attendants, and each other.
Book your stylist and try out big-day hairstyles.
Book a makeup artist and go for a trial run.
1 month before your Wedding
Apply for a marriage license. Check with the local bureau in the town where you'll wed.
Bride: Have final gown fitting. Bring your maid of honor along to learn how to bustle your dress. Have the dress pressed and bring it home.
Call all bridesmaids. Make sure they have their gowns ready for the wedding.
Create a wedding program to hand out to guests.
2 weeks before your Wedding
Review final RSVP list and call any guests who have not yet sent a response.
Deliver must-have shot lists to your wedding photographer and videographer. Include who should be in formal portraits and determine when in the flow of your wedding day that portraits will be taken.
Deliver final song list to your DJ or bandleader. Include special song requests and songs you don't want played.
Bride: Get your last prewedding haircut and color.
1 week before your Wedding
Give reception site/caterer final guest head count. Include vendors, such as the photographer or band members, who will expect a meal. Ask how many extra plates the caterer will prepare.
Supply location manager with a list of vendor requests such as a table for DJ or setup space needed by florist.
Plan reception seating chart.
Print place and table cards, or finalize list with the calligrapher you have hired to do so.
Call all wedding vendors and confirm arrangements.
Give ceremony and reception site managers a schedule of vendor delivery and setup times, plus contact numbers.
Groom: Get your hair trimmed.
Attend bachelor/ette parties.
2-3 days before your Wedding
Bride: Have your gown pressed or steamed.
Groom: Go for final fitting and pick up your formalwear.
Groom: Ask the best man to make sure all groomsmen attend fittings and pick up their outfits.
Determine wedding-party positions during ceremony and the order of the party in the processional and recessional.
Hand off place cards, table cards, menus, disposable cameras, favors, and any other items for setting the tables to the caterer and/or reception site manager.
Reconfirm final details with all vendors. Discuss any necessary last-minute substitutions.
Call the limousine company for pickup times and locations.
Arrange for guests without cars to be picked up from the airport or train station. Ask friends, attendants, or relatives to help.
Deliver welcome baskets to the hotel concierge; make sure to include names and delivery instructions.
Day before your Wedding
Provide all wedding professionals with an emergency phone number to call on the day of the wedding.
Write checks and/or talk to wedding hosts (usually your parents, if not you) about any final balances to be paid.
Night before your Wedding
Rehearse ceremony. Meet with wedding party, ceremony readers, immediate family, and your officiant at the ceremony site to rehearse and iron out details.
Bring unity candle, aisle runner, yarmulkes, or other ceremony accessories to the site.
Give your marriage license to your officiant.
Attend rehearsal dinner.
Present attendants with gifts at the rehearsal dinner. You'll want to do this especially if the gifts are accessories to be worn during the wedding.
Day of your Wedding - Enjoy!
Present parents and each other with gifts. Give wedding bands to the best man and the maid of honor to hold during the ceremony.
Give best man the officiant's fee envelope, to be handed off after the ceremony.
Introduce your reception site manager to your consultant or maid of honor for questions or problems during the reception.
After your Wedding
Arrange for someone to return any rentals.
Have attendants to take the bride's gown for cleaning and return the groom's tux to the rental shop.
View your wedding photography proofs and wedding album design.
Write and send thank-you notes to guests and vendors who were especially helpful.
Book your Dallas wedding photography by calling 214-703-0360.
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