Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Through the Looking Glass

Planning a wedding, while exciting and fun, can be tough. Often finding the right vendor is like another form of marraige and with the failure rate of marriages, finding "the one" can be tricky. Brides and Grooms go on appointments (date), get serious (narrowing it down to one or two) and finally decide on one (get engaged & setting the date) and sign the contract (saying I do).  

As a certified wedding professional, I like to think of myself as the equivalent of many of those dating sites. I can narrow down the choices and get couples through the muck of courting vendors, going on too many appointments and in general wanting to pull their hair out and all but giving up on the wedding. In a nutshell I make it simple.

A good event planner has excellent established relationships with vendors and can match your style to theirs. When searching for an event planner couples should find out if they have relationships with vendors in the area and even ask the planner for vendor references. 

I teach a wedding planning certification course at the local college and want to thank long-standing vendors (and now friends) for taking the time to introduce themselves and their businesses to my class each semester:

Katherine Escudero, Escudero Photography 
Katherina and Christian are a husband and wife team who work to provide professional photography in Smyrna, DE and the surrounding areas.  When photographing a wedding they like to focus on each Bride and Groom to customize the photos that are most important to them.

Misty Dawn does fine art wedding and portrait photography - and considers herself a Lifestyle Photographer - in The Greater Philadelphia area (and including Maryland and the Beaches). 

Jim & Kitty Jones, PBK Photography 
Jim and Kitty are a husband and wife team who specialize in weddings, portraits and photo restorations. They have been in business for almost 20 years and have recently received the Best of Delaware award. They service the Greater Philadelphia Area.

Again my hat goes off to all of you. Thank you for taking the time to speak with my class each semester to provide insight on building a photography business and giving them all a look through your own personal looking glass.

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