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Of course, we don't require you to have the engagement and bridal sessions. We are known for our flexibility and options. However, having your engagement and bridal sessions benefit you in many ways.
It gives us an opportunity to study you photographically
- to learn the angles to show your best. Sometimes
we will step back and allow the two of you to forget
we're in the background. We watch the two of you spending
time together in love. Our aim is to capture your genuine
smiles and spontaneous moments together. Then when your
Wedding Day arrives, we know better than anyone else
how to capture the two of you in your wedding photographs.
Your
engagement session may take up to two hours and there
is one clothing change. Your bridal portrait session
may take up to two hours. We will shoot at two different
outdoor locations for each of these sessions when desired
and at no extra charge as long as both locations are
in Chattanooga.
Your engagement and bridal portrait sessions also provide a great opportunity for you to hang out with your photographers. These sessions gives us all the opportunity to get to know each other better and get more comfortable around one another. Come your Wedding Day, you will be more relaxed and comfortable with us as we photographically document your day.
Receive a FREE Bare Escentuals™ make-over from A Better You Salon and Day Spa when we provide your bridal portrait session! Plus, they are located near our studio to help make sure everything is perfect for your bridal portrait session.
With
each session we will set-up approximately 10 to 15 poses
and take about 50 shots. Both your engagement and bridal
portrait session are shot with a 13 megapixel camera.
The images shot of your engagement and bridal portrait
sessions will be provided to you on designer photo DVDs
after they have all been custom processed. Don't forget your high-end engagement photographs may be incorporated into your magazine style wedding album or into a hardcover engagement photo book. Your engagement book may also hold your designer video DVD shot during your outdoor engagement session.
Engagement
portraits may include pets. The bridal portrait session
may include flower girls and the maid or matron of honor.
Video and Slide Show production $70 extra to add to
session. Makes great entertainment for guests at reception.
During
your engagement and bridal portrait sessions, we will
show you the images as they are shot. Please feel free
to tell us if you don't like a pose, facial expressions
etc. This can save you time from rescheduling another
shoot. If the ground is wet from rain we will not be
able to do any casual poses on the ground - all poses
will be standing. We recommend outdoor sessions after
a couple days of good weather have passed. It may also
be best to avoid hot and very humid days. Please express
any concerns you may have about how you want to be photographed
- or not photographed. You also have the option to choose digital backgrounds for your studio portrait session. This can be great for protecting your bridal gown while still creating beautiful "outdoor" portraits for you.
Most of the time your engagement and bridal will include a few studio portraits with most of your portraits shot outdoors. You may view some of our digital backgrounds at Digital Backgrounds. We would like our clients to preview the digital backgrounds available to help make sure clothing colors and styles are coordinated with our backgrounds to pre-plan some exceptional studio portraits. When it comes to studio portraiture, we want to plan the creation of one-of-a-kind great studio portraits if you decide to have us create studio portraits for you.
High-end
wedding photographers offer studio bridal portraiture to better serve our customers during hot, humid or rainy days, help keep the wedding gown clean and to simply provide our customers more benefits.
All your bridesmaids, flower
girls, ring bearers and family members are invited to
join in your bridal portrait session.
30 Days Before Your Wedding Day: Usually around the time of your last fitting we recommend doing your bridal portraits. Your
bridal portrait session also provides you the opportunity
to test your hair and make-up before your Wedding Day.
You will get to see how your hair and make-up looks
in photographs so you will have an opportunity to change
something before your big day. If your dress bustles, you may get to test that in photographs. If you want, we can provide
you another bridal portrait session with your new hair
and/or make-up changes to make sure everything is perfect!
No, there is no extra charge simply because we sincerely
want to make sure you love all your bridal portraits. Thirty days before your Wedding Day also makes sure we have plenty of time to get your bridal portraits back in time for displaying on your Wedding Day.
Waiting
until your Wedding Day for us to do your bridal portraits
can leave you feeling rushed and anxious. If for some
reason you run late, we could easily lose the appropriate
amount of time needed to shoot your bridal properly.
We especially just do not want you feeling rushed and
anxious. This could easily show in your portraits. Also
if weather does not permit any outdoor bridal portraits
on your Wedding Day, we would be restricted to a few
indoor locations at your wedding venue. Again, if we
don't have the time we need, we may not have the time
to move you to different locations within the venue.
Also, the lighting at the wedding venue may not be flattering.
Just in case, someone should be appointed long before
your Wedding Day who knows how to control the venue
lighting so we might have a chance to get the best lighting
for your bridal portraits. But if this person runs late
or just doesn't make it for some reason beyond their
control, it can become more difficult and time consuming
to create beautiful bridal portraits for you at your
wedding venue. Of course, when you have your bridal
portraits done before your Wedding Day, this gives us
more time on your Wedding Day to spend photographing
the wedding party, family, friends and the bride with
the groom.
Displaying
a large engagement and/or bridal portraits is very popular
on the Wedding Day. For this reason we make any one
or two of our portrait display easels available for
free loan to our clients.
If
you want your bridal portraits shot at home, we will
bring our multi-flash portable studio equipment to help
ensure you of beautiful indoor bridal portraits. No
extra charge for this service. We just want for you
to have beautiful bridal portraits which shows you in
the comfortable and relaxed familiar surroundings of
home.
 Dear
John and Cherry,
Thank you so much for the wonderful job you did photographing
our wedding! We had such a blast working with you. You
were so professional in giving us just what we wanted
out of our wedding photography. Thanks for making the
day even more special! We love our magazine album...I
am so particular about photography and there just couldn't
be a better compilation of photos. Each shot really
captured the emotion and excitement of the day. We just
wish we could have you photograph all our special moments.
Thanks so much,
M & R Stalnaker
"We
are members of the Better Business Bureau of Chattanooga"
Give
us a call at 423-553-7360
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