Day three and still at it

Yes, I am aware when you get to this blog our logo is like HUMONGOUS... me and my so savvy computer skills am right on top of that... yeah right. I talked to Jeremy who is helping with the wedding showcase (a.k.a. my free computer guru- uh oh I probably should not be saying so or he'll start charging me for all my quirky dumb computer questions... he has all my passwords so I better be careful I'll start seeing new charges on my paypal accounts. LOL). Come on now...  when my computer crashed last fall... and I had to get new software I have been learning new photoshop CS5, Lightroom3... isn't that enough? LOL.
I LOVE lightroom, and at first I thought I was going to HATE it... well at first I DID hate it. I have a lot to yet learn in that program as well. A fellow photographer, Mike at UM photography I met thru CMWA has been so kind, and has opened his studio to me & said he would teach me all about LR. I was so taken back by that! So many photographers are just out there for themselves, and even LIE to you about their knowledge, clientele, their sales, and only brag to you about what they are buying... that when he was so kind I was dumbfounded & had to pinch myself. With the photography field so heavily saturated with photographers, and those who are trying to become photographers it becomes a dog eat dog field.
Jill & I do joke about the newbies, but really you can almost spot a  "newbie photographer" out there in an instant... 1st they wear "The hat" you know, those wanna-be stylish crocheted or canvas brimmed artist hats (Kelly K & Patti I am not talking about either of you here... you both are able to pull off wearing cute hats- you both know the 'hats' the newbies wear that I am talking about), 2nd... find their work on the net and low & behold you will see they have a family posed on a (usually green) couch in the weeds! Now I am NOT saying this is wrong by any means. We simply giggle at how EVERYONE trying to be unique & different is in fact copying each other. I had better shush Or I am gonna get a bunch of smash-mouthing here I am sure. And a few of my fellow friends who do this per request of their clients you KNOW I am not poking fun at you, so do not even go there :)
OK.. Onward to the good stuff... like poking fun isn't the good stuff? HA! I am so Kidding! Now, the Showcase! We are FULL on photographers! Is that good or bad? Well, when I am in charge and only allow a few in that is good. Who wants to spend a couple hundred bucks to be in a wedding show, only to realize "a lot of good this show does me there are 7 other photographers besides myself here" so no, that is WHY is even started doing the Buffalo Area Wedding Showcase, is so that vendors are NOT just a number feeling like all they are doing is passing out their resume to Bride's. IN FACT, I was just at a seminar on Monday, and they said to STOP being a part of those type of wedding shows that allow SO MANY VENDORS PER SERVICE! As a vendor the speaker pointed out that the brides do just seem to walk around and say "Oh you are a wedding photographer? What are your prices? You Might do". Yet as a business, we want more from our customers too. We want to get to know THEM first, we want to be sure we are a good FIT for each other.
 Seriously I think it is best we get to know each other first so we know it is a good "fit" & I can capture the images you really WANT. For example, I know of a fellow studio here in the area that photographed a friend's wedding while  I was on bed-rest with a pregnancy (this photographer does not even know this they never told her this, and neither did I ), but they thought her voice was so high & squeaky & annoying, that, HER annoying voice is what THEY think of now when they look back on their photos- even years later. They said her pics were good, but it is their experience with her is what they remember. I certainly HOPE If someone has a bad experience with us we are told about it so we can try to make it right. I mean yes I speak VERY FAST... so I hope that is not what people remember about me.
 Thinking about this is why I try to get my couples who book with us to come it to DO the complimentary engagement sessions so we CAN get to know each other, & get a feel of how working together goes. 

Back to the showcase... This year we have a website, and facebook page JUST for the show. We moved it to a better location which is at the Buffalo Community Middle School on Hwy 25, across from Walmart... we ARE looking for a few more vendors.  Hoping to still get a Limo company, a tuxedo company, a hair salon, a videographer, and any LIVE musicians. IF anyone reading this knows anyone, please pass the word along.  Thanks for tuning in again today to our blog!