"You are newly engaged and planning your wedding. The most important choice you will make will be your wedding photographer. You can skimp on the decor or simply use what the venue has to offer, no one will notice, you can have an afternoon wedding with finger foods, get the flowers from Costco or your Grammy's garden, do without favors (no one takes them anyway) no one will notice these things.

If you have a bad photographer or one of the internet $500 people everyone will notice and be heart-sick and just say 'The photos are beautiful' when you really have nothing more than what your uncle or best friend can do. Yes this is negative, better now than after the wedding.

Do not shop price for the photography!"

"Doing both video and stills has been very interesting. I can watch the video of a wedding and then view the stills and see that I had captured moments with photographs that did not stand out in the video.

I am always amazing at the fleeting moments and the comments from the bride and groom that they did no even remember event at their wedding.

I wonder what the most important thing would be to the bride before the wedding. The dress, the cake, the table decor. What would they give up to preserve those moments.

After the wedding is not the time to say I wish I had spent more on my photography. I hear so many complaints from couples who had a friend, family member or a cheap newbee take their wedding photographs.

My opinion would be to give the guest finger foods, rent table decor and spend the greater part of my budget on the video and photographs."

"The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life. ~William Faulkner"

Every wedding deserves the best, don't lose your memories to a beginner.

"O, how much simpler things would be
If eyes could paint or brush could see.
~Robert Brault"

Unlike a brush my camera is my eye to capture moments for all time.

Choosing a wedding photographer could mean the difference between just snapshots and artistic images that capture once in a lifetime moment.

Trust your wedding photography to professionals.

I found I could say things with colors and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - thing I had no words for. ~ Georgia O'Keeffe

Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass. ~Fran Lebowitz

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home. ~ Twyla Tharp

Porltand Art Museum with Katie and John.

Wedding photography with emotion.

Music & Musicians: New Wedding Music Blog!

Music & Musicians: New Wedding Music Blog!
Great idea! I am tired of the same songs at every wedding.
www.whiteglovephotography.com

Newborns photos are best done in the first two weeks. After that the baby is starting to stay awake a lot more.

Thank you for attending the Portland Bridal Show.

All specials and special pricing will expire on February 28th.

Lots of Brides and lots of bookings at the Portland bridal Show as wedding season begins. Many brides are waiting until the last moment to book their wedding photographer and they most likely will not get the photographers they want.

Put that at the top of the list and don't be disappointed by having to make do with a so so photographer, you will pay for it the rest of your life.

Choosing a photographer for your wedding.

Yes there are many photographers, but not all of them are professionals it is hard to choose. I feel for couples trying to wade through all those choices.

I would ask how long they have been in business. Even if they have been in business for three years, the first year they could have photographed one wedding (their friend) the following years maybe a few more. Look for someone in business for over ten years. Do they have many, many album samples to show. Do they remember film, get their take on how digital has changed the way they photograph a wedding.

Talk to the person get a feel for the character, if they are proclaiming how much they "Love" weddings maybe they are not concentrating on doing a great job. It is good to love weddings, but better still to have a passion to create beautiful photography and to tell your story.

Good luck on your search!

Looking forward to the Portland Wedding show Jan 16th & 17th. Brides will enjoy great specials and exciting new ideas. Be prepared to be overwhelmed, you will love this show. Buy your tickets early so you will not miss this exciting event.

Wedding Photography season, choose your photographer before the professionals are gone.