Happy Wedding Wednesday!
Last month on the 14th, Stephanie April Photography, LLC, celebrated five years in business. So maybe let us look back over the previous five years.
On December 14, 2015, Photos by Stephanie, was created.
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The Importance of Photography
Happy Wedding Wednesday!
The importance of tangible photos play an essential role in everyone’s life – they can reconnect to their past, remind them of people, places, feelings, and stories. Photography is the most critical method of documentation of people, events, and emotions, both historically and today. Photography documents reality in an instant, to reproduce a moment in time. Photography helps you capture important milestones in your life’s journey; you want to remember. One photograph can be powerful enough to remind you of the details but also reminds you of the feelings, sounds, and even smells of that frozen moment.
One photograph can bring back…
the day you married your soulmate, reminding you had to cut out of your dress, your veil fell off after hugging your dad.
The day you tell your soulmate, you’re expecting, remember screaming, and your husband believes the washer is overflowing.
The day your child was born, the smell of the hospital, the overwhelming feelings of love.
The day your child started walking, the sweet giggles your child made, the smile on their little face.
The day your child meet their great-grandparents, a once-in-lifetime to have a generation picture, but trying not to remember the Nursing home smell.
sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory. ― Dr. Seuss
Wedding photography is so important because it will capture your day, it will freeze your memories, it will tell your unique love story, a day you will never forget. When it comes to your big day, it is more than just one day; it is about the lifetime of memories. After all the cake is eaten, and your flowers wither, all you have left is memories.
If you like our images we’ve {capture} at previous weddings and engagement sessions, we want you entirely to reach out to us even if it’s just to ask some questions.
Stephanie April Photography is a DFW Wedding Photographer that believes in {capture} Raw Emotions between Soulmates! Are you recently engaged? Congratulations! If you are looking for a bold and moody engagement + wedding photographer for your upcoming wedding, inquiry today! To arrange for a complimentary consultation to go over pricing and products.
For every first wedding booked for each month, they will get their collection wedding album upgraded.
The Importance of the Ring
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A ring is a circle that has no beginning or end. Therefore, a symbol of infinity, which means endless eternal. The engagement ring and wedding band are worn on the fourth finger on the left hand; it’s believed that a vein in the ring finger leads directly to the heart.
The ring, no matter how big or small, is a perfect symbol of your everlasting love. Furthermore, it is your love legacy; your rings can be passed on for generations to come.
If you like our images we’ve {capture} at previous weddings and engagement sessions, we want you entirely to reach out to us even if it’s just to ask some questions.
Stephanie April Photography is a DFW Wedding Photography Studio that believes in {capture} Raw Emotions between Soulmates! Are you recently engaged? Congratulations! If you are looking for a bold and moody engagement + wedding photographer for your upcoming wedding, inquiry today! To arrange for a complimentary consultation to go over pricing and products.
For every first wedding booked for each month, will get their collection wedding album upgraded.
Why I can’t answer the question “How much do you charge?”
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“How much do you charge?”
I decided long ago when I opened my photography studio; I did not want to hand out a disk to clients. Why? Because it’s a massive disservice to all my soulmates. My parents have boxes of pictures from when my sister and I were kids when all you could buy was the package of photographs. They are sitting on my parent’s top closet shelf, taking up space. Who needs thousands and thousands of photographs that are all the same. Plus my parents don’t want to throw them away. Even after giving grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other relatives their copy of the image, they are still multiples of each image.
When my husband and I welcomed our son, I got to experience a custom portrait session: where my maternity and newborn photographer sat me down and explained …. “These are your children. These images are for you to enjoy. No one needs several duplicates of 8×10’s and wallets of the same photo. You need beautiful portraits to reminder this time in your life and theirs.”
I don’t want you to leave with a disk that you put in a drawer, forget about it. When you receive your fine art order, you will feel accomplished knowing that you have created representing your family and style. This all starts with a complimentary consultation.
A complimentary consultation is a great way to meet your prospective photographer before you decide to hire. This is when we discuss what you want out of your photography session. We review all the different products and their costs. Your session is more than just having your pictures taken; it’s for designing before wall art for your home. I want my clients to have something tangible to reminder their session and look back at that moment.
My art pieces represent- every soulmates journey of love.
So back to the original question, WHAT DO YOU CHARGE? I get this question all the time. Don’t get me wrong, I have created beautiful collections, but most of the time, I still create custom collections for each of my soulmates. As a full-service photographer, I offer albums, canvas gallery wraps, framed wall portraits, folio boxes with matted prints, fine art prints, large prints, and digital collections.
Don’t put another DVD or CD-ROM in a drawer, cherish art pieces that fit your budget.
“Stephanie April Photography, LLC is very transparent and vulnerable with all our clients, after all, how can I expect to capture raw emotions, if we don’t mesh?”
Stephanie April
If you like our images we’ve {capture} at previous weddings and engagement sessions, we want you entirely to reach out to us even if it’s just to ask some questions.
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Stephanie April Photography is a DFW Wedding Fine Art Photographer that believes in {capture} Raw Emotions between Soulmates! Are you recently engaged? Congratulations! If you are looking for a bold and moody engagement + wedding photographer for your upcoming wedding, inquiry today! To arrange for a complimentary consultation to go over pricing and products.
June Special
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June is HERE!
Do you know what that means? No? It’s our CEO and lead photographer’s birthday month! What does that mean?
June Special
For the month of June 2019, Stephanie April Photography, LLC, is offering a 25% off all Wedding and Elopement Collections, (including Building Your Own Collection.)
Inquiry before June 30, 2019, to receive our June Special, a signed contract and non-refundable retainer must be paid before your wedding date is locked in with Stephanie April Photography, LLC.
Don’t forget we offer payment plans on all our Wedding and Elopement Collections. Lock in our 2018 pricing. July 1, our new 2019 Wedding and Elopement pricing will go into effect. Plus they have brand new collection options. We are excited about our latest collections.
“Stephanie April Photography, LLC is very transparent and vulnerable with all our clients, after all, how can I expect to capture raw emotions, if we don’t mesh?”
If you like our images we’ve {capture} at previous weddings and engagement sessions, we want you entirely to reach out to us even if it’s just to ask some questions.
Stephanie April Photography is a DFW Wedding Fine Art Photographer that believes in {capture} Raw Emotions between Soulmates! Are you recently engaged? Congratulations! If you are looking for a bold and moody engagement + wedding photographer for your upcoming wedding, inquiry today!
10 Tips for Your Wedding Day
Tip 1:
Create a detailed timeline for your big day that includes when people should arrive, when flowers are set to arrive, when cake should be delivered, etc. Include exact times and locations. Share your finalized detailed timeline with everyone involved in your wedding. Don’t forget all SAP Soulmates will receive a detailed wedding day timeline from us, for you to edit and use.
Tip 2:
Don’t forget to pack snacks. Make your day better with having healthy snacks and lots of water on hands.
Tip 3:
Brake in your Wedding shoes. Practice walking around in your wedding day shoes to make sure there are entirely comfortable to stand around in during your portraits and your wedding ceremony.
Tip 4:
Pack a “wedding day emergency” kit and bring it with you on your big day. I’m glad I had this on my wedding day, my bridesmaid dress zipper stopped working. Essentials include clear nail polish for snags, makeup for touching up, travel sewing kit, pain reliever, band-aids, lozenges, tampons, and tissues.
Tip 5:
Ask for the lastest possible time for cake and flowers to arrive. Flowers wilt and cake can melt on hot Texas days. So to ensure both look great for your pictures, ceremony, and reception, ask for them to be delivered at the latest possible moment.
Tip 6:
“SPOT CHECKER” yes this is a fantastic person. Who can help out the bride with tangled trains, smeared lipstick, or hair placement? For example, this can be a bridesmaid, maid of honor, or mother of the bride.
Tip 7:
Makeup and Hair Trial Run. I can’t stress this enough. This is especially important for any bride with sensitive skin, since an allergic reaction on your wedding day is not how you want to remember your big day.
Tip 8:
Order at least 25 extra wedding invitations than you need. It’s better to have “just in case” extras.
Tip 9:
A week before your wedding, make sure everything is in place and ready to go by following up with all your vendors. This will provide plenty of time to fix any mistakes if any.
Tip 10:
Expect the Unexpected. For every wedding I have captured, something has always been wrong, and that is okay! We create a timeline with buffer time. Remember it’s your attitude and outlook that makes for a successful, brilliant day.
“Stephanie April Photography, LLC is very transparent and vulnerable with all my clients, after all, how can I expect to capture raw emotions, if we don’t mesh?”
If you like our images we’ve {capture} at previous weddings and engagement sessions, we completely want you to reach out to us even if it’s just to ask some questions.
Stephanie April Photography is a DFW Wedding Fine Art Photographer that believes in {capture} Raw Emotions between Soulmates! Are you recently engaged? Congratulations! If you are looking for a bold and moody engagement + wedding photographer for your upcoming wedding, inquiry today!
For every first wedding booked for each month, will get their collection wedding album upgraded.
