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Dear Bride To Be, Congratulations to you on becoming engaged to be married! This web page is something I think you will enjoy reading. It is the result of having photographed hundred's of weddings, and I am anxious to share with you how you can guarantee that you will have a fun and romantic wedding day - full of love, emotion and beauty with no stress! But first things first. This information is not for every Bride-To-Be, so lets save you some time and decide if this information is for you: If you are arranging a typical wedding - where stress and confusion fill the day - where the guests hardly get to see you - where you are the "person in charge" and are constantly putting out fires and solving problems - that when it's over you are so completely drained that you can hardly smile...Then this article is not for you. Thanks for visiting, but if you really feel that you have to control everything, you don't need to read any further. I'm serious you know - this is truly the way most weddings go. Every bride has a beautiful storybook wedding in her imagination, but it rarely follows her expetations. She reads magazines and talks with equally inexperienced friends, plans every detail and organizes every step. Then she wonders why the wedding day was so hectic, why she didn't experience the joy and emotion that she so deeply desired, and why was it that she never had time to even enjoy time with her most dear friends.
Do you want the simple truth? Here's the Michaelism: "What happs on your wedding day is dependant on your direction, not your intention." You're probably saying, "What is this dude talking about?" It's not that complicated really. If your "direction" (the things you actually plan) fulfills your "intention" (the things you imagine), wonderful things can happen. But if your plans are guided by what everybody else does, by following some magazine planner guide, it's practically guaranteed tha your going to crash and burn, and end up your wedding day exhausted and empty. On the other hand... If you believe that your wedding day can be WONDERFUL - where you enjoy the most beautiful and emotional day of your life - where you are relaxed and radient - the most beautiful bride your friends and relatives have ever seen. If you value spending quality time with your family and guests and when the day is over your memories are filled with emotion, happiness and joy... Then this is going to be the best information you have ever read - Really! The secret to having a wonderful wedding experience is to have the support of professional people with a vision of romance and the ability to make it happen, who have the proficency and experience to guide you through this wonderful day, who you can trust to cover all the bases and get it right the first time, and who place your enjoyment above all else. A Different Way of Wedding Photography. My name is Michael Thresher and I LOVE weddings! I've been photographing them since I was 16. (That's over 40 years ago, YIKES!) I operate River Street Photography which is a very busy portrait studio, and I really don't need to photograph weddings. In fact, now days I limit weddings to 1 per month. I photograph weddings because I WANT to, because I love the emotion and romance of weddings and because a few select brides simply won't accept anything less. Now it's important to understand that the way I approach wedding photography is a little different than most photographers. Typical wedding photographers think all they are supposed to do is take a thousand shots of anything that moves. That's not it at all! In my opinion, a wedding photographer should go way beyond that. You see, your wedding day should be one of the best days of your life!
Why
My Real Life Experience is the Best I have to confess that in my early years as a wedding photographer, I too had a very shallow view of weddings. I thought, like most other photographers, that as long as I knew how to be technically proficient with a camera and lights, that was all I needed. (Now days many wedding photographers can't even do that - but don't get me started on that right now - you can read about that here. Then one day the inevitable happened and I found myself on the other side of the camera! My own wedding experience revealed some incredible secrets about wedding photography and I realized that there was way more to it than just being a guy with a camera! You see, I'm a romantic kind of guy. I love my wife more than words or deeds can ever express. But my wedding day was such a blur that I vaguely remember anything about it! The stress level exceeded all expectations, and to make things worse, our photographer didn't help at all. If anything, he ADDED to the stress level by constantly being in our faces, taking us away from our guests, and convincing us that if we didn't do what he said, we wouldn't have photos to remember our day. Well, needless to say, driving away from our reception, feeling like I had just visited an alien world, I decided then and there that I would never do that to another bride and groom as long as I lived! Why
Is River Street Photography The truth is that the photographer you select can make or break your wedding day! Believe me, it's not about the photographs - It's about YOUR WEDDING! It's about how you feel and how smoothly and romantically everything goes. You see, your photographer plays a huge part in this, from the pre-wedding planning, to the way he treats you and your loved ones during the day. And fulfills your dream with the presentation of a storybook wedding album. Yes, your photographer MUST be motivated by the emotion, romance and love between a man and a woman, and have the desire AND the ability to help that happen. You see, many brides don't realize that photographs are an emotional connection to how they were feeling on their wedding. They have a magical ability to recall the feelings experienced at the time they were taken. Your photographer's images will either recall memories of a day of incredible stress, or a day of incredible beauty, romance and fun. Which do you want?
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Secret to Having a Wonderful Wedding OK, so you've probably guessed it by now, so it's not really a big secret... It's simply choosing the skill and vision of River Street Photography for your big day. It's relying on us to help "make your day" and receive the beautiful photographs we create as an added blessing. Our unique blend of traditional, romantic, and documentary style photography always puts your enjoyment first. Michael creates a portrait environment that families love and captures your emotions and relationships as they really happen. We are able to see, anticipate, and capture the special moments that make up your day. Never do we intrude or change the scene, thereby loosing the spontaneity and reality of the emotion But what about formal portraits? Every family deserves the special images for the sake of family history, but Michael never makes it a long and tedious event. Formal portraits of the couple, wedding party and immediate family are quickly and elegantly created, and it's planned to be a very fun event of the wedding day, not a rush-rush line-em-up-and-shoot-em incident. (In fact, when we're finished, brides and grooms are usually in a very romantic frame of mind. It makes the coming ceremony so exciting!) Does Michael photograph every River Street Wedding? Yes! I don’t take assignments that cannot be covered personally. I also never work alone, because even I cannot be in two places at the same time. Mary, Angela or Kate are my assistants, so even the intimate details can be captured with grace and style. What's the investment? In my opinion, every bride and groom deserves a beautiful wedding album. Therefore, every plan includes a deposit toward completion of a custom wedding album. Every wedding requires a different creation to tell the full story, so each album is custom designed and approved by you, so you're able to make any changes you wish. They start at about $1000 depending on the number of photographs you choose, and when added to the photography fee, you're probably going to invest a couple thousand at the minimum. However, once we get together to chat about your unique wedding, I'll be able to give you a pretty accurate investment ballpark. Is This Level of Service What You Really Want? If you're still reading, chances are that you want everything I have been talking about for your own wedding. You may not need to read any more stories to convince yourself that I may be the "right photographer" for you. If so, simply call us right now at 509-782-3554. We will check our schedule to see if we are available for your wedding date. If it works out, then we'll arrange a time to get together, see some samples and chat about your particular plans - at no cost and no obligation. It's true that seeing is believing, and we would love the chance to begin a long and lasting relationship built upon your choosing us as your wedding professionals. But Don't Put It Off Even One Day! Our weddings are very limited and are scheduled on a first come, first served basis. The first to call will have the best chance of getting an open date.
Here's How To Get The RIGHT PHOTOGRAPHER For YOU! I photograph or attend more weddings in a year than most people do in a lifetime and have witnessed just about every disaster you can imagine. Since you may not be able to have us as your photographer, here are a few valuable things to consider when choosing a photographer: Meet the Photographer - IN PERSON! You may not realize that many studios hire part time photographers to photograph their weddings. We're seeing many high school and college kids, friends or relatives being given a digital camera and sent to a wedding with one instruction: "if it moves, shoot it"! This means that you go to a studio, talk with a salesperson, look at their samples, and make a decision without really knowing who will be photographing your wedding! I hope you realize by now that the wrong type of individual interacting with your family and guests can quickly ruin your day! Just so you know, every bride who hires us, gets us! That's Michael as the lead photographer with Mary, Angela or Kate as creative assistant and photography coordinator. We work as a team devoted just to you. What's Their Guarantee? What happens if you aren't thrilled with your photography, or the way you and your friends were treated, or if the photographer decided at the last minute to not show up? Believe me, this happens all the time! Especially in this "digital age" where amateurs think all they need is a fancy camera and a web site in order to make some extra money on the weekend. But then something comes up and they bail out at the last minute. 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 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 make it so. And if you think that we totally missed it, 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 excellent! Only a photographer with confidence and a proven track record would ever consider making such a guarantee. You deserve the best and we have the ability to deliver MORE than your ever expected! Be SURE you hire an EMOTIONAL STORY TELLER - an artistic photographer whose images combine to tell the EMOTIONAL STORY of your family, your friends, and your wedding day. 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 passionate about building the romance, beauty and emotion of your day. You see, only a true romantic can understand how important this day is to you, and how beautiful you want it to be. And a true romantic will be sensitive to NOT INTERFERING WITH THE EMOTIONAL FLOW OF YOUR DAY! I could tell you so many horror stories here. But let me just mention a couple so that you get an idea of how important this is: One photographer was trying to hide behind the flowers at the altar during the vows, (something that I will NEVER do!) dropped a lens on the hard floor with a huge crash, and then swore so loud that everyone heard it! (Hint: This was obviously not a romantic EMOTIONAL STORY TELLER!) Another photographer is referred to as "the wedding Natzi", demanding that the bride and groom follow her every desire. She actually believes that she is the most important person at the wedding and completely dominates the day. (By the way, my brides tell me that they really love the way I capture images that they didn't even remember seeing me do it!) Be Sure Your Photographer is 100% Yours! Many photographers try to cram as many weddings into a weekend as they can. This means that they must rush from wedding to wedding and often just leave an assistant to capture the really important images. This type of photographer simply cannot be creative and tuned into the emotions love and romance of your wedding because they are always thinking about what's next. They simply won't have the sensitivity, enthusiasm and energy to be able to capture those feelings. By the way, I ONLY photograph ONE wedding per month. You get our team exclusively, regardless of the package you choose. If you need me to stay longer than what you originally planned, chances are high that it will be no problem. I understand how important this day is to you, and I am there for you! This also means that I'm rested, energetic and enthusiastic about what I will be doing for you. As I mentioned earlier, I photograph weddings because I LOVE them, not because I need to do them. And since your's is the only wedding on my book, I'm not tired or "burned out on your important day.
Be Sure the Photographer You Hire has a Team. 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. Every package we offer includes either Mary, who also is my wife and partner, and/or our daughter Angela, who has been active in our wedding photography since her teenage years, and/or Kate, our studio's creative artist. They share a HUGE responsibility during the day, and they are a big part to the secret to our success in wedding photography. If You Ever Talk with a Photographer Who Says This: "Your
ring and your photographs are all you have after the
wedding
is Say, "Thank you for your time." and GET AWAY AS FAST AS YOU CAN! Why? Because they have a completely false impression of their importance and will try to make your day conform to thier desire! Don't let that happen! Because THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING - the romance, the emotions, the relationships, and the beauty of your ceremony are the most important things! The
first time your groom sees you is the MOST PRECIOUS MEMORY! Don't
ever let a photographer tell you that their role is the most
important When you choose us to photograph your wedding, it's REALLY because you want us to be there for you. We know how to mitigate the pressures and tensions. We truly care about you and will help you with EVERYTHING. That's really what sets our service apart from all the rest. The beautiful photographs we capture are actually an added "bonus"! You see, if you and your husband, (there's a great word!) your family and guests are all having a wonderful time, capturing the memories you'll enjoy for a lifetime is really quite simple. You will be more beautiful than you have even dreamed you would be and your photographs will be awesome, simply because you looked so wonderful and were having such a great time. See how it all "fits" together? The fabric of your wedding is sewn together with beautiful, emotional moments between you and your loved ones, and we capture and express all those wonderful moments for you in your wedding volumes - and accomplish this without intruding on the emotion and romance. If You're Still Reading, Do This Immediately! PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL 509-782-3554 RIGHT NOW! Ask us if we still have your wedding date available. You can also email - but it takes longer. Here's the problem - because we are so well known and respected in the community, and because our wedding service is so limited, it is very possible that your date will not be open. BUT YOU WILL NEVER KNOW UNLESS YOU CALL! If it happens that we are available, there's absolutely no cost and no obligation just arrange a time to visit and chat about your plans. DO NOT WAIT EVEN ONE DAY ON THIS! If you agree with and like what we have shared 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. Unique River Street Benefits:
And thank you for reading this. It's my sincere prayer that your wedding will be one of the best days of your life leading to a lifetime of joy and fulfillment. |
