Kylie and Rob were married at the Webb Deane Stevens Museum with a fantastic reception in the barn on the property.  I started the day shooting Kylie’s getting ready pictures at the Silas W. Robbins House Bed and Breakfast.   The day started off pretty mellow with some chit chat and photos.  Everyone was calm and having a real nice time.  The wedding ceremony was held beside the gardens at the museum and everything went really well.  Kylie and Rob delivered a delightful toast of thanks and the food was fantastic.  Then came the dancing.  They danced every moment of the reception until it ended.  And I don’t mean just dancing, I mean DANCING!!!  The rafters of the barn had to have been swaying and as the beat drove on one could feel the floor flex with the rhythmic movement of the revelers.  Non-stop, all night.  Liss and I agreed when

Wow.  Mystic 5.  It’s over, it was amazing.  When my partner Jennie mentioned the conference months ago, I read through the itinerary and saw only one name, Joe McNally.  He was the reason I had signed on to go.  He’s been a hero of mine for quite awhile.  A veteran who’s shot the world and done it beautifully.  Now I’m ashamed to say that he was the only real reason I signed up.  The list of photographers that spoke at the event were a veritable who’s who of wedding photography.  I hesitate to list any of their names here because I would be remiss if I were to accidentally omit even a single one.  So instead of singing the praises of each individual photographer or company, I will convey to you what the broad brush stroke of the event left indelibly etched into my soul… Each photographer or photography team

In this economy everybody is looking for two things, a deal, and a paycheck.  I was talking with a fellow photographer recently.  We were going over the ins and outs of the sales process and he said, “you know what makes the whole sales process really hard,” about fifty thoughts leapt to mind and after his pensive pause he said, “I put my prices on the web, and customers will call me having seen them and their first or second question is always, ‘can you do it for less?”  I know the feeling all too well.  Here’s the deal: I don’t have a problem with reducing services in return for lower prices, that makes sense, its reasonable.  Where I, and a lot of my fellow photographers have a problem, is the customer that wants ten to twelve hours of wedding coverage with two shooters, an engagement shoot, an album and