Before and After Images

In the post about Cathy & Kav's wedding below there is an image of the happy couple leaving the church in a beautiful vintage Packard. This image is perfect for illustrating the options we have available for retouching of images. While some of this (to a lighter degree) is included with every image we deliver in the form of finished prints and albums, the more advanced retouching you see here is also available at a very reasonable extra cost.

Payment Options

My usual policy with regard to payment is that 50% of the order total (before tax) is due as a retainer fee at the time a contract is signed. Recently I started offering a new payment option that is turning out to be much more popular than I anticipated. I set up a payment plan for those who want to pay for their package with a credit card. We can now divide the total cost of a package up into any number of automatic equal payments, on the first of each month. Here's an example:

If your wedding is on November 29, and you want to purchase our Modern Package, the total cost is $3168.25 (with tax). The Retainer Fee, if paid by a check would be $1450, due with the signed contract. The balance of $1718.25 would be due two weeks before the wedding date. Under the new optional payment plan, a credit card payment of only $288.02 would be due with the signed contract. Then each month on the 1st, between now and November, an additional payment of $288.02 would automatically be charged to your credit card.

This option is great for those who are on a tight budget, or for those who really just don't want to have to remember to make their final payment. Of course, we will gladly take full payment at any time, but I figured this would be a convenient option for our clients, and a number of them have already opted for it. Let me know what you think.

Preview Albums

Here's a cool new product we offer with some of our wedding packages that make it a little easier to see all of your proofs. Preview Albums!

How cool are these things? I think they look completely awesome. Since we shoot so many images at each wedding, in most cases you would actually end up getting TWO books, like Anna Mary & Chad did here. The books are 11 x 14 inches, printed on archival photographic paper, spiral-bound, with a frosted-clear cover.

We still give you Online Previews with these packages, but the preview albums make it so much easier to select images for your final prints and albums, plus you won't have to wait for the images to download online.

Tell me what you think about them.

Anyone up for Beach Photos?

I will be in Gulf Shores, Alabama next week to shoot some family beach portraits. If anyone will be in the area, and would like to arrange their own session for either Tuesday or Wednesday (July 31/August 1), let me know ASAP. I will work you into my schedule.

BTW--HUGE update coming soon. Stay tuned.