Frequent Questions
If I have the DVDs what prevents me from printing my own photos?
Nothing. You are welcome to do so. Your DVDs are the full resolution files with no watermarks or restrictions.
Do you work with a second photographer?
Yes, my wife Nazan is my second associate photographer for the wedding day. This way we can capture the guys and girls getting ready at the same time as well as allowing two camera angles the ceremony and reception.
Why is wedding photography so expensive? (Okay, no one actually asks this, but I know everyone wants to) I have two answers-one from a business standpoint and one from a creative standpoint…
- The business standpoint… You are not hiring a photographer for the 9 hours of the wedding. The time spent at the wedding is just the tip of the iceberg. You are hiring a photographer for about a week, it takes 30-40 hours to produce a wedding from the first consultation to shipping the album. A photographer also maintains tens of thousands of dollars of camera equipment, computers, lighting gear, and hires assistants, pays for insurance, and all the other expenses of being self-employed. Great photography takes a lot of time and investment.
- The creative standpoint… For the past 18 years, Cameron has gotten out of bed and gone to work with a camera in his hands. He's been tested in every imaginable way. As a newspaper photographer he photographed everything from hurricanes and riots to professional sports, and as a wedding photographer, he has photographed over 200 weddings in 16 states and 5 countries. To put it simply, Cameron and Nazan are professionals; We come back with good photos no matter the situation.
Do you want a check list of photos?
Those dreaded lists published in bridal magazines are for cookie-cutter traditional photographers. Photojournalism is all about creative spontaneity. Of course I will photograph all the key moments in the wedding I don't need a list. The best photos we take are the ones that everything came together in seconds totally unexpectedly. The only list we use is for the posed photo session at the wedding.
Do you shoot any black and white?
We give you a mix of black and white and color photos of all your wedding photos. Black and white is a beautiful medium often overlooked by brides. Cameron spent time as a photo editor at newspapers and has a very good eye for what will look better in black and white. He will choose some of your wedding photos to convert to black and white so you have a nice creative mix of color and black and white.
How long will it take to get my pictures?
We take pride in filling print and album orders as fast as we can and post your wedding online in a timely fashion. We have a busy wedding schedule and art show schedule that takes us out of town often, But we try my best to meet the below deadlines. On rare occasions we might be a bit slower than others, but we often faster depending on the workload at the time...
Your wedding will be posted online within 1 to 2 weeks.
You will have your DVDs and proofs within 2 or 3 weeks.
Print orders are filled within 2 to 3 weeks.
Flush mount albums and coffee table books are completed in about 3- 4 months.
Would you feel comfortable photographing my wedding if it is a Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist; Muslim or same-sex wedding?
Absolutely! we enjoy different cultures and ways of life and love photographing them. we have photographed all kinds of Christian faiths, Jewish, Hindu, a Native American and even a Wiccan wedding. As true photojournalists and we thrive on experiencing the world through other people's eyes. So we love to photograph weddings of different faiths, ways of life and cultures.
How long have we been doing photojournalism weddings?
Cameron was a photojournalist for 10 years at newspapers prior to becoming a freelancer and is now on his 8th year of photographing weddings. Nazan has been photographing weddings with Cameron since 2004. Being Cameron's approach to weddings is purely photojournalism, he hasn't changed much of anything in the transition from newspapers to weddings. He still use the same photojournalistic eye.
Have you photographed a wedding in my venue before?
We have photographed weddings everywhere from California to Alaska and the Caribbean and everywhere in between so we are often in a new venue. It never really presents a problem. As a newspaper photographer Cameron photographed in riots, hurricanes, scuba diving 100 feet underwater, hanging out of helicopters, wading knee deep in the Everglades and climbing Mount Kilimanjaro to name a few of the difficult situations he has photographed. We doubt there is anything about your venue that we won't be able to deal with.
What kind of camera equipment do you use?...
(This is for you camera junkies... usually the groom) We use the latest Canon cameras, a 5D Mark II for my wide angle camera and a 7D as my long lens camera. These newest releases from Canon have incredible low light capabilities making using a flash unnecessary most of the wedding day. (We usually only use flash during the reception) Nazan carries two Canon 5D's, also great cameras in low light with excellent resolution.
The cameras are just a small part of it. When it comes to quality photography, a wide selection of quality and fast lenses are even more important than the cameras. At most weddings between the two photographers, we carry about 8-10 Canon lenses, everything from a 15mm to a 300 2.8. All our telephoto lenses are image stabilized to help keep the images sharp even in the lowest light and none of our lenses are slower than f2.8. My favorite is the Canon 24mm 1.4. There are much cheaper lenses that photographers use, but we spare no expense when it comes to lenses.