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Packages start at $895 ...From getting ready to walk down the aisle, to throwing your bouquet at the reception, we’ll be there, finding moments that stand out from all the rest.  Photographing your wedding as we would our own ... taking pride in giving you beautiful memories of your wedding day.

Whether you’re wanting Traditional or Candid ... we’ll be there to capture the love and the emotion of your most memorable and important day…Your Wedding.  Ensuring that every detail of every moment will be captured with fun, creative and memorable images.

Our packages include Engagement Sessions, Consultations with the Bride & Groom, Custom Design Albums, and all images on CD or DVD.  We also provide an online gallery so you can share photos with family and friends ... Offering  unique items like Black & White Newspaper Photos and Photo Reception Table Cards for guests, is our way of  saying it’s "Your Day" and will be remembered as special as it should be.

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................... Wedding Fun Facts ...................

Kiss
The first kiss a bride and groom share at the close of the ceremony has carried special significance through the centuries. Many cultures believed the couple exchanged spirits and their souls with their breath.

Dress
Traditionally, brides did not wear white wedding gowns. Through the 18th century, most brides just wore their Sunday best.  Red was a favorite during the Middle Ages in Europe. Colors were worn for symbolic reasons: blue meant constancy, green meant youth and white was worn as a symbol of purity. Today, white merely symbolizes the wedding and is worn by any bride, even in second marriages.

Throwing of Rice
One of the oldest wedding traditions, the custom of throwing rice, originated with the ancient Hindus and Chinese. In these cultures, rice is the symbol of fruitfulness and prosperity. Tossing it after the ceremony was believed to bestow fertility upon the bride and groom. Today, rice tossing is being replaced by the more “green” friendly birdseed, rose pedals, sparklers or bubbles.

Veil
Mystique and romance has surrounded the veil for more than one thousand years. Originally, the veil is thought to have been used to hide the bride from evil spirits and abductors. But a more romantic interpretation evolved later which believed that the bride's face beneath a veil symbolized youth, modesty, and virginity.

Engagement Ring
The Engagement Ring as we know it has been around since the 1400s and was first found in Medieval Italy. It was believed that giving of the ring was a commitment on the man’s part to purchase the woman as his bride.

Wedding Cake
At one time it was traditional for a ring to be baked and hidden in the cake. Whoever got the piece of cake with the ring in it, could look forward to a whole year of happiness.

The Bouquet
When Brides first started carrying flowers, they were fragrant herbs whose strong aromas were believed to keep the evil spirits away.

First Dance
The first dance of the Bride and Groom was to represent the start of their new life together.

The Garter
The Bride’s garter, at one time, was so valued that guests (male & female) would race to the alter to get it during the ceremony. Now the Groom tosses it to the single male guests

“Tying The Knot”
This familiar expression was used in Roman times when Brides would wear a girdle that was ‘tied” in knots and on their wedding night the Groom would have to untie.

The Ring Finger
Wearing the ring on the third finger of the left hand started in the 19th century, when it was believed that a main artery ran straight to the heart.

Toasting Glasses
The clinking, bell like sound that glasses made was once believed to be the sound that would chase the devil away from the celebrations.

Receiving Line
It was once believed that as soon as the Bride and Groom were married, they were full of Good Luck. All guests that touched them (shaking hands, hugs etc) would also have this Good Luck.

Attire of Wedding Party
The tradition of Bridesmaids and Groomsmen wearing attire similar to the Bride and Groom came from the belief that by doing this, the wedding couple would not be recognized and spirits could not cast evil upon them.

Traditions
Something Old - to bring a sense of continuity
Something New – to add an optimistic note
Something Borrowed – superstition that happiness rubs off
Something Blue – for purity, fidelity and life

Marriages By The Month
• January 4.7%
• February 7.0%
• March 6.1%
• April 7.4%
• May 9.8%
• June 10.8%
• July 9.7%
• August 10.2%
• September 9.6%
• October 9.4%
• November 7.4%
• December 7.8%

1. IF YOU WANT GROUP PHOTOS, plan your groups for an outside location with enough shade to cover your largest group. Avoid places where there are distracting backgrounds and make sure everyone is in the shade. Make a list of who is in each shot. Having a list makes everything go so much smoother. Tell your relatives (in advance) that they should be there at a certain time then tell them again on the wedding day. Waiting for the missing person is the only thing that keeps group shots from taking more than about 20 minutes.

2. MAKE TIME FOR PICTURES! Plan on spending at LEAST 1/2 hour shooting couple portraits. If you can plan more time... the more the better. This is especially true if you are getting married in a location that has a lot of different locations for us to move around in. Dramatic backgrounds are great for this photo shoot but many things will work... a forest, field of flowers, old buildings, barns, a rocky river, meadows, city streets, alleys, a city park, etc

3. DECORATE THE BRIDE'S DRESSING ROOM WITH CARE. This almost always gets overlooked in the planning and decorating phase. Pick a room with some ROOM. Decorate the girl’s dressing room just as carefully as you would any other part of the wedding location. Be sure to pick up all the non-wedding messes like piles of blue jeans and tennis shoes or other clothing that are not wedding related. Don't try to make it look too neat, just “a little neat”. Messes are ok if they are wedding messes. It looks wonderful to have all the dresses hanging around and shoes lying around on the floor.  Flowers look much better in some sort of vases instead of the boxes the florist packed them in.

4. LIGHTING IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR THE BRIDAL DRESSING ROOM. The best dressing room would have lots of natural light and lots of windows. If you have no window light, think romance! Get creative. Try decorating half of the room with lots of candles or little Christmas lights placed on and under things. You should try to avoid having direct sunlight streaming into the windows. Use light gauzy fabrics over the windows. Having nothing on the windows looks almost as bad as having too much on the windows. Better yet, pick a room with windows facing north so you don't have problems with direct sunlight at all.

5. GET PHOTOS IN THE DRESSING ROOM. If you are self conscious or modest, of course we will leave the room whenever you ask, but please realize that some of the best “getting ready” photos happen when the dress is actually going over the your head and your bridesmaids are helping you step into it. If you have your photographer wait outside when this is happening you will miss one of the most beautiful (and important) events of the entire day. An event that every Mother LOVES. Remember, with photography, it’s easy to delete things later, but it’s impossible to turn back time and do it all over again.

6. LIGHT THE RECEPTION! Personally I don’t like having a black background for dancing photos. A little bit of light in the background makes a huge difference. Christmas lights and hanging bulbs and rope lights all look good in the background especially if you hang them just above head high. If you are having an outdoor reception, placing your dance floor under a tent will make a world of difference because we can bounce our flash up into the tent roof and make a much more even light than what we would get with direct flash. A tent also gives you a structure to hang the small lights in the roof which create a mellow warm background light. Trees are also great for hanging lights.

7. TOSSING YOUR FLOWERS AND GARTER. Don't rush through this part... take a minute to play with your crowd. This gives us time to get a shot of you holding the flowers and looking back over your shoulder at all the single girls getting lined up. Before you toss the flowers, we recommend chasing off all the little kids because they are quick little rascals and they will almost always be the ones to catch the flowers. Be sure to look up to make sure you don't have anything hanging low that might intercept your flowers as they're being tossed. When you toss your flowers or your groom throws the garter, be ready to call for a do-over, and try it again if it doesn't go as planned the first time.

8. DANCE TO THE PHOTOGRAPHER! (just not during your First Dance or your Father - Daughter Dance - ignore us completely during that time.) Late in the evening when we come around to shoot the fun dancing shots, it would be wonderful if you and your wedding party would occasionally turn and dance facing a little bit towards us. Otherwise we get a lot of dancing pictures with the backs of your heads showing. You don’t have to do this a lot - but once in a while.... if you just turn and show off for the camera a little, your pictures usually turn out really good, some of them might even make you laugh.

9. PUTTING ON THE RINGS. This is one of the most difficult shots to get for a wedding photographer because most couples are not aware of the fact that they are blocking it either with their hand positions or with their bodies. To turn this moment into a great photo opportunity, all you need to remember is that as you are putting the ring on, hold the ring so that your fingers are on the top and bottom instead of on the sides of the ring. This turns your hand so that the ring is visible from the sides, we can get our great shot and your guests can see the rings go on. Another thing to avoid is putting your free hand out and grabbing your partner's wrist as you push the ring on. If you feel it is necessary to do this, try putting your hand UNDER your partner's hand or wrist and grabbing on from below. This keeps your wrist down below so it doesn't block the shot. Practice this technique a couple of times and you will see that it’s possible to put the rings on while still leaving the sides open for a clear shot and a great view for your guests.

10. UNITY CANDLES are usually placed at the back of the altar. However, this arrangement guarantees that you and your groom will be the only ones to witness the event because your backs will be to your guests and the candles will be hidden completely. Consider placing the candles out on the side of the altar so that you can stand facing your guests when you light them. This gives us a much better angle to get the shot and allows your guests to see what you are doing.