Luminaire Images Blog • by Molly Ann

In addition to a ring, Bill also gave Ellen their initials to wear!

Isn’t spotting a bluejay of happiness during your engagement session a really, really good omen?

Congratulations to Bill + Ellen!

When I ran into Doyle Borden last night at an industry event I was so flattered to see that he’d utilized the image I’d taken of him for his Tuesday with the Pros interview on his new business card! I may be biased, but it is an awesome photograph of a pretty cute design stylist!  I would put him on my business card too, but I think it might confuse people (LOL)!

Taken from Digital Wedding Forum blog, I couldn’t have put it better myself:

Well there you have it! Right there in black and white. Good photography is worth paying for but 22% of Brides don’t realize it until after the wedding is over.  What the heck can we do about that?

Online printer/image host/publisher Shutterfly released their most recent survey results today and amongst a few worthless facts (like blue is color of the season) there was some valuable information.

Should’ve spent less on the dress; more on the memories. Of survey respondents married within 12 months prior to the survey, 28 percent felt they didn’t spend enough money on the honeymoon; 22 percent felt the same about the photographer. 19 percent of the same sample reported spending too much on the bridal gown and food.

So this either means that 22% of the surveyed brides either wanted more product or there are a bunch of hack wedding photographers out there who aren’t living up to brides’ expectations. Interesting food for thought no matter how you look at it…

I can’t tell you how often people say to me (when I tell them that I am a wedding photographer), “Oh, we never got our wedding pictures from our photographer!” or “I wish I would have spent the money to hire someone like you instead of just telling my wedding guests and/or my friend to snap some pictures.”

As professional photographers, we value brides who value photography.  It means their priorities are straight, they already trust us to do a good job, and their wedding, as a result, will be nothing short of awesome to photograph.

Genneia and Jay are getting married next May (’11!).  Genneia is totally ON IT, getting their engagement photographs taken so early!

Congratulations on your engagement, you two!

Photographed in the Palm Springs area, though I personally think this looks like it could be on a Southeast Asian island somewhere instead of the desert!  Special thanks to Jaclene for modeling and J’Adore Florist for the bouquet.