A Couture Manor

"Free Wedding Photography"

Wouldnt it be nice to not have to pay for your wedding photography? Take that chunk of your budget you have set aside for your photographs and splurge on another area of your wedding. As a photographer I love the chance to add interesting aspects to my portfolio, unique locations, traditions, ensembles, as a hopeless romantic, I appreciate a great love story. So if you are incorporating unique traditions, or have something amazing and different that sets your wedding apart or have the best love story ever, submit your reasons for why you deserve a free wedding photography package for your wedding in 2009 before December 31st 2008.

"Tips about your photographer"

You are paying a lot of money to all your vendors, to make your day perfect, but all that lasts after

\the day ends is the marriage and your photographs. When you're interviewing for photographers make sure they are insured and a member of PPA. This ensures that if something goes wrong you can recover your expenses and be reimbursed for the loss. It also assures that your photographer is a professional and not an amateur charging you professional prices. You should also ask to see a single wedding album from beginning to end. Almost anyone could get lucky and take one or two good shots at a wedding, but you want to see that all the images are decent. After you find a photographer that suits your budget ask for references get in touch with at least 2 other brides and see how they felt about the service, the products and the photographs... ask what they liked best and least about the photographer and the studio. Once the contracts have been sign and deposits have been made do a little research, bridal magazines, google images, wedding photography webistes. Find images you love and send them to your photographer, the photographer will be able to pick out similarities in lighting, posing, filters, styles and be better able to give you an album full of photographs that you will love for the rest of your marriage, and look fondly on as the beginning of your lives together

"TTD Shoots "Trash the Dress" And Bridal Boudoir ... We Do Them"

Looking for something a little edgy and away from the traditional, try one of the new trends: Trash the Dress and Bridal Boudoir Shoots. Many Brides choose to get formal bridal portraits done to accompany the photos from their day, but some brides are interested in something a little more high fashion and innovative. Bridal Boudoir makes a great gift for your groom to be. It's bridal without the gown ;) A sexy, lingerie, implied nudity, or playboy pin-up style shoot guaranteed to make your groom's mouth water, and build his anticipation for that first honeymoon night. Some of the grooms are even getting in on the fun and taking much sexier "engagment photos" for your own private albums.

Gone are the days of wedding gown preservation, carefully cleaned and packaged stored away for nostalgic sighs... in comes the revolution of trash the dress shoots. After the wedding give your gown the attention it deserves. After looking stunning, elegant, and beautiful for your ceremony and reception, time to get high fashion. You'll never look more gorgeous than you do that day, so take advantage of it and be the supermodel you always wanted. Brides are donning their gowns in construction sites, rolling in the sand and waves on the beach, shooting in the woods and mountains, being shot near waterfalls, ruins, and factories etc. Mimicking the high fashion shots in bridal magazines, they're getting edgy make-up, aggressive hair styles and "trashing their dress" for the sake of some really awesome photographs, and the sense of relief they get from being able to let go of the careful restrain they exercise during the wedding when they are trying to avoid wrinkles, tears, spills and other wedding gown perils. {You don't actually have to trash or ruin your gown either... they can still be cleaned tailored and preserved}

Interested in some more info or our great packages that include these options? Or if you've already tied the knot and this sounds like a great way to celebrate your anniversary, or relive some of the fun of being a bride... contact us! We'd love to hear from you!

"Filling out the 2008 calendar"

So I had some personal chaos that kept me from promoting and advertizing as I normally do early in the year and thus this wedding season has a few empty weekends that I would really love to fill, I'm offering $200 off photography service for anyone getting married in 2008 that is still looking for a photographer and interested in our all inclusive package :) I also do event, maternity, baby, family, model portfolio, and body paint shoots check out my web for more info and my work at www.MomentsbyLark.com