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January 28th, 2010Engagements, Parties, Strip Photography Tour, WeddingsThe Bridal Spectacular is here this week, and since most of my readers are brides, I thought I’d post a “Bridal Show Survival Guide”. The most-heard comment after a bridal show is that it was “overwhelming”… so here’s some ways to help the show become a successful day for you!
1. Have a plan. Make a list of vendors you definitely want to talk to. Do a little research to hopefully narrow your search down a little. Look at the MAP of the Bridal Spectacular and find your preferred vendors. (Our booth is number 223!). There are many very helpful websites to provide online reviews from many of Las Vegas’ vendors, but the two most popular are WeddingWire and TheKnot.
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2. Wear comfortable shoes and leave your coat in the car. You will be receiving lots of brochures, etc and you do not want to be burdened lugging your coat.
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3. Bring someone with you! Your Mother, Maid/Matron of Honor, or maybe your fiancé will enjoy himself! They can help you with collecting information and would be happy you included them in the planning process! As for your fiancé? Just tell him that he can win stuff and eat free cake and hors d’oeuvres!
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4. Bring address labels. We recommend printing out labels on your home computer with your name, address, phone number, email address and wedding date. This will help free up time to talk to vendors instead filling out the same information time and time again.
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5. Bring a pen, notebook, and datebook (or, your BlackBerry!). Some vendors offer special pricing if you book with them and leave a deposit with them the day of the show. This is great, but if you choose the WRONG vendor, at ANY price, is it a good deal? Ask them if you can have a few days to think about it, because pressure to sign RIGHT THERE AND THEN should make you wonder what they are worried about! Is their competition better? Special good ONLY at the show? Time to look for a new vendor! Make an INFORMED decision - don’t rush into anything!
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6. Want to see the most vendors AND the fashion show? The majority of brides watch the show, so plan on arriving just as the 1st show starts. Visit the vendors DURING the show, this will allow you better chance to actually talk to a vendor and it will be a much quieter atmosphere. Then, stick around for the 2nd show, and this time watch the show!
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7. Don’t be embarrassed to wear your “Bride” sticker! It can become confusing for vendors to identify everyone that attends, and if they know you are the bride, they will be more apt to spend a little extra time with you!
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8. If you don’t bring labels (see #4), when filling out any contest entries or door prize drawing slips, print clearly!
9. The best place to take notes is on the actual brochure/flyer handed out by each vendor. That way you can connect a face to your notes and it will be easier to remember when you make your follow up calls!
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10. Don’t be fooled by huge discounts! This is especially true for Disc Jockey companies! If a company tells you their price is $900 but they are giving a $300 discount, that sounds great… but if they normally charge $600 for an event that’s not really a discount. Do your research and find out the ACTUAL discount (if any) based on their NORMAL rates. ALSO: Watch for ‘add-ons’ that nickel-and-dime you to a higher price. Show special at $495 but an extra $200 for a ceremony sound system, $50 for lights, and a 15% required gratuity and it’s not as good a deal as you thought!
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11. Enjoy yourself! Use this time to gather information and enjoy any of the special offers extended to you. You are the Bride; you make the rules when dealing with vendors. It’s YOUR day, not theirs!
12. Most importantly, come to D. Jay’s Entertainment’s booth (number 223) to discuss your disc jockey, photography, and videography needs. We are having some great specials (true discounts and LOTS of FREE extra service). I will be there, and we will have several of our disc jockeys and photographers available for you to meet!
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Thank you VERY much for reading this entire post! I hope you learned something.
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January 5th, 2009Bragging
We just started a HUGE marketing campaign on Facebook® for our Wedding Photographers in Las Vegas and for Wedding Disc Jockeys in Las Vegas. As part of the kick-off, we will be offering a very special package ONLY to brides who are “Fans” of our Facebook® Page.
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I’ve been so lucky lately to have beautiful brides and handsome grooms… and a very fun, photogenic wedding party too!
Marnie and Jorge are a SUPER couple from not-too-far from where I grew up (a couple hour drive) so they had that cool “Midwest” attitude; relaxed and laid-back.
For this one, I was also very lucky to have about 1.5 hours PRIOR to the ceremony, so I was able to be more creative with the group shots. For any brides considering hiring me, I strongly recommend to consider extra time prior to the ceremony, especially if you have a nice area for photos. This also helps you get to your reception sooner, and with the typical Las Vegas Wedding Reception being only 4 hours long, this is important.
Another option is to have me bring one of my great assistants, who can be with the Groom while I’m with the Bride, and then the Assistant Photographer can help set up all the formal shots after the ceremony. For this one, it was just me, but I had plenty of time!
Here’s a great shot of Marnie and her wedding party… aren’t the dresses amazing?!??
Typically, with limited time prior to the ceremony, the priority is photos of the bride - but I had time for some really creative poses with the groomsmen!
This one has some extra Photoshop “trickery” that we call “selective focus”. It’s pretty time-consuming but creates a very interesting effect of a very pronounced “pop”, almost a 3-D effect. You’ll want to click this one to see the larger version.
Yeah they were good looking guys, but let’s get back to our beautiful bride! I know I posted a similar shot of Cristina not too long ago, but I do consider this a “signature” shot and this one just had so much great color that I had to post it!
This one was one of the last ones I took before the ceremony, Marnie was so relaxed and calm, I think this photo really captured her emotions!
Now for after the ceremony.. there’s a funny story behind this shot - In our consultation, one shot that Jorge considered a “must have” was something similar to a photo he saw in my demo gallery where the veil was flowing behind the bride. Luckily, it was windy that day (well, at least on-and-off, right Marnie?); it only took a dozen-or-so attempts over the course of 3 hours to get this one. If you are wondering, nobody was holding the veil (during the shot), that was 100% wind and it took a while to get this veil just right - I’m personally not 100% satisfied with the pose (my fault, I needed to tell Marnie to keep the bouquet a bit lower) - but that’s probably my picky side showing!
Ok, one last one - a fairly common shot, I just liked it and hope that Marnie and Jorge do, too!
I truly enjoyed working with Marnie and Jorge - their patience seemed to have no limitations… they had some trying times before (and a little bit during and after) the wedding… jury duty a week prior… food poisoning the day she arrived in Vegas… and some issues with lights (and security guards) at the reception location - but they never stopped smiling and were really “into” each other - and very easy to photograph!
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November 6th, 2008Flash Montages, Parties, Weddings
I decided to do one more Flash photo montage, this one is for Cristina and Jason’s wedding and for all their friends and family all over the world. Cristina emailed me and was SO excited to show her wedding photos to all her family who couldn’t make it to Las Vegas for the Wedding so I thought I’d put 60 or so photos to a montage as a “little extra” for her.
I like this one because it shows highlights of the entire wedding day, and it’s set to their first dance song. Plus, it shows some of the great surroundings at the JW Marriott Las Vegas that I wasn’t able to post in my original blog post (scroll down 2 or 3 posts to see that one)!
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October 19th, 2008Weddings
Photography at JW Marriott Las Vegas is always SO much fun! It is a Las Vegas Photographer’s dream! The grounds are absolutely amazing, with waterfalls, beautiful green areas, bridges over little streams, etc. I work a lot at “The JW” (as we call it in our office), and the DJ’s at D. Jay’s Entertainment are out there often as well.
I noticed that I don’t have a lot of “getting ready” photos on my blog, and many of my brides ask me to cover this portion of their day. Well, we had an awesome room (with amazing light coming in through the patio door), and of course an absolutely beautiful bride, so I thought I’d share some “getting ready” photos!
The natural light from the patio door was perfect for a nice portrait.
The entire wedding had so much color, being outside and with the beautiful blue accents on the dress, but I really felt I needed to provide Cristina with a couple “timeless” photos, and the best way to do that is with black and white. This photo is “overexposed” on purpose to accent her figure and take the attention away from the trees, etc. that were outside the window. It also helps give the photo my trademark “glow” look…
A nice split-tone really accentuated Cristina’s complexion and helped the overall “feel” of this one:
I didn’t really intend on posting any ceremony shots, but I changed my mind
The rings, using my long telephoto lens from about 30 feet away.
We got so many nice after-ceremony shots around the grounds of The JW, this is one of my favorites:
For long-time readers of my blog, you’ve seen this shot before, it’s one I attempt when the veil allows for it, and my brides/grooms always love it!
The big round window in the reception room inspired me to do a silhouette photo, if you squint your eyes just right you can see a heart? See it?!?
Ok, well that’s about 4 more photos than I usually post, I got a little carried away! As always, I thank Cristina and Jason for allowing me to be a part of their wedding day. It was an honor and a privilege!
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October 3rd, 2008Engagements
It had been a while since we’ve been to Red Rock for an Engagement Session, so we were very excited when Christina and Jeremiah decided to go out there. And we weren’t disappointed! Nothing beats an attractive, fun couple in a beautiful location!
As we do in many of our Engagement Sessions, I do most of the posing and composing of the shots, but Jeremy (my Jeremy) actually shoots. So, consider this a collaborative effort!
For my regular readers, you’ll know that I get “bored” at posting the same types of photos with the same processing and web-frames, so I changed it up a bit for this blog post…
We met at the Spring Mountain Ranch State Park where we were promptly (and rudely) kicked out (who would think you need a $50 permit to shoot photos in a STATE PARK?!?) Well we got a few quick ones in, here’s one…
Once we got out of there and to Red Rock Canyon, of course we had to get the standard heads-together shot:
We were really torn about the processing on several of the shots - Christina and Jeremy are laid-back, jeans-and-black-shirt type people which would lend to “vintage” type processing… but Red Rock has such beautiful colors we hated to wash them out. This one worked, though:
This one was taken with my big long zoom lens from a distance away, so they could be a little more relaxed than with a camera in their faces! This one is also processed “vintage” but not quite as strongly as the one above:
ZOOOOMMM!
Jeremiah (Christina’s Jeremiah) had a sweet Mustang so we included it in several photos, this was one of their faves:
It was getting pretty dark down in this valley so we had to do quite a bit of post-processing to get the sky back to a nice blue, we thought this was a very fun shot, I wouldn’t really call it “artistic” by any means, but it shows Christina and Jeremiah’s personalities.
We took just short of 200 photos in this 2.5 hour session, in at least 20 different locations and with dozens of poses. We hope Christina and Jeremiah enjoyed the shoot (and the photos) as much as we did!
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