A few cute wedding ideas from the Pyles wedding:

A Photographer's Job

Wedding season is in full swing for all wedding vendors. During the wedding season, which usually runs from April through October, all wedding vendors are hard at work to ensure that your wedding is all that you expected it to be. I feel as a wedding photographer, we have one of the toughest jobs of all the vendors.

Most people think that all the photographer does is show up the day of the wedding with a BIG expensive camera and take pictures. Well, it might have been that simple during the days of film but when technology moved into the digital age everything changed. During the days of film, the photographer would drop off the film at the lab and return to find prints which had been professionally altered by the lab. Now with the digital age and Adobe Photoshop, the photographer takes the pictures, downloads the images to a computer, manually adjusts each image and sometimes adds artistic effects, backs-up the files, and sends them out to be printed at a professional lab or uploads the images to a website for viewing.

Depending on the number of images taken at the wedding and the number of weddings your photographer does each month, can play a role in how long it will be before you see your proof images. Most photographers I know require 4 to 8 weeks to process images as proofs. And your thinking, why so long? It's because most photographers are taking hundreds and sometimes thousands of pictures at each event and giving each image personal editing attention.

And if you have a photographer who offers photographic products other than just prints, then the photographer's job gets even bigger. Photographers must continually attend professional conventions and trade shows if they wish to stay up to date on all the latest product trends. Because of these changing trends your wedding album will NOT look like your mother's wedding album. In today's market, some professional photographers are adding custom designed storybook albums to their list of products. A custom designed storybook album is a one of a kind wedding album which is designed just for you. This is usually a 10 week process for the design, print and binding of the album. So now the photographer has switched hats... he/she is now an album designer. In addition to albums, most photographers offer a variety of products such as canvas gallery wraps, metal prints, DVD slide shows, photographic CDs, custom cards, novelty products and more.

So as you can see a photographers job is much more than just taking a picture.

Boudoir Divas

Sign up for a boudoir session today! Boudoir photography makes an excellent gift for the special man in your life. Give him the gift he'll always remember!

Sneak-Peak at Laura and Josh's Wedding

A few pictures from Laura and Josh's Wedding (3/27/10).

A Bridal Show Weekend

WOW!... last weekend was a hugh success! Two bridal shows in one weekend... I talked so much that on Monday I really didn't want to talk at all. If you know me, you know that I'm not a "Chatty Patty" type person so doing two bridal shows back to back really put a strain on my vocal cords. I met so many sweet brides and grooms... some even made the decision to hire me the day of the show! Even after the show I have continued to meet with potential clients. I am looking forward to working with everyone who has put their trust in me to the capture the memories of their wedding day. My pledge to you is that I promise not to add to the stress of the wedding day and that you will be satisfied with my performance as a photographer and the products you receive.

Valentine's Day Special

ATTENTION ALL BRIDES:

ATTENTION ALL BRIDES: Two great bridal shows coming up February 20th and 21st!... Historical Jonesborough Bridal Show on Saturday, Feb. 20th and the Premier Bridal Show in Kingsport on Sunday, Feb. 21st. I will have a booth in both shows, so come by and receive some FREEBIES!

New Product for 2010

I am so excited to share with you this new product! I will now be offering custom made album cases for storing your wedding albums. Please take a look at the picture for an example of these new cases.

Premier Bride Bridal Show is POSTPONED

The Tri-Cities Premier Bridal Show scheduled for this Sunday, January 31st has been postponed due to the weather. The show will be held on Sunday, February 21st from 12-4 PM at the Meadowview Conference Center in Kingsport.

Please mark your calendars with this change and make plans to attend.

See you in February!

Imaging USA, Nashville, TN

Just returned from Imaging USA! I'm so excited about the new products I purchased and the new companies I will be doing business with this year. I also have lots of new ideas for 2010! It's going to be a GREAT year!

FIRST BRIDAL SHOW OF THE NEW YEAR!

Please join Lana Kiser Photography for the 25th Annual Tri-Cities "Dreams" Bridal Show on Sunday, January 10th from 12-6 PM at the Freedom Hall Civic Center in Johnson City, Tennessee. Visit my booth for SHOW SPECIALS and to view my custom designed Storybook albums. Brides may contact me via FB, email, or phone to recieve FREE admission tickets to this event.