I know that all decisions with regards to your wedding are major ones, and with all of my clients placing a high value on their wedding photography coverage, booking your photographer will be one the most important. With regards to securing your date I have one simple policy that I use that is used by many other businesses and that is, first come – first served. It’s that simple, but let me explain a little further.
Even though there are 365 days in a year, only a fraction of those days are usually desirable for a wedding. Most couple’s first choice would be a summer wedding on a Saturday, followed by Sunday, and then very few if any opt for a weekday wedding. Then couple that with our freezing cold winters and you have even less days available. What this means is that I’m only one person that can be available for a limited number of weddings per year. Now you can imagine that with multiple engaged couples contacting me for their wedding date there are bound to be conflicts.
Imagine for a moment that you have had your eye on a particular item from your favourite store for the last little while, and then one day you walk into that store and you see your item. Even if that item is at the back of the store, your eyes somehow lock onto the item and you are drawn towards it. You start to get excited so you pick it up, hold it in your hands and you think to yourself this is it, I have to have this. You then realize that the item you are holding is the only one left of its kind. You then also realize that that you’re not alone, and that there is someone else looking at the same item. What do you do? Well you have a decision to make, you either take it now or put it back and take the chance that the other person doesn’t buy it, but remember because it’s the last one you can’t “hold” it. What I’m saying is that your wedding date cannot be held, by an email message, a phone call, or by being penciled into my calendar (I actually don’t use a paper calendar anymore).
In order to secure your date we will need to fill out and sign a wedding agreement contract, and then along with this receive your retainer cheque of $500. By doing this I will no longer be available for anyone else, and I will be your photographer for your wedding. I know it sounds simple, but like most things it can easily be overlooked so I wanted to share this with you. As always, I will go over all these details at our pre-wedding meeting. If you have any questions, please feel free to give me a call, I’d love to hear from you.
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