Do you travel/what regions do you service?
We are based just outside of Philadelphia in Jenkintown and we don’t generally have any travel fees for weddings less than 150 miles from the Philly area. However we do love to travel so we don’t have huge travel fees. Just ask us and we’ll work with you to figure out the best solution.
How to reserve your wedding date?
The whole booking process is super easy. It can all be done online if you’d like! To get to know you better and answer all of your questions we prefer to set up a call or video chat. When you have decided which collection you would like, we will then go ahead and sign the wedding contract and you will make a payment of 1/2 of the total to reserve your wedding date. The remaining balance is due 10 days prior to your wedding. You will have access to all of your billing/legal information on a web page that I specifically create so you can keep track of your wedding information. This way you won’t be confused about due dates or what’s in your contract.
Can you hold the date for me or call me if someone else is interested in our date?
Since we often get multiple calls for the same date, wedding commissions are taken on a first-come-first-served basis. The only way we can hold a date is with a signed contract and paid retainer fee. We encourage our potential clients to keep an open dialogue with us and understand that if they delay we may not be available.
What is your ‘Style’?
We are creative, colorful, and unique. We continually seek new ideas, locations, poses, etc. to satisfy our desire to innovate/create and make your wedding photos unique. Our style is an evolving modern and traditional blend that has as much to do with our clients as it does with us. When you look at our portfolio, we want you to develop your own ideas and actively take a part in your wedding photography. We’re up for anything:)
What advice would you give a bride who is looking for a wedding photographer?
The two most important components to look for when deciding on your wedding photographer are 1. Their style and 2. Do you get along with them? If I was looking for a wedding photographer, I would need to be absolutely blown away by their images. You will be able to tell this by looking through their portfolio. The second factor just boils down to whether you personally get along with your photographer. You will be spending a lot of time with them so it’s important that your personalities don’t clash. Since our personalities are very calm and relaxed we are very easy to get along with.
Can you photograph in difficult lighting situations?
Our specialty is difficult lighting situations. We always use wireless flashes combined with color filters and light modifiers to achieve the magazine quality light that we are after. It takes a lot of practice to use flashes in this way but the results speak for themselves.
Do you use a second photographer at weddings?
We are a husband and wife team so you will always get both of us:) In the event of emergencies we do have other backup photographers in case we need someone else.
How has your experience in wedding photography helped you in difficult circumstances on a wedding day?
To us… weddings are all about controlled chaos. We very much enjoy the spontaneity of weddings and it fits our personalities since we get bored doing the same thing day after day. In our experience as wedding photographers, we have learned that anticipation and timing are everything. Experience has made the fundamental structure of a wedding become second nature to us, thus allowing us to focus on refining our photography. This means that we are paying attention to so many little details that would be overlooked by less experienced photographers, such as hand positions in photographs. It’s like creating a large painting where you initially outline your subject, then go back and fill in the details and refine the artwork. We are at the point in our career where we are paying attention to so much more than just the general outline and focusing on the minute details.
What’s your favorite part of the wedding day to photograph?
Group formals… duh?? No, our favorite part is generally after the ceremony (or before) when we get to work with the bride and groom alone or with their wedding party. It’s just so much fun to go out to different locations and have fun creating unique photos with the bride and groom. It’s also (we hope) the most fun for our clients since they just get to hang out and kiss each other!
What are your top tips for brides to help them get great photos on their wedding day?
Our first tip for great photos on your wedding day is to have an engagement session with us. We love engagement sessions since they allow us to get to know each other and to create special and often elaborate images together. E-sessions also allow you to see what you look like and develop an idea of what you like and don’t like. Another tip is to leave plenty of time for photography by keeping in touch with us and asking for our input. We are always available to you if you have questions. Some more tips: Before the wedding make a list of photos for the group pictures and get a loud aunt to wrangle everyone together… walk down the aisle slowly and enjoy the moment… take a nice long kiss to give us more time to capture it… ask the pastor/priest to step aside before the kiss so he isn’t in the photo… JUST ENJOY YOUR WEDDING DAY!
How important is it to hire an experienced wedding photographer?
An experienced photographer will make your wedding day run efficiently and effortlessly (or as effortlessly as is possible). We are very good at developing and communicating our ideas and intentions before and on the wedding day. This means that we are able to give you advice on how much time we will need and help the day stay on schedule. Besides effectively managing the day, we will be able to adapt to the myriad lighting environments that present themselves in every wedding. Experience means that we will be able to handle whatever comes along because we’ve done it before.
Do you offer albums? If so, describe the albums you offer and why you think it’s important to provide albums?
Of course, we offer albums! They are so important to us that they are included in most of our collections. Albums make sense because they are the most timeless way to preserve your wedding day. Instead of getting 70-100 images randomly printed and displayed on your wall, you could spend that same money to get all of the best images artistically woven together in such a way that it feels like you’re reading a book. The last step in the wedding photography process should be delivering your wedding album. Please meet with us and let us show you some of our work.
Do you allow other cameras at the wedding?
There’s no way that we could prevent your guests from using their cameras at your wedding and we would not want to do this anyways. Just try to let them know that our job is to take pictures and to please be discreet and respectful of us.
When do we receive our photos?
We will have your entire wedding on our proofing site within four to six weeks of your wedding date. Once online you will be able to download all of your images in high resolution. After 1 year the online gallery expires but you do have the option to keep your online gallery backup online for a yearly fee.
What digital format do you deliver the wedding images?
You will be able to download all of your images in high resolution from the online gallery. You will be able to print any size photos you would like from the downloads.
Will our final images be watermarked or branded in any way?
Your hi-res images will be free of watermarks or any branding on the images. Web-res images which we include for facebook etc. have our website text along the bottom.
Do you bring backup equipment?
We always bring backup equipment. We photograph with two cameras on us and a third in the car with backup lenses & lighting equipment just in case.
How far in advance do you book weddings?
Most of our clients book us between 8-12 months.
Can you hold a date for me or give me a call if someone else asks for my date?
