How long have you been photographing weddings?
What kind of equipment do you use?
What time do you usually start photographing?
What is your style of shooting a wedding?
Do you do a lot of double exposures and trick shots with filters?
How do you dress for a wedding?
How long do I have to wait after the wedding to see my photographs?
How long after the wedding can I order prints?
How much do you require to hold the date of our wedding?
A. I began photographing weddings in 1986. I worked for a studio at one time, but felt it lacked the personal attention I wanted to give to a couple. I typically would show up to the studio on Friday to get the film and the contract. Then I would show up on Saturday to photograph the bride and groom, who I had never seen before, then returned to the studio on Monday with the film and received my check. It was far too impersonal. I choose to accept only 6 to 8 weddings a year now. Doing so allows me to sit down personally with the couple as they prepare for their wedding and really talk about what they want. Doing this, I can get a better feel for their personality, which helps me to cater the photography towards their personal style. They also get to know me, and that's one less thing they'll have to worry about on their wedding day. You have enough going through your mind that day without wondering who the photographer is, how is he going to act, and how the photographs are going to look. By taking so few weddings, I never get burned out, and each one of my bridal couples gets the personal attention they deserve to make their day special and different.
A. This past year is the first year that I transitioned fully to 100% digital capture. I use two professional digital cameras that allow me to capture images throughout the whole day, including the bride's house and during the wedding ceremony without using flash. That way, I can capture the moments of the ceremony as they unfold, all the while being quiet and discreet. I use the digital cameras throughout the day to capture those candid moments that happen in the blink of an eye. On occasion, I even capture images using a very inexpensive plastic camera that accepts professional format film. The camera gives very unusual and artistic results that you just cannot get with any other camera. Regardless of which camera I use, you can get color, black-and-white, or sepia-toned prints from any image.
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A. I usually will arrive at the location where the bride is preparing approximately an hour-and-a-half before the ceremony begins. Assuming everyone is ready, I usually can create all the photographs the bride requests in about 45 minutes. I will usually leave for the church about a half-hour before the ceremony begins.
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A. My style tends to be a mixture of traditional and the currently popular photojournalistic style of wedding photography. I tend to allow the moments of the wedding day unfold in front of me, and then capture it as it goes. When I do set up a certain pose, I'll show you the position, then refine it as we go. I don't force things to happen. My thought is that if something happens on its own, it will be much more natural than if I tried to set it up.
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A. The only filters I typically use throughout the day are vignetting and soft focus filters. The vignetting filter makes everything near the edges of the frame fade to white or black, thereby focusing attention to the subject near the center of the frame. The soft focus filter gives a soft, dreamy effect over the whole photograph, and I like to use it for special photographs of the bride by herself, and also several of the bride and groom together. I try not to let the tricks of the photography trade take over a wedding. I like to let the photographs speak for themselves.
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A. I tend to dress as well as the gentlemen in the wedding party, as I have a formal tuxedo wear. However I choose not to wear a jacket, as I find that it can be constricting, and I need to move as freely and quickly as possible to capture some of the moments as they progress.
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A. Your On-Line Preview Album will be available approximately one week after your wedding. A multi-media CD containing a slide show and web gallery of all your images will be ready approximately 3 weeks after the wedding. After placing an order for your bridal album , it is typically ready within 4-5 weeks after the order date. I encourage you to order your bridal album as soon as you can, because as life goes on, we get busier and busier, and these things tend to fall by the wayside. It is not uncommon for newlyweds to wait up to a year to order their bridal album, and that's too long to go without your newest family heirloom.
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A. As long as you wish. I have kept all the negatives since I started photographing weddings, and I have gotten calls from brides 8 to 10 years after their wedding who wanted a print for a special occasion.
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A. An initial payment of one-third of the total package fee is required at the time of the signing of the contract. At the signing of the contract, Luke Photography reserves the date agreed upon, and will refuse all other calls for the same weekend. As such, all initial payments are non-refundable, even if the date of the wedding is changed, or the wedding is cancelled for any reason. One-third is due 30 days prior to the wedding, and the final one-third is due upon presentation of the preview album.
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