Sunday, January 31, 2010

Thursday, January 21, 2010

New Year, New Products & Services!

Wedding Signature Guest Books
You select the engagement photos that go in the guest book! If you have a vision or idea of how you want it to look, we can create it to your taste. With a variety of cover options and sizes, the sky is the limit on creativity with these.
Pages lay flat when open.


Video Save the Dates
When we photograph your engagement shoot, have it filmed too! We will create a fun video for you to send to family and friends to announce your engagement. We burn them on DVD's for you so all you have to do is pop them in a DVD mailer and send them on their way!


Jenna & Garrett's Save The Date from Michael Howard on Vimeo.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Brides Choice Award 2010

Today I found out that we have been chosen to receive the 2010 Brides Choice Award from Wedding Wire!
This award recognizes the top five percent of wedding professionals in their category. The winners in every vendor category will be displayed on the homepage of weddingwire.com in the near future. Check it out to see if your favorite vendor was awarded! We are thrilled that our clients love their photos and consider us to be in that top five percent.

Sunday, January 17, 2010

What to expect when you get your photos...

Quality vs Quantity


Depending on your photography package you may or may not get actual prints, but ALL clients get-
- DVD of high resolution edited images
- Signed copyright release
- Online album with password and shopping cart

How many images will I get?
On average I shoot 100 images per hour. Over half of those are keepers and will get edited in Photoshop with the following:
all edits are color corrected with adjustments made to hue, saturation, exposure and black point. All images are sharpened and brightened so you get colorful, crisp and clear images. Many images will also have special effects, so you have a variety to choose from when selecting your favorites.
All edited images you get are high resolution. You can make a poster with the files I give you!

How long until I get my images?

Photoshoots are anywhere from 5 days - 2 weeks
Weddings are 3 weeks

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Amy & Pat -A New Years Eve Wedding!













Amy & Pat - the day after: "trash the dress"

Yesterday I was able to meet up with Amy & Pat the day after their wedding and we took our time taking some fun and artistic photos. Amy was a real trooper when the water was freezing cold. Future brides - this is a great way to have fun in your dress one last time, and not be afraid to get it a little wet or dirty.