Smart Phone Photos

Smart phone photos are great for sharing and Social Media. Professional photos are a keepsake, wall portraits, albums, desktop frames. Professional photos have no place on Facebook or Social media sharing.

Proms are being planned and if you want great photos hire a professional. White Glove loves Proms and gives many discounts and extras. Give us a call when planning your Prom.

Do dog owners want professional portraits of the pets? I have found that their are many pet owners are looking to professional photographers to preserve their to get the best photos of their pets.

Lighting

Work with your photographer when creating ambiance at your wedding with lighting you can transport your guests using ethereal to romantic to dramatic lighting all in one space.
Correct placement of candles or stringing carnival lights in trees to lighting a walkway with  pillars or small LED orbs.
Remember a pitch dark room will give you pitch dark photos, so go over the lighting with your photographer and videographer to see what will be best for your photos.

Nothing finishes off a wedding like a professional wedding album. All the months of work and stress are well worth it when you get that first look at those wedding photos. You know for sure that you were the most beautiful bride, your wedding was a success and the groom was the hottest groom ever.

"Wedding shoes have changed from the must have 'white shoe', to a sexy pair of shoes that transforms your legs into objects of desire for your groom. Where your wedding is held, the time of day and the gown will dictate the type of shoes you will choose. They can be decorated with bows, fresh or silk flowers, rhinestones or beadwork. Your shoes will work with your dress and your entire wedding.

Shoes are a great part of your wedding day and your photography. Adding important detail to your photos.

A good idea is to bring your shoes to the dress fitting to ensure they will work with the length of your dress."

"Your style really has nothing to do with all the stuff that you have purchased for the wedding. It is a confidence and grace that everyone sees in you. It’s your conduct how considerate and respectful you are toward those around you. Your wedding isn’t just to have a great party, it is your chance to be the ultimate hostess.

Don’t keep your guests waiting to start the ceremony, make sure they are comfortable during the ceremony, don’t let them sit in the rain or sweltering sun.

If you can’t afford a huge meal have your wedding in the afternoon with lovely finger foods. It would be better to have great tasting snacks as opposed to a cheap large meal. Do an afternoon tea with class.

Giving up your photography for an inexpensive five coarse meal is not the way to go."

"When purchasing your wedding shoes it may be a good idea to think about the reception. Maybe a backup pair of shoes in a size larger would work to give your feet a break for dancing!"

"Unique wedding ideas. Wouldn't you just love to see something unique and different at your wedding. A few really different ideas I have seen lately are mashed potato bars, french fry bars all served in martini glasses. Hamburger shooters. The latest idea I saw was Coffee shooters, here is the receipt.

1 ounce Vodka or Tequila

1/2 ounce Kahlúa Especial

1/2 ounce Tia Maria 1 ounce cold espresso"

"Consider the vows when choosing your dress, shoes, hair. Do you have very formal vows or casual exchanges."

Don't forget!
Portland Bridal Show
Jan 15th & 16th
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"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.