I have over 25 years experience shooting weddings (I have had 2 second generation weddings, where I had shot the bride's parents' wedding back in the 80's). All Yours has been established since 1998 and has been awarded a rating of "A+" by the Better Business Bureau serving NW Ohio & SE Michigan.
Full Day Photo packages range from $595 to $1,095 and video packages range from $495 to $935. All include full day coverage and copyright release. Prices vary with the amount of editing and prints included.
While I am intent on getting all of the photos that you will want, my personality is pretty laid back. I will help ease the stress of a wedding day, not add to it. My style is primarily photojournalistic, but I also do all of the standard posed photos.
You can see some samples of my work at my website (allyoursphoto.samsbiz.com). There are additional sample photos for your viewing at myspace.com\allyoursphotographyvideo. I can also send you a DVD of photo or video coverage including a complete wedding. I believe that showing you a complete wedding gives you a better idea of what your photos/video will look like than if I only show you my 3 best shots from each of 37 different weddings. I will paste in below my normal day shooting a wedding.
My normal day shooting a wedding goes like this.
I will arrive at the church at about the same time that you do so that I can get a few shots of you arriving in your street clothes and getting ready. During this time I will circulate back and forth between the gals and the guys. To make things simple, the rule of thumb is that if the door is open, I assume that it is safe to come in, if I am in the room and you don’t tell me otherwise, I assume that it is OK to shoot. If I still end up with photos that you don’t want anyone to see, the bride gets them first, so she collects all blackmail payments.
During this time, I tell the ladies to shoo me out of the room anytime that they need to, but to let me know as soon as I can come back in without getting slapped. Remind the ladies to wear a button up shirt when they get their hair done. Removing a pullover with a fancy hairdo can be tough. I
n addition to my camera gear, I bring one bag with just emergency supplies (bobby pins, safety pins, curling iron, clothes iron, combs, brushes, toothbrushes & toothpaste, sewing kit and even some black socks for the groomsman that shows up wearing white socks).
If you want to get any of your formal photos done before the ceremony, it is fine with me. If you prefer not to see each other before the ceremony, we can shoot just the bride with the bridesmaids and the groom with the groomsmen. If you aren’t concerned about it, we can shoot almost everything. It means that you have to be ready earlier, but it does ease the time pinch between the ceremony and reception. Beats paying for the limo to sit outside and wait while you to take photos.
After the ceremony, we do the posed photos at the church. I usually do the family first, so that we can cut them loose. Be sure to ask family members to stay for photos, especially grandparents. If you don’t ask them, they will likely blow bubbles, ring bells or whatever and then leave. At my niece’s wedding, I had to chase my own grandmother down in the parking lot and have her come back in.
If you want to go to the park (or wherever) for photos between the ceremony and reception, there is no additional charge; you just have to make sure that you have time for it.
I tend to shoot a lot of candid photos. Often, they capture the feeling of the day more so than the posed photos. My basic theory is that if something looks interesting, take the photo. If you don’t want it later, you can delete it. If you miss the shot, it is gone forever. Coverage of the reception includes all of the major events (entrance, toasts, cake cutting, spotlight dances, garter/bouquet toss, etc.). I usually stay through the Dollar Dance, roughly 9:30-10:30. I leave the schedule up to you and your DJ. I don’t dictate that you have all of your events done by 8:00 because I’m going home. I don’t necessarily stay until the very end because there are only so many photos I can take of people dancing and drinking before they all look alike. When things are starting to wind down, I will borrow the bride and groom to pose a good-bye shot & see if there is anything else that they would like before I go.
