Archive for the ‘(d) Wedding Day Photography’ Category
I edited about 150 pictures pretty quickly after their wedding so they could show off and use pictures.
Many of them were the couple pictures.
Now a few months later I’ve finished editing the rest of their pictures. about 350 more
If you wonder what’s in my secondary set of pictures from a wedding here you go
check the full gallery here
I was so tempted to write a story to go along with every picture.
How I made the picture happen and why I feel it was important to them.
But then I realized… I think the picture will speak for itself.
That’s the hope.
I will say quickly that this was the first full ceremony catholic wedding I’ve ever done.
It was beautiful and the couple and the bridal party were sooo full of energy and personality that it was a perfect fit for my type of photography.
That being a photography of PERSONALITY
My many hundreds of shoots and years of creative problem solving in photography set me up to photograph any type of ceremony no matter that I hadn’t done it before.
Love is love, fun is fun and you can just tell when something special is going on and needs to be documented.
To see 200 more images that have been edited so far check the gallery out on my site:
http://smu.gs/NaLwtY
LET’S STEP BACK AND SEE WHAT HAPPENED EARLIER THAT DAY
One of the two weddings I did at the San Diego LDS Temple in December
We did beach shots in Ocean Side and the reception was in Orange County at Dana Point.
To see lots lots more go here… there are 150+ uploaded so far
Yes they’re an incredibly good looking couple and that always makes for nice pictures.
I already knew his family really well so it was fun to get to know her family… they were awesome and we got along so well… helps they loved my photography! With several of the sisters being pretty awesome at photography.
I love when I get to shoot without being rushed at sunset… being on the coast is a bonus!
The famous seagul picture 
Middle of the day it’s always nice to have a place where you can find some shade.
Yep I’m jumping back and forth between temple pictures and couple pictures at the beach and later that evening.
More family pics
Did I mention they made it to In-n-out that day too!
My big news for 2012
I no longer charge travel costs for a wedding.
One Price: Yep just one price for anywhere in the world.
Because most of my weddings have me traveling far from my home state (Utah) I’ve decided to have one price, it avoids complication, encourages travel to exciting places and makes me unique.
Why? To me it’s not about costs incurred traveling, it’s more it’s me being indisposed for other weddings traveling 2 days… and therefore the price is included.
Because traveling during 2 days is how it always is… ergo the cost will be the same, because everywhere out of Utah has me traveling during 2 extra days.
Besides… I love traveling … and like I said it sets me apart.
I’m proud of the following points: (About Me)
- The one word that describes my photography: Personality
- I don’t charge by hour – I’m ALL day… to the very end
- I edit every picture I give to the client. (This is a big deal)
- You get a ton of pictures. I can’t remember the last wedding where they got less than 500 pictures. (Sometimes I do lots more… it depends on what they have organized)
- I’ve been doing weddings since 2005 so I’m experienced but still excited about weddings.
- I have an editing style all to myself I describe it as: bright and full of colors.
- I teach photography and have had over 20 interns in the past few years.
- Things I am most well known for teaching: Workflow, Editing, Off Camera Flash, Interacting with clients, Lightroom and SmugMug
- I can handle very difficult lighting situations.
- I always succeed. Therefore there’s a lot of trust/confidence in what I do. My clients know they’re for sure going to get awesome pictures.
- Fun: People get along with me… and not just the wedding couple, everyone. I’m laid back and I don’t get stressed on the job.
- You will end up with the usage rights (and files) to the pictures. (This is also a big thing)
- And of course: No travel costs
- I am conversational in 5 languages (English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese… in that order) I’ve studied many others.
DISCOUNT OPTIONS
- Utah: I’m discounting the cost for Utah because I have two extra days where i’m not traveling and can do 2 times more weddings in Utah.
- Students/Military: It’s something unique I’ve done ever since I’ve started and the tradition will continue.
- Ol’ Friends: Again something I’ve done ever since the beginning.
- Trade/Barter: I’ve been known for my belief that a fair exchange doesn’t have to be 100% federal reserve notes (dollars) and therefore I’m willing to talk about options for trade.
On a budget? Hard to say what this means. Budgets range dramatically … I’ve dealt with all ranges.
It doesn’t hurt to email or call.
If you feel your budget might be a bit low… just be honest and let me know what that budget is. I’ve helped people out that had their heart set on my photography and I’ve also helped connect people to other amazing photographers.
WEDDING PACKAGES
- 1. Formals (wedding pictures of just the couple on a separate flexible date)
- 2. Wedding
- 3. Wedding with Journalistic Book (120pgs)
- 4. Wedding with Leatherbound Fancy Album (40pgs)
Pricing will vary greatly, so personally, I say you should simply contact me.
Range: Formals start in the $1500 range. On the higher end for example a wedding (anywhere) with 3 Press-printed journalistic 120pg books is about $8400
So you might be somewhere in between that range.
Additional things to consider (All are heavily discounted with wedding purchase)
- Pre-wedding photoshoots (Engagements, Bridals, Formals)
- Second day options
- Parent copies of the books/albums
- Prints
- Additional Photographer (Not common for me, but I have lots of connections if the wedding calls for it)
CONTACT ME
I’m way easy to get a hold of and I’d like to think pleasant to talk with.
Call: 1-801-362-6372
Email: jarvie@jarviedigital.com
Google+ : Probably the best way to follow me and what I do and who I am: http://jarviedigital.com/plus
(You do not need to have an account to view my posts… but you will to contact/interact with me there.)
Facebook: http://facebook.com/jarvie and my oft-neglected fan-page is http://facebook.com/jarviedigital
MORE EXAMPLES
To see the rest of these images go see all the galleries online
There was of course plenty of pictures of the groom and his men
And the bride and groom together
An August wedding at the LDS Temple in Manti Utah
A gallery of more pictures here
Their reception was at Le Jardin in Sandy Utah
Back to the Temple for a few
DETAILS
They have a strong connection to Apple Pie
I don’t think they have the same strong connection to fries but I thought the picture was cute anyway.
Other people were there too
GRANDEUR
LOVE
SYMBOLS
DETAILS and PREPARATION
JOY
SUPPORT
Friends
FAMILY
PEOPLE
SILLYNESS
COLOR
MOMENTS
BEAUTY
Here’s showing off some reception pictures from a recent wedding in DC. I am getting around to editing a lot of those wedding pictures so expect posts on a pretty frequent basis coming up.
I really wanna chat about the fun lighting I did to make this outdoor into the night reception work.
Check out the rest of the photos we have online of the wedding reception on the SmugMug Event.
This was right before the reception at the small luncheon… We’ll post the pictures of the wedding at the DC LDS temple tomorrow morning.
It was a very nicely decorated wedding… so much fun and relaxed. It was outside on a big lawn at a church building… really a very picturesque location.
They had a polaroid photobooth of sorts (someone clicking the button)
OK so the lighting got pretty dark towards the end of the evening… specially here when they were cutting the cake.
Had I not had a flash we’d be talking 1/5th of a second at f/1.4 … meaning lots of camera shake and dull colors.
But I had two lightstands I set up… one by the DJ and the other like 20ft from the action 20ft in the air with a sand bag to keep it set.
You can only imagine if I didn’t have flash… meaning you’d have to imagine because the pictures would have never been taken or seen by anyone.
I told them in fact that they’re lucky they had someone there that could handle that lighting condition because this was no ordinary easy situation.
There are other ways than radio controlled speedlights on lightstands set-up to cross light the whole reception… but I just don’t know if Speedlight on top of the camera and dragging the shutter would have cut it. There certainly weren’t any ceilings to bounce off of.
The exit.
They almost forgot to do their Thank You picture to send to people but we rememberd later on in the evening. I had a couple of guests hold it with the bride and groom a few feet behind in the background. Fast and quick… but we got it.
Here is a link to the full gallery of photos from the wedding and reception online: http://photos.jarviedigital.com/event/2011-Bell-Wedding
View all the photos from the reception here: http://photos.jarviedigital.com/event/2011-May-Reception
