Friday, December 30, 2005
got some time to kill?
Thursday, December 29, 2005
bridesmaid dresses
I ordered the bridesmaid dresses today. From Jcrew, of all places. They have wedding stuff... who knew!?
Anyhow, dresses were on sale, and have a chance of being worn again. This makes me happy.
Next up? Shoes!
Anyhow, dresses were on sale, and have a chance of being worn again. This makes me happy.
Next up? Shoes!
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
how do you choose?
photographer #1 had great photos. the minions that would have actually photographed our wedding had great photos. they cost a lot though, and since our wedding is "high season" (whose isn't these days?) they would add $400 to the total. more if we went with mr. soandso. but they were great! Even if #1 had an attitude. And insisted that average albums really do cost on average $1300. leatherbound, archival, blahblahblah. not happening here, thanks! he sort of looked at us funny and said he'd charge more when we asked if he'd be willing to also take fotos of guests maybe and print em out onsite for a guestbook. They would give us negatives, but...
photographer #2 was super nice. his website was too. in person? he showed us a few albums that were just. not. us. with blurred backgrounds, fancy effects. lots of posed centered shots. blah. his prices were okay, and he had a nice enough album for reasonable. (is $500 reasonable, even compared to $1300 average?!) He was nice, though, and even willing to give us helpful hints on our special day. we'd get proofs, I think. and a CD if hi-res images I think. still not the one though.. our speciaaaaallll daaaaayyyy wouldn't look super great ten years from now.
photographer 2.5 and 2.75 were booked already, but politely wished us the best.
photographer #3 is looking pretty darned nice right now. very nice. helpful. reasonable even. (and we aren't looking at his bottom tier package, unlike with #1) His pictures look nice, though he showed us the same ones we saw online. He *can* do an album for us, but said we could do it way cheaper ourselves online. like, $400-1000 cheaper than the other guys. He even suggested we go buy a photo printer at sams/costco when we said we might be interested in photographing our guests on the spot and printing. no mention of extra charges. no looking at us crosswise. And we get 200 proofs. And we get high res-negatives. And and and. He looks great. Not super tech savvy, but I'm not looking for that.. I want pictures!
so #4? has a lot to live up to. if she ever writes back.
photographer #2 was super nice. his website was too. in person? he showed us a few albums that were just. not. us. with blurred backgrounds, fancy effects. lots of posed centered shots. blah. his prices were okay, and he had a nice enough album for reasonable. (is $500 reasonable, even compared to $1300 average?!) He was nice, though, and even willing to give us helpful hints on our special day. we'd get proofs, I think. and a CD if hi-res images I think. still not the one though.. our speciaaaaallll daaaaayyyy wouldn't look super great ten years from now.
photographer 2.5 and 2.75 were booked already, but politely wished us the best.
photographer #3 is looking pretty darned nice right now. very nice. helpful. reasonable even. (and we aren't looking at his bottom tier package, unlike with #1) His pictures look nice, though he showed us the same ones we saw online. He *can* do an album for us, but said we could do it way cheaper ourselves online. like, $400-1000 cheaper than the other guys. He even suggested we go buy a photo printer at sams/costco when we said we might be interested in photographing our guests on the spot and printing. no mention of extra charges. no looking at us crosswise. And we get 200 proofs. And we get high res-negatives. And and and. He looks great. Not super tech savvy, but I'm not looking for that.. I want pictures!
so #4? has a lot to live up to. if she ever writes back.
