Helping Brides - Naples Wedding Photography : Recent Posts
So there must be a reason that you are reading this right now . . . I am going to take a wild guess and say that you are getting married soon and you are actively seeking a Wedding Professional for one of your services. If this is the case, you are in luck. We are Naples
Videography and Photography and we are always willing to help Brides find out more about Wedding Photography services. Of course being that we are in our 13
th year of providing service for Weddings, we truly understand Wedding Days. We are located in the Naples Fort Myers are of Florida. We provide Wedding Photography and
Videography as well as Photography and
Videography for most special events.
This industry has taken a turn in the past year. I have never seen anything like this. I am not sure if it is the state of the economy or the notion that anyone can pick up a camera and call themselves a Photographer, but we have seen this industry explode with new "Photographers"
Most of these people simply want to make extra money on the side to supplement their full time job. Some are simply out of work and decide to take the $400 camera that they bought on credit and try to make a few bucks. Still others feel that this might be a great place to make a quick buck at the expense of a Bride that doesn't check credentials, and they simply take the money given to them and do not show up for the shoot.
Then there are those of us, like Naples
Videography and Photography, that started providing service over a decade ago, received extensive training for providing not only Photography services, but Wedding Photography services. These Companies purchase equipment in the tens of thousands of dollars, not hundreds of dollars, these Companies continually broaden the range of their Photography to give Brides new and fresh avenues for Bridal Photos. These Companies normally have a face in the community and have an established Photography Studio or office. These are the Companies that you will have a relationship with prior to and after the Wedding day. They are the best avenue for Brides to book with as the Bride need not worry about who will show up and/or if they will show up. These Companies simple will not risk letting a Bride down and will complete the task at hand in a
professional and courteous manner and the photos will turn out beautiful!
This Blog is a simple caution. Be careful, choosing a Photographer by price alone! We feel that a place of business and experience trumps anything that money can buy! We regularly get Brides calling and looking for last minute services because the person that they hired is not around anymore or they cannot get
ahold of them! Our pricing is very affordable. Sometimes, our services can even be the same price as those less experienced people. Low cost does not mean low value, but be careful. And if you find a Photographer that has affordable costs and has a Photography Studio and does a great job at Photography, by all means book them before you loose them! There
isn't a lot of us out there, just a lot of those that only look like they are good, when in fact they are ready to take your money and run!
If you are having a Wedding in the Naples or Fort Myers area of Florida, please give us a call at 239.948.0410. We have an established Studio and would love to sit down with you and discuss your Wedding day. You will be
pleasantly surprised to find out just how reasonable our pricing is, most anyone can afford a package that we offer. Our package range in price from Budget to extravagant, and our eye for Photography is surpassed by no Company! You can also visit us online at
www.naplesvideography.com We look forward to hearing from you! Have a great day and "Be Careful!"
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So what comes to mind when I say, "Passionate Brides"? I am sure that most of you are thinking about the Wedding night . . . Shame! No, what I am referring to is how passionate a Bride can be about her Wedding day. We all hear about how the girl dreams of her Wedding day her whole life, We all know that this one day culminates months and sometimes years of planning, and we have all met someone who is so "passionate" about the Big Day that it is literally the one thing that we picture when we think of that Bride!
The Wedding day should be certainly the most important day of any given month right? How about any given year? Should this one day be the most important day of ones life?
Our Photography Studio in the Naples Fort Myers Florida area looks for Brides that have a passion about their Wedding day! We look for passion from a Bride that matches our passion for Photography and/or Videography! We own Studio 41 Photography and Naples Videography and Photography, and our love for our services certainly shows in our work. And when we work for a Bride that is passionate about her Wedding Day, our Photography gets taken to a whole different level! That passion from the Bride can be captured in photos and attention to detail can be shown in prints for years to come!
We love to work with Passionate Brides. So where am I going with this? Hmm, how do I say this? If you are hiring a professional, don't just look for someone who offers you good photographic services. Find a person that understands your passion about your big day and can share in the excitement of the event!
In the long run, I can assure you of one thing . . . your images that are taken that day will bleed with your passion. Those images will covet your vision! Those images will in fact last you and your Family a lifetime. And if they can remind you of the passion that you put into your big day, maybe just maybe, your passion will be reinvented each day and your Marriage will be re-newed over and over again. Each day might be a new journey for you and your Spouse!
Can we really take our job this seriously? You betcha! The images taken on your Wedding day can be a sweet reminder or a sour note. If we don't take our professional services as seriously as we do, we might end up with less sweet memories, no?
We strive to take your passion for your Wedding day, add to the mix our passion for our professional services, and together how can we miss?
You can visit our website at:
www.naplesvideography.com If I can be of assistance to you in any way, please do not hesitate to call or email us! We book 60 Weddings per year, and as a Husband/Wife team your Big Day will always be our highest priority.
If we don't get to work with you, please, please, please, find a professional that shares in your passion!
Have a wonderful Wedding Day!
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So Here we go again. Today is Thursday and I got a call from a Bride. She was frantic. Her request was to find a Video and Photo Company that could provide last minute Photo and/or Video for her this weekend.
This weekend? I let her know that we were already booked for Saturday and there would be no way that as a Husband/Wife team we were willing to attempt to do 2 different Weddings on the same day. Our booked client is our number one priority!
I just had to ask though . . . Why did you wait so long to try to get a Photographer and
Videographer? She said that she didn't wait, and she thought that she had a Photo and Video person doing her Wedding on Saturday, but that she got a call from him yesterday and he said that he was not going to be able to provide service for her Wedding. 3 DAYS NOTICE? In horror, I felt so bad for her right away. I let her know that I would do whatever I could to try and get her someone to help her out. After all, we are in an association of Photographers and there must be someone who has the weekend open. I did ask her how much she paid for the original Company that she booked with. She said that she booked with them for $400 for Video and $400 for Photo. Both services for around $900 and all day coverage. I had to be honest with her and let her know that in my opinion, this is most likely the exact reason that she does not have a service provider for the Weekend. "These guys that charge such small prices, just can not be trusted", she tells me. I have to agree. This sort of practice is the single most problem with this industry. The unprofessional person gets hired solely on his price and either gets to busy or double books, or gets hired for more money by someone else and drops you. It is these practices that give all professional Photographers a bad wrap. It is something that we as professionals have been fighting against for years!
So this is a big horror story, and I do not want to scare you more than you might already be, because there is a lot of quality professional out there that will not let you down like this.
We own a Professional Photography Studio in
Estero, Florida. Our website is
http://www.naplesvideography.com When you choose a Photographer and/or
Videographer, please , please, please . . . Don't book just for the good price. 1) Visit with them, 2) Make sure that they have a place of business! 3) make sure you like their work, 4) Talk with your venue and have them call the Photographer to talk with them, they can give you the best advice on whether they feel comfortable working with them and MOST IMPORTANTLY 5) Make sure that they have been in business for at least 2 years. If not, they are either a novice, who doesn't have the proper knowledge of Wedding Photography or they are part timers, who have an allegiance to another "Boss". Either way, this is not a positive thing when hiring a professional for your Wedding day.
Do yourself a favor and pay a little extra money to find a Photography with more than 3-5 years experience, a place of business and great Photo skills. It wont cost you thousands of dollars more! Our services are not too far away from these "cheap" guys, but the extra money keeps our Studio Open and gives us a face in the Community that pushes us to give the very best service possible. After all, word of mouth is king, why would we want to
disappoint anyone!! It would be so bad for our business, and it is for this
reason that we always
strive for the very best and
professional services! It is for this reason that we are worth every last cent that our services cost, and you will feel the same way after we work for you!
Our Studio is in
Estero, and you can visit us online at
www.naplesvideography.com or you can call our Studio line at 239-948-0410 for any advice, If I can be of assistance to you in any way, please do not hesitate to call or email us. We are here to help and assist you as a Bride!
have a great day and Good Luck with your Wedding Plans! Even if you are not booked with us, if we can offer you advice on our line of
services, we will be happy to do so. After 13 years of Providing Wedding Photography and
Videography, we
know a thing or two about this industry.
Have a great day and a great Wedding Day! :-)
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To all of those Brides out there who are thinking about trying to cut a few corners for the Big Wedding Day, I say Stop And Listen!Listen to Who? You ask? Well in a word . . . Me. The next paragraph might be the single most important piece of advice that you can get for your Wedding. While you are pl...
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Today there are so many new ways for Brides to save money on the Big Day.We run an established Photography studio in the Naples, Fort Myers area for over 13 years now. We have seen many Companies come and go. We have seen many different trends in the Wedding business especially when it comes to Photo...
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