Questions & Answers

• How many months in advance do I need to reserve your services for my wedding date? Six months to a year is recommended ....

• Who exactly will be taking pictures at my wedding? Do you use subcontractors? Terry Talbot.

• What are your standard payment terms? How much is the deposit? $400 to reserve the date. Balance is due at the time of the final conference..

• What is your event cancellation policy? Return of deposit if more than 3 months before the wedding. Otherwise, deposit is credited towards future photos services..

• What is your customer satisfication cancellation policy? I never cancel my customers satisfaction?.

• What is included in your basic wedding packages? My time, the digital negatives, and dvd slide show with soundtrack, an 11X14 wall print, an engagement session and 8X10, a personal web site for each couple where photos can be viewed and ordered, and a choice of a traditional album, or a coffee tabl;e book style album..

• Can guests view and order shots on-line? How soon will the photos be put on-line? Yes. Within one week..

• Will you be taking digital photographs? Is there an extra charge for this service? All photos are shot digitaly.

• What new ideas have you implemented in the last couple years? Are you current with latest trends? I've been using Photoshop extensively for artful touches in my wedding images..

• What kind of equipment will you bring with you? Do you bring backup equipment? lighting? I use Nikon professional cameras and studio lights for the portraits..

• Can I keep the negatives? the proofs? Is there an extra charge for this service? How much? You get the digital negatives as part of your package.

• Do you bring an assistant to the wedding to help coordinate portraits? No.

• Can we request both that both color and black & white photography be used at the wedding? Yes.

• How far are you willing to travel? Is there a travel charge? I travel as far as San Francisco. There's no travel charge for local weddings (Southwest Wisconsin).

• How would you describe your photographic style? What does this mean? I've always been a documentary photographer, so my style is story telling with beautiful images..

• How many pictures do you take? Can I provide a list of posed photos for you to take? I generaly provide my clients with 500 - 800 images from the wedding day. I'm happy to shoot at my clients want me to shoot..

• How many weddings have you photographed? Over 1000 ....

• How quickly will I receive my prints? Within one week of the wedding.

• What makes you different from other local photographers? Why should someone hire you? 28 years of experience as a full time wedding photographer. Persoanl, sensitive and spontaneous images taken with the eye of an artist.

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