Photography

Anniversaries, Bar / Bat Mitzvahs, Birthdays, Corporate Events, Engagement Parties, LGBT Weddings / Ceremonies

1994

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Cash, Check, Paypal, AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa

Contemporary, Photojournalism, Portraiture

Albums, Custom Graphic Design, Digital Files, Flush Mount, High Resolution Images, Matted Prints, Prints, Proof CD of All Images

Yes

Fine Art enhancements of select images that include layering techniques to create one-of-a-kind artistic images are always offered to my clients!

I have experience, but most importantly great SUCCESS while photographing in all lighting: ambient, flash, strobe or candlelight!

I love film and will shoot with it while using my artistic cameras (Holgas, Polaroids) but I currently shoot predominantly with digital pro Canon cameras and lenses.

I am primary photographer at all weddings and can offer a second or third photographer if requested.

Absolutely! It is my business, reputation and art, after all!

NEVER. I give one couple/my clients my full and undivided personalized attention and talents on their wedding day. As a result, my service are reserved one to two years in advance.

Yes; I have a "pool" of many competent professional photographers that I can rely upon for back-up to shoot for or with me.

One full set of Canon Professional cameras, fast Canon professional lenses and professional Cannon flashes, and another two full sets of Canon Professional cameras, lenses and flashes...just in case! :-)

Absolutely! ...as mentioned above.

My services can be customized and I offer both inclusive full-day services or hourly services. Please fill out my contact form at my website: www.joannebartone.com on the "contact" page to receive detailed information on all my services.

Yes. "Overtime" is payable at the time of service at the investment of $400/hour which covers my time/talent/post-processing/retouching and enhancing/uploading to your gallery.

One, maybe, and that is typically after dinner.

It is included in the service investment.

A "thank you" slide show is available to you approximately five days following your wedding so you may share it with family/friends. After that, all final photos receive processing by my professional lab and a select few receive enhancing and retouching by myself. This process typically can take from two to six weeks to have all images up in your on-line gallery following your event.

You will first be able to view the images I've created for you in your private, password protected on-line gallery at my professional lab, Pictage ( www.pictage.com ). After you select your top images for your Fine Art Proof Prints, I will order them and they will arrive to you within a week of your final selection.

You receive actual Fine Art Proof Prints that are yours to keep forever! They are your memories, after all, and I think you should have and be able to HOLD them - that is why you get prints from me and not thumbnails or contact sheets.

Always. The photos are mine to use and promote myself indefinitely and I always retain the copyright to them; it is the law. However, you do have the option to purchase the right to reproduce the image files as photographs in the services I offer.

Yes I do - it is a photographer's only means to promote their work, however if a client is not comfortable with this, we can discuss it and come to an agreement that will work for both of us. Flexibility with you is "key" to me.

They are included with some of the services I offer, or the rights to print image files can be purchased individually or in total. There's that "flexibility" thing again...!

Yes, at my professional lab, Pictage ( www.pictage.com )!

Top of the line, library bound actual Books, not albums hand made by some of the top manufactures in the industry - my clients receive only the best products, because that is what I would want for myself. The contemporary Wedding Story Books of today offer much more flexibility in design, style and endurance that albums of the past cannot compare to. Did I say "flexibility" again?!! Oh, my!

Approximately six to eight weeks after your final approval of the Wedding Story Design I custom create for you.

Which venues have you worked at and are familiar with?
Locally: all major high-end hotels, such as Nemacolin Woodlands and Falling Rock, the Omni William Penn, the Westin, the Pittsburgh Renaissance Hotel, Hilton Southpointe, Hilton, the Wyndham Hotels, Pittsburgh Marriott City Center and the top wedding venues, such as Hyeholde, the Pennsylvanian, Grand Concourse, the Heinz History Center, PNC Park and Heinz Field , Soldiers Sailors, J Verno Studio, Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Music Hall and Contemporary Art Museum, LeMont,  the Top of the Triangle, theChadwick, Morning Glory Inn ; all major Country Clubs such as, Pittsburgh Athletic Club, Allegheny Country Club, Fox Chapel Golf and Country Club, the University Club, the Twentieth Century Club,  and many other high-end venues around Pittsburgh, across the country and around the world!

Can you recommend other reliable vendors for our wedding?
ABSOLUTELY!  I always make recommendations to potential and actual clients to try to make their wedding planning easier; I’m here to help with any facet of your planning that I can help you with!

I partner with many of what I consider to be some of the best local providers of personalized wedding services!  If you fill out my contact form at my website to reuqest their information I will be happy to share it with you in detail, however here are a few of whom I consider "the best!" :
DeeJay :Jeremy Ganss of Jeremy Ganss Productions
Confections: Dozen Cupcakes/Dozen Bakeshop, Bethel Bakery
Florist: Michael Jacobs of Blooms Florist
Bridal Salon: Greg Cherico of Anne Gregory
Videographers: Jenny and Marco Giordani of Cana Videography
Jewelers: Henne Jewelry , Heather Wingard Designs
Linen & Table-top Dressing: Mosaic
Wedding Planners: I’ve got the names of all the best wedding planners in Pittsburgh - ask and you shall receive!

Your memories are precious to me, just as they are to you; I understand completely how you feel about them and I want to be certain you will be happy long after I've photographed for you.   When we collaborate together on your wedding photography, you will recieve special planning information from me to assist you in understanding how best to plan your wedding day schedule to take advantage of utilizing my creative photographic services.  Remember, it is my photographic services that will be the ONLY service you will purchase for your wedding that will bring you a lifetime of enjoyment and should be given the highest regard as a result.  This translates into about a $150/year investment over your lifetime together of about fifty to seventy-five years.  When you think about it, it's a small price to pay for a BIG yeild of happiness over the years.  I want to be your photographer for life, not just for one day!  Live your life; allow me to capture your moments and BE INSPIRED, every day by your love as seen through my photography!
BIG love, Joanne Bartone Photographer / www.joannebartone.com / www.joannebartoneblog.com