1. Why does photography cost so much?

It's easy to spend $2,000 to $3,000 for a photographer. Our feeling is, you don't have to. Remember there's a lot more involved than you might think. First, it's a long day. In the case of a wedding, its easy to spend 10-12 hours to cover getting ready, the wedding, formal pictures, and the reception. We take hundreds of pictures, all of which have to be looked through, processed, cropped, to end up with probably 200 to 300 for the day. Then there's uploading and setting up the online gallery. All this takes more time than the event itself. We are there for you and at your service, long after the day is over.

2. What services do you offer?

We offer a wide variety of services from special events and short wedding ceremony-only sessions to full day wedding and reception coverage with an accompanying variety of proofs, coffee table style albums, and traditional leather-bound albums. They're summarized on our prices page so check there for our latest offerings.

3. Why do albums cost so much?

We wonder that same thing all the time. Fortunately, there are lots of options these days to fit any budget. You can make your own album using prints you buy or have made yourself. You can design your own coffee table style book or ask your photographer to recommend someone to design it for you. You can buy a more traditional leather-bound album like you might have seen growing up. Or you can opt for many things in between. These don't have to be expensive, but we know that it often seems like they are.

4. How long will it take to see my proofs?

We try as hard as we can to post proofs online within days, not weeks. Of course this depends on our schedule, the number of pictures, that sort of thing, but to take longer than a week is very rare. If there's a delay for any reason we'll let you know.

5. What kind of equipment do you use?

We've used only Canon equipment for over 30 years and continue that today. The only difference is, today all of our equipment is digital, not film.

6. Can some pictures be black and white?

Absolutely. We can make prints in black and white, sepia, and almost any other special technique you would like.

7. Do you have backup equipment?

Yes, we have backup camera bodies, lenses, and flashes.

8. Do you have a particular style of photography?

There's a lot of buzz these days about a particular photographer's style - be it traditional, photojournalistic, editorial or something else. Traditional is probably what most people think of when they think of event photographers - especially wedding photographers. It involves a lot of posed family portraits, formal pictures at the church, that sort of thing. Photojournalists think of themselves as blending into the woodwork so to speak, capturing events as they happen. Editorial is somewhere in between - moments apparently captured as they happen, but possibly helped along or setup by the photographer. The truth is, unless you hire more than one photographer, each with their own unique style, the one you choose will probably have to be a blend of all of these. That's how we like to think of ourselves. We like to blend into the woodwork when it's appropriate to do so, but are sensitive to almost everyone's wish to have portraits of themselves, their families, and friends to preserve those moments forever.