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I have over 25 years experience shooting weddings (I have had 2 second generation weddings, where I had shot the bride's parents' wedding back in the 80's). All Yours has been established since 1998 and has been awarded a rating of "A+" by the Better Business Bureau serving NW Ohio & SE Michigan.

Full Day Photo packages range from $595 to $1,095 and video packages range from $495 to $935. All include full day coverage and copyright release. Prices vary with the amount of editing and prints included.

While I am intent on getting all of the photos that you will want, my personality is pretty laid back. I will help ease the stress of a wedding day, not add to it. My style is primarily photojournalistic, but I also do all of the standard posed photos.

You can see some samples of my work at my website (allyoursphoto.samsbiz.com). There are additional sample photos for your viewing at myspace.com\allyoursphotographyvideo. I can also send you a DVD of photo or video coverage including a complete wedding. I believe that showing you a complete wedding gives you a better idea of what your photos/video will look like than if I only show you my 3 best shots from each of 37 different weddings. I will paste in below my normal day shooting a wedding.

My normal day shooting a wedding goes like this.

I will arrive at the church at about the same time that you do so that I can get a few shots of you arriving in your street clothes and getting ready. During this time I will circulate back and forth between the gals and the guys. To make things simple, the rule of thumb is that if the door is open, I assume that it is safe to come in, if I am in the room and you don’t tell me otherwise, I assume that it is OK to shoot. If I still end up with photos that you don’t want anyone to see, the bride gets them first, so she collects all blackmail payments.

During this time, I tell the ladies to shoo me out of the room anytime that they need to, but to let me know as soon as I can come back in without getting slapped. Remind the ladies to wear a button up shirt when they get their hair done. Removing a pullover with a fancy hairdo can be tough. I

n addition to my camera gear, I bring one bag with just emergency supplies (bobby pins, safety pins, curling iron, clothes iron, combs, brushes, toothbrushes & toothpaste, sewing kit and even some black socks for the groomsman that shows up wearing white socks).

If you want to get any of your formal photos done before the ceremony, it is fine with me. If you prefer not to see each other before the ceremony, we can shoot just the bride with the bridesmaids and the groom with the groomsmen. If you aren’t concerned about it, we can shoot almost everything. It means that you have to be ready earlier, but it does ease the time pinch between the ceremony and reception. Beats paying for the limo to sit outside and wait while you to take photos.

After the ceremony, we do the posed photos at the church. I usually do the family first, so that we can cut them loose. Be sure to ask family members to stay for photos, especially grandparents. If you don’t ask them, they will likely blow bubbles, ring bells or whatever and then leave. At my niece’s wedding, I had to chase my own grandmother down in the parking lot and have her come back in.

If you want to go to the park (or wherever) for photos between the ceremony and reception, there is no additional charge; you just have to make sure that you have time for it.

I tend to shoot a lot of candid photos. Often, they capture the feeling of the day more so than the posed photos. My basic theory is that if something looks interesting, take the photo. If you don’t want it later, you can delete it. If you miss the shot, it is gone forever. Coverage of the reception includes all of the major events (entrance, toasts, cake cutting, spotlight dances, garter/bouquet toss, etc.). I usually stay through the Dollar Dance, roughly 9:30-10:30. I leave the schedule up to you and your DJ. I don’t dictate that you have all of your events done by 8:00 because I’m going home. I don’t necessarily stay until the very end because there are only so many photos I can take of people dancing and drinking before they all look alike. When things are starting to wind down, I will borrow the bride and groom to pose a good-bye shot & see if there is anything else that they would like before I go.

Here is a copy of my brochure:

Still Photos

As a standard practice, All Yours will cover the wedding ceremony and reception beginning with the bride and groom getting ready at the church, the ceremony itself, posed pictures afterwards and all of the traditional events of the reception. A minimum of 500 photos taken, with no maximum. You will receive a set of 4” x 6” prints, digital negatives of all photos taken and copyright license. Your set will consist of 350 prints. The cost for this package is $975.00.

While an album is not included in this price, I can either direct you to some web based companies that cater to photographers or we can discuss adding an album to your package.

EXTRA CD-ROM's OF PHOTOS Family members and friends may order additional CD-ROMs of all of your photos for $30.00. They may then have prints made by their favorite photo lab or print their own on their home computer.

EXTRA SETS OF PRINTS Additional sets of 4" X 6" prints may be ordered for only $75.00 per set ($195.00 for 5” x 7”). Payment for these items may be made on the wedding night or may be directed to go through you. (They give you their money; we deliver all sets to you and collect from you). All items ordered by the wedding night must be paid in full before any sets or CD's will be released. Items ordered at a later time must be accompanied by payment.

LARGER PRINT OPTION The couple may choose to receive all of their prints in 5” x 7” instead of 4” x 6”. The cost of this upgrade is $150.00.

BUDGET OPTION We do offer a lower cost option of CD’s only. Photos are taken in the same manner as our standard package and you receive a full set of photos (with exposure correction and cropping) on CD-ROM or DVD-ROM and copyright privileges, but no prints. You can order prints at your favorite photo lab from the CD’s or print them on your home computer. The cost of this package is $785.00.

BARGAIN PACKAGESame as the Budget Option above, but without exposure correction and cropping the photos. You will need to do this yourself. It isn't difficult, but this reduces the man-hours that we have to use and therefore has a lower price. Only $595.00 including photos on disc and copyright release.

INSTANT DELIVERY For an additional fee of $100.00, you can receive all of your digital photos on CD-ROM on the night of the wedding. These photos will be basically unedited. You will still receive your edited photos and prints on normal schedule. If you take advantage of this option this option, it must be requested in advance so that we bring the equipment along to make the discs at the reception hall.

VIDEO

All Yours will provide video coverage beginning with getting ready at the church before the wedding, the ceremony itself, and a collection of greetings and words of advice for the couple from the guests at the reception and all of the traditional events of the reception. Assuming that the church permits it, we will run 2 cameras during the ceremony. One unmanned camera mounted on a tripod at the front of the church and a manned camera operated from the rear or balcony of the church. This allows us to have more faces and fewer backs in the finished video. It is also more interesting to watch, alternating between two different perspectives. The couple may choose to receive only a copy with only in-camera editing and minor editing afterward. The cost for this option is only $785.00.

The couple may also choose to receive one copy of basically all unedited footage taken and one copy edited down to a comfortable viewing length with some special effects added in. The cost of this package is $935.00.

The couple may receive their video with only in-camera editing and transferred to DVD. This option includes no titles or other editing . This option costs only $495.00.

An inexpensive way to add video coverage to a still photo package is if the photographer handles everything. This means that much of the video is taken from tripod mounted cameras. You still get two-camera coverage of the ceremony and a collection of greetings from your guests. Cost of this option is only $195.00 unedited or $575.00 fully edited.

Deposit is only $50.00 in addition to the still photo deposit. We can also provide two-person coverage at the standard package prices. Extra copies of either the edited or unedited version may be ordered for $30.00 each.

HIGHLIGHTS VIDEO A highlights only video of approximately 15-20 minutes may be added to your edited video package for an additional $95.00.

OUTDOOR WEDDING?

TENT RENTAL. We have 2 tents available for rent. A 10' x 20' with four detachable sides and an easy up 10' x 10' with three detachable sides. Rental for either one is $59.00 (50% deposit due at reservation) and they are available with or without a photo/video package.

HATS! They're fun! Ball caps with embroidered titles like: Groom, Father of the Groom, Bride, Father of the Bride, Best Man, Maid of Honor, Groomsman, Bridesmaid, Ring bearer, Flowergirl, or anything else you would like! Only $16.95 each. We can ship them to you for a nominal shipping charge (1-3 hats for $3.95, 4 or more hats $7.95). In many cases, we will need 2-3 weeks lead time to get your hats from our supplier. Rush orders are available with additional shipping charges. Custom designed embroidery is also available. Please call for details.

RESERVING YOUR DATE

A $150.00 deposit is required when signing the contract to reserve your date. If you are booking for both still photos and video, a deposit is required for each. The deposit for a video added onto a still photo package without a full time videographer is only $50.00. The balance is for photos is due when your video or photos on disc are received.

PAYMENT METHODS
We accept cash and good checks. We are also able to accept payments using your Discover Card. We can accept other types of credit cards only via PayPal. Deposit is due when reserving your date and the balance is due when you pick up your videos or photos on disc (regardless of which photo package you have ordered). If your package includes prints, they will usually be ready within 2-3 weeks from when you give us your selection to be printed. If you would prefer to make advance payments at any time during the interim, they will of course be cheerfully accepted.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Below, I have answered some of the most frequently asked questions.

SET UP FEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 0.00

PICTURES TAKEN AT ANOTHER SETTING IN BETWEEN THE CEREMONY AND RECEPTION*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 0.00 *Please be sure to allow sufficient time for this when setting up your schedules for the church and hall.

PHOTO ALBUM (optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . $ 30.00

EXTRA HOURS BEYOND 9:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 0.00

CAN WE INCORPORATE VIDEO SHOT BY A FRIEND OR RELATIVE? YES. If you have a friend or family member also shooting video and I can borrow their tape, we will be happy to edit them together, using the best camera angle for each event. If they bring the output cables for their camera, We can copy their tape at the reception.

WILL WE TRAVEL OUTSIDE OF THE TOLEDO AREA? . . YES!! If your wedding is more than 20 miles outside of the Toledo area, there will be a nominal charge to cover travel time and expense. Towns like B.G., Monroe and Delta are covered in the standard package price. This year, we shot several weddings in the Detroit and Cleveland areas and we have done 2 weddings in California! Call and we can discuss the details.

WILL WE DO JUST THE CHURCH AND NOT THE RECEPTION? . . . SOMETIMES. While we are reluctant to give up a Saturday night "in season" for a church only booking, if your wedding is at an off-peak time such as on a Friday or Sunday anytime, a Saturday Nov. through March, your ceremony starts at noon or earlier, is less than 6 weeks away or you were interested in both still photos and video, we can probably reach an agreement. When considering this option, please keep in mind that you can probably get a full package from us at less cost than a church only package from someone else.

CAN I SEE SOME SAMPLES OF YOUR WORK? CERTAINLY. We would be happy to set up an appointment to show you some sample portfolios or videos. Each of our sample albums are of a single wedding, start to finish. We believe that this gives you a better idea of what your photos will look like than showing you our 3 best photos from each of 37 different weddings.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DOING WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY? FOR OVER 25 YEARS. Last summer we did our 2nd "second-gereration wedding", where we had done the photography for the bride's parents' wedding back in the early '80's.

HOW FAR IN ADVANCE DO I NEED TO RESERVE MY DATE? IT VARIES. In a nutshell, it comes down to reserving your date before someone else does. Some dates are booked a year and a half or more in advance and some dates are available on short notice. There is no way to predict which your date will be.The best advice is the sooner, the better.

ARE THERE ANY SPECIAL SERVICES THAT YOU PROVIDE? YES, SEVERAL. While we are not a full service wedding planner, we would be happy to discuss your plans for your other vendors, arrangements and schedules. We can share our 25+ years of experience to help you special day go smoothly. In addition to camera gear, we bring one bag to the wedding containing "emergency supplies" like bobby pins, safety pins, a small sewing kit, curling iron, clothes iron, combs, etc. To help make everyone feel at ease, we try to learn the names of your wedding party and immediate family. It's easier when shooting still photos rather than video because we interact more and of course, a party of 10 is easier to learn than a party of 30, but we usually have most of the names connected with faces by the time we leave the church.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT I NEED TO PLAN ON? YES Please be sure to ask all of the people that you want to have in your posed photos to stay at the church after the ceremony. Parents and wedding party members usually know that they will be needed for photos, However, unless asked to stay, grandparents, siblings and any special aunts, uncles or godparents may leave following the ceremony. Also, we do ask that you include your photographer/videographer in your headcount when making arrangements with your caterer. DO WE DO OTHER EVENTS BESIDES WEDDINGS? YES. If you are planning an anniversary party, First Communion, Confirmation, family reunion or other event that you would like preserved on film or video, please ask. We will custom design a package for you. We can also do photos of children's sport's teams. We can even transfer your home videos onto DVD for you.

DO WE HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON? MOST DEFINITELY!!!

Prices at a Glance
Still Photo Package, church and reception . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 975.00
In 5" x 7" instead of 4" x 6" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .$1,095.00
Photos on CD-ROM only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 785.00
Photos on CD-ROM only (unedited) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 595.00
Extra sets of prints (4" x 6") . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 75,00
In 5" x 7" instead of 4" x 6" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 195.00
Extra CD-ROM's of Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . $ 30.00
CD's on the night of the wedding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 100.00
0Video package, church and reception Full time videographer, fully edited ....$ 935.00
Full time videographer, minimally edited ................................................................$ 785.00
Full time videographer, unedited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $ 495.00
Add on to still photo package, fully edited ............................................................$ 575.00
Add on to still photo package, unedited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 195.00
Extra copies of video ...................................................................................................$ 30.00

FURTHER INFORMATION For further information, to view a sample portfolio or video or to reserve your wedding date, please call Guy Jackson at:: 419-ALL-YOURS (419-255-9687)

email at: allyoursphoto@yahoo.com
Website: allyoursphoto.samsbiz.com
Cell phone 419-944-7468

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