SECRET #1: How To Guarantee Your Wedding Lives Up To Your Dreams.
THIS IS HUGE

Believe it or not, the photographer you select to photograph your wedding can make or break your wedding day.  Yes, I kid you not, your wedding day - not just your photographs!  Why? Because he or she is THERE - with you and your family, in person - interacting with all your family and guests - and representing you every minute.

Now, HONESTLY, we're not just talking about photography here - we're talking about YOUR WEDDING - how YOU FEEL on your wedding day, and how smoothly and romantically everything goes.  You see, your photographer determines this, by the way he helps you plan your wedding, the way he or she treats you and your loved ones, and his or her conduct throughout the day.  So the question is, “How do I make sure and hire the right photographer for my wedding?”

Amazing Secret Revealed - What Other Wedding Photographers Don't Want You To Know!

So here's the secret:  There are 10 factors you must consider and many questions you MUST ask to make sure you are choosing the right person to be with you all day on the most important day of your life.  Other photographers do NOT want you to know this information, but I am so passionate about wedding photography that I want you to be sure you hire the right person whether it is me or someone else.

Choosing The Right Wedding Photographer is not as simple as you might think.  Your wedding photographer is going to be with you almost all day on the most important day of your life.  You will use the products you get from them to relive that day for the rest of your life!  If there are any pictures in your entire life you want to make sure ahead of time that you are going to be satisfied with, they are your wedding pictures.  If you don’t like your family portraits, children’s portraits, high school senior portraits, or baby portraits, you can do them over.  But your wedding day is a one time event.  That’s why you MUST make sure to hire the right person for you and someone who can do the job right the first time.

There is a wide range of photographic styles and products available and an even wider range of capabilities on the part of photographers to produce those products.  You owe it to yourself to invest the time to

1) learn to tell good photography from bad,
2) learn the different styles of photography and what products are available, and
3) decide what style you want and what products you want.  Here are the top ten factors you need to evaluate with regard to every photographer you interview including the questions you need to ask to make sure you hire the right person.

What's the biggest mistake people make when trying to decide who will photograph their wedding? Not asking lots of questions when you're talking with photographers.

Remember, you are the customer - you have all the rights! You have the right to ask the tough questions, before you make any decisions!

This article contains all the questions that you should ask anyone you are considering to photograph your wedding.  We want you to ask these questions whether you use us or not because we are passionate about wedding photography.  We believe that wedding photography done right can be a significant factor in keeping families together and strong for life. We believe that you deserve to have portraits from the most important day of your life that will remind you of the love you felt during that time.  That will help to make that love grow stronger every time you look at them. 

Factor #1 is critically important to making your wedding day a happy one - Compatibility – You should like your photographer.  It should be someone you can relax and be yourself around. You will look better in your pictures if you are relaxed.  Gender – Do you want a man or a woman with you all day on your wedding day?  Female photographers bring a unique perspective to wedding day photography and a female photographer doesn’t have to be excused from the room while you are getting ready.  Let’s face it, the bride is the most important person in the wedding.  Her pictures need to be maximized.  Female photographers also bring a unique perspective to posing and lighting a bride.  They usually know better how women want to look in their pictures and how to best flatter a woman when posing and lighting her.  They are also more sensitive to situations that occur during the day and how a bride will react to what is going on around her.

Factor #2 ruins more wedding photography than any other factor.  COMPETENCE Without being a photographer yourself, how can you know if someone really knows what they are doing?  Here are several questions you can ask a photographer that you are interviewing to find out if they know what they are doing.  If they stumble or don’t know the answers to these CRITICAL questions, you should run from them. 

Style - There are several different styles of wedding photography.  Your photographer should be able to name all of the different styles and should have mastered them all and be able to move back and forth between the different styles as appropriate.  Ask them what the different styles of wedding photography are.  Then ask them to show you examples of each style from their body of work.  What different styles of photography are available?  What is the photographer’s natural style?  What other styles are they capable of?  Look at lots of examples of their work. Ask to see an entire wedding.

Quality of work - Critically analyze their photography.  Imagine yourself in their samples.  Does the bride look good?  What does the light on her face look like?  Is it harsh and contrasty or soft and pretty?  Is she posed well or does she look awkward? Would you be happy if those were your photos?  Ask them to show you how to tell the difference between good photography and bad. 

Quality Products – Your wedding album and portraits should be something you look at frequently throughout your marriage.  Reliving that time of your life will keep your family strong for generations.  Your album and portraits should be of high enough quality to be able to be passed down through generations and considered as heirlooms.  Make sure you are getting products that will last.

Lighting –Lighting is the most important element in photography.  Weddings present photographers with the most challenging lighting situations they will ever face.  You need to know that your photographer is competent to control or deal with the lighting situations they will encounter on your wedding day.  Ask them how they control the light while you are getting ready, during the ceremony, while they are taking the formal portraits, and during the reception.  Ask if they use flash during the ceremony.  Ask if they use any lighting in addition to on-camera flash.  

Passion – You and your fiancé have a passion for each other.  You want someone photographing your wedding that has a passion for wedding photography.  Someone who is thrilled by giving you a product and service you are going to be thrilled with.  Wedding photography is unique because it is the most challenging type of photography.  You don’t want to hire someone who is just in it for the money.  Ask them WHY they started photographing weddings.

Factor #3 is extremely important to ensuring a perfect wedding day. Before the Wedding –  Planning is the key to a stress-free day.  You start planning your wedding day months and maybe years ahead of time.  Your photographer should be willing and eager to be a part of that process.  You don’t want a stranger to show up to do your pictures on your wedding day.  Does he or she offer professional portraits of any kind for you to have on display at your wedding?  Does the photographer offer any types of sessions before the wedding?  For example, do they offer engagement sessions or bridal sessions?  Why or why not?  How far in advance of the wedding will these sessions take place?  What takes place at these sessions?  What products and services are available from these sessions?

Factor #4 is the moment of truth.  What happens on Wedding Day – What is the photographer’s approach on wedding day?  When do they show up and why? When do they leave?  How many photographs are usually taken?  How do they handle the formal family and wedding party pictures?  What are the most important photographs of the day?  When, where, and how will those be done?  Do they coordinate with your minister?  How long will it take between the ceremony and reception?  What will they do to make your photography unique?

Factor #5 After the Wedding – By wedding day, you may already have received some products from your photographer, but there is still much to do.  How will you view all of the images that are taken at your wedding?  How are proofing, album design, album approval, and selection handled?  What will your album look like?   How big will it be?  How many pages will it have?  What images will be included?   

Factor #6 can ruin all of your photos.  Retouching – Ask if your wedding photos will be retouched.  If the answer is no, then run.  If the answer is yes, ask them what they do when they retouch a photo then ask to see “before” and “after” examples of the photographer’s retouching ability.

Factor #7 reveals the biggest dirty secret in the photography industry.  We teach you how to avoid making the biggest mistake that people make when choosing a photographer.  Professionalism – What is the biggest dirty secret in the photography industry today?  Many photographers offering photographic services are just people who went out a bought a camera, set up a website, and started taking pictures and charging money!  Some do not even have a business license or pay taxes!  Photography is a profession – just like doctors, lawyers, dentists, teachers and engineers.  The only difference is that the profession is not regulated because it is an art.  No governmental agency does anything to ensure that a photographer is qualified.  But there are questions you can ask to find out if you are talking to a professional.  Are they an active member of professional organizations?  Do they seek continuing education? Who have they trained under?   Where did they learn lighting? Where did they learn posing? Do they enter print competition?  Ask to see some of their competition prints.  Ask to see their scores. Will they give you references to contact?  Will they show you samples from their most recent wedding?  Do they have professional equipment, lights, and backup?  Where are they from?  Do they know the area, the venues, and the other vendors?  Can they help you with recommendations for other vendors and wedding day itinerary?

Factor #8 Staffing – How is the photographer staffed?  Is there an assistant?  Is there a second photographer?  Who will actually shoot the wedding?   Who will show up on wedding day?  If there is only one person, how do they cover everything?  If there is more than one person, when and where do they show up and how do they work together?  Do they offer any unique services?  Who does the retouching?  Who does the album design?

Factor #9 Packages and Pricing – How much are the packages and what is included?  How many hours of coverage are included in each package?  Is that sufficient for your day?  Is there a wedding album for the bride included in the package?  How big is it?  How many pages will it have?  How will it be designed? What kind of cover will it have?  How much of that is included in the package?  Will you be getting any prints in your package?  How many and what size?  Are the digital files included in any of the packages?  When and how will you receive them?  What other products and services are available?

Factor #10 Contractual – You don’t want any surprises, especially after the wedding.  What are the terms of the contract?  Do you understand everything in the contract?  Do you understand what is included and what it NOT included.

We encourage you to copy and paste and print out or at least write down the questions above and ask them to anyone you are considering to photograph your wedding.  If you do not do this, you run the risk of getting someone who has no clue what they are doing.

SECRET #2:  Announcing The Single Most Important 'Secret' You MUST Know About Weddings!

Here's a really big "secret" that almost no brides think about when interviewing a potential photographer:  What's their guarantee?  What happens if you aren't happy with the photography, or the way you and your friends were treated, or if the photographer left your wedding before he was supposed to, etc.

This is of the utmost importance!  The guarantee (make sure it's in writing!) tells you just how committed they are going to be in taking good care of you, and doing a great job.

And, just so you know, here's our IRON CLAD, 100% MONEY BACK GUARANTEE:

You will be THRILLED (not just 'satisfied') with how we represented you and your family at your wedding, and also THRILLED with your photographs, or we will do whatever necessary to have you be THRILLED with them, or we will return ALL YOUR MONEY. Period.  No hard feelings either.  We want you to LOVE everything we do for you!

You see, we understand that you can't do this over again. This is a "one-time-thing" and everything MUST be perfect!  You have our written guarantee that we'll take really good care of you!

SECRET #3:  An Important Warning:  Miss This Secret, And A Disaster Could Happen At Your Wedding!

This seems so obvious, and yet brides miss this one all the time, and pay a BIG PRICE for it after their wedding!  Be sure the photographer has lots of happy brides and grooms, who have written him and told him how happy there were with both him, and his work! We're talking TESTIMONIALS here! From real people, with their full names, and their city and state, so you can call them if you want to, just to "check them out" and make sure that they really said what the photographer says they said.  (That's a hard sentence to read, but you get the point! Sorry!)

I'm sorry to be so skeptical, but we live in a time in history when you have to be really careful to be certain that people are telling you the truth.

SECRET #4:  A Magic Way To Have A Great Wedding.

One of the things that you really want to look for in your photographer, is someone who is an EMOTIONAL STORY TELLER!  An artistic photographer whose images combine to tell the EMOTIONAL STORY of your family, your friends, and your wedding day.  This is really important, if you are looking for photographs which will be PRICELESS to you for years and years to come!

And here's why this is so important!  If an artist is an EMOTIONAL STORY TELLER, there's a really good chance that he will be compassionate about not ruining the romance, beauty and emotions of your day.  You see, only a true romantic can truly understand how important this day is to you, and how perfectly you want it to go.

And a true romantic will be sensitive to NOT INTERFERING WITH THE EMOTIONAL ROMANTIC FLOW OF YOUR DAY!

I could tell you so many horror stories here.  But let me just mention one so you understand how important this is.

Not long ago, I heard about a photographer who was hiding behind some flowers up at the altar (something that I will NEVER do!) and he dropped a lens on the marble floor with a huge crash, and then swore out loud so loud that everyone heard it!  (He obviously wasn't a romantic EMOTIONAL STORY TELLER or he wouldn't have ruined the
romance and religious significance of the ceremony by hiding behind flowers where everyone could see him come and go - and, of course, there is NO excuse for profanity!)

So, looking for a romantic, EMOTIONAL STORY TELLER, who will beautifully tell the story of your love for each other, and for your family and friends, will also result in someone who will respect you and your wishes, and conduct himself in only the most professional and friendly way, because he understands in the most intimate way, the importance of the "Story of Your Wedding Day."

If you want to know if someone is an emotional story teller, look at their sample wedding albums and see if they tell stories.

SECRET #5:  The Truth About Wedding Photographers Revealed.  What They Don't Want Me To Tell You!

It is not my intention to say anything bad about any other photographers in the area.  I know most of them personally, and count many of them as my friends.  However, it is really important that I alert you, in this website to some of the problems that you otherwise would never know about.

Well, here's a "biggie."

Most photographers will cram as many weddings into a day as they humanly can.  Many times, this means they must rush from your wedding, to get to another, and then rush from that one, to get to another.

This type of photographer just isn't going to be able to capture the EMOTIONS, ROMANCE, LOVE, AND RELATIONSHIPS between you and your husband (doesn't that sound exciting?!  Your "husband!") and also between you and your family and friends.  He's just won't have the sensitivity and enthusiasm and love for what he
does to be able to capture those feelings.  And he won't have the time or energy.

By the way, I ONLY photograph ONE wedding per day.  I understand how important this day is to you, and I am there for you!

This also means that I'm rested and energetic. It also means I'm enthusiastic about what I will be doing for you.  As I mentioned earlier, I photograph weddings because I LOVE them, not because I have to do them.  And since I only photograph one wedding a day, I'm not tired or "burned out” on your important day.

SECRET #6:  A Remarkable Secret To Truly Enjoying Your Wedding Day, And Having It Filled With Wonderful, Emotional Moments!

This is so important!  Be sure the photographer you hire has a "team" approach to taking good care of you on your day.  This means that he isn't going to be trying to work alone to photograph your important day.

You see, doing a really super, romantic, EMOTIONAL STORY of your day requires a huge amount of planning, care, and effort.  More effort than just one person can do.

Let me explain.  I will arrive at your wedding with my husband Kevin, who is also a professional photographer.  He has a HUGE responsibility during the day, and is the true secret to our success in wedding photography.

His main job is to make sure I have everything I need to take care of you.  When I am taking photographs of you while you are getting ready, he is photographing the groom and groomsmen.  He also takes care of the special lighting that we bring and he photographs the wedding and the reception with me from a different angle and perspective.  Many times, he even pins the flowers on the groom and groomsmen and helps them with their tuxes or ties.  He carries tools, safety pins and can fix many things.  He is also a trained musician and a Notary Public - so if you piano player or minister doesn’t show for whatever reason, he can either play the piano or perform the ceremony!

We are a TEAM.  A team that together, guarantees that you not only have a great time on your wedding day, but also assures you of having PERFECTLY EMOTIONAL photographs!

You see, I don't really look at what we do as "wedding photography," but rather as "Emotional Family Photography created on your wedding day!"  It's all the emotions, relationships and personalities of all your friends and relatives, captured in beautiful images for you and your family to cherish for the rest of your lives.  After all, isn't that what you really want?

This is one of the major things that separates me from all the other wedding photographers in the area.  I want to capture the love, relationships, personalities, and emotions of all your family and friends for you to enjoy and view with happy tears in your eyes for years and years to come!

Aren't The People and The Emotions Of Your Life What Matter The Most To You?

Because it's the PEOPLE and the EMOTIONS of your life that are so valuable to you.  Yes, you'll also see the beautiful dresses and flowers.  Yes, you'll see the lovely ceremony, etc.  But more, much more than that.  You'll feel the emotions that you and your fiancée feel toward each other and toward your best friends and family members on this magical day.  Yes, FEEL them each time you view your photographs.  That's what I am driven to do for you!

You see, you want photography that "speaks" to you with love, emotion, respect, and the glorious feelings you will be feeling on your wedding day.

You want your photography to "tell the story" of your wedding day, AND your families and friends.  Most photographers, bless their hearts, just want to "record the event, and go home."

I want you to cry when you see the photographs!  Cry tears of happiness, because in those photographs are all the people you and your husband love and care about - showing their real personalities and emotions like you never dreamed they would!

Most photographers just want to get home before midnight, or hurry to the next wedding they are photographing.

Don't Miss The "Emotional Moments" Of Your Day Because Your Photographer Didn't Have The Vision To See And Capture Them In A Sensitive, Romantic Way!

Your day will be filled with beautiful "Emotional Moments" that you will never experience again in your life. Those "Moments" are what I am driven to capture for you.

SECRET #7:  How To Be Assured That You Will Be The Most Beautiful Bride Your Friends Or Relatives Have Ever Seen!

You deserve to have a wedding day where you are the most beautiful bride any of your friends or relatives have ever seen.  That's the dream of every girl when she begins visualizing her wedding day.  And you deserve to have that!

Let's see to it that is exactly what happens!  How?  Simple. Yes, you will select the perfect dress, headpiece, veil, flowers, shoes, etc.

Yes, you will have your hair and make up done.  But it goes much deeper than that.

You see, beauty is also in the way you FEEL on your wedding day.  The way your emotions show on your face, and the way you glow when you walk down the aisle and look in the eyes of the love of your life.

Many of my brides will understand this when I say it:  When you hire us to photograph your wedding, you're really paying for Kevin and I to be there.  To take all the pressures and tensions out of the day for you.  You know that we are there, and that we truly care about you, and will help you with EVERYTHING that we are able to.  That's really what our brides are paying us for. 

You see, if you, your husband and your family and guests are all having a wonderful time, you will be more beautiful than you have even dreamed you would be.  Because there will be no tension there.  And, by the way, your photographs will be WONDERFUL, too, because you looked so wonderful and were having such a great time.

See how it all "fits" together to result in a wonderful day, and wonderful photographs?  You really can't separate them!

Here's What To Do Right Now!

Here's what I strongly recommend you do IMMEDIATELY! Pick up the phone and call Kevin or me right now.  Ask us if we still have your wedding date available.  Here's the problem - because we are so well known and respected in the community, and because we ONLY photograph one wedding a day, and because we strictly limit our weddings to no more than 24 each year, it is very possible that we will already be booked for your day.

SIMPLY Call me at  (843) 830-2940.  Remember, there's no cost and no obligation just to chat with me.

So DO NOT WAIT EVEN ONE DAY ON THIS!  If you agreed with and liked anything on this web page, call us NOW.  There is NO CHARGE AND NO OBLIGATION for this call!  Let's just chat a bit, see if your date is still available, and then, if and only if you would like to, we can set up a time to get together in person and talk about your wedding.  There is no charge or obligation for this, either.

Don't wait to act on this. A fantastic, happy, and stress-free wedding is just around the corner, and I'm ready to help you achieve it, as well as capture it forever through the magic of the camera lens!

We are so passionate about wedding photography that we have a website totally devoted to nothing but weddings.  If you want more information about our services or you want to browse our work, please visit our wedding website by clicking here – http://www.nuvoweddings.com    There is a contact link on that site that you can use to contact us once you are done browsing.

Call us now. Our numbers are  (843) 830-2940 or (843) 830-7009.  If we can’t answer at the moment, we will call you back as soon as possible.  We have an excellent reputation in the community, and we'll take really good care of you. So call us today. We'll just chat. You can come to our office, see lots of samples, and ask as many questions as you like.  No charge, no obligation, no sales talk. But don't put it off. I know that at this moment, you may not know who you want to get to photograph your wedding.  That's fine. But, please understand that because we spend so much time with each one of our brides, we will only photograph 2 weddings per month. Once we book a date, that entire day is tied up.  So call right now.

Having someone photographing your wedding is such a personal thing, that you want to be sure you select a photographer who is not only really driven to help you look fantastic, but who you also like and trust. That's why I urge you to call us and set up an appointment to talk to us in person today. This will give you an immediate feeling as to the type of people we are, so you can decide now, while we hopefully still have your day available.

Sincerely,

Tammy Bevins
nuvoWeddings