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My bride and groom to be, Lynn and Steve, were as delightful to get to know as they were on the day of the wedding…

During our first meeting, I fell in love with them almost instantly as they glanced at each other adoringly and giggled through the q&a. Their cuteness was definitely swoon-worthy. Ohmyheart!

Through the course of our conversation, Lynn and Steve told me that one of their groomsmen was a photographer and he did a mere 25 weddings a year. {gulp} It soon became apparent that Lynn and Steve were really versed on photography and had a great idea of what they wanted (this fact would turn out to be a huge blessing, however I was initially intimidated by how much they knew about photography. Does every potential client know this much?!)

The meeting was going swimmingly and then I shared something with them that I had learned from my own wedding preparation:

You have a certain amount of money you have budgeted for your wedding. Out of all of the elements of a wedding – the cake, the dress, the meal, the invitations, the photography – decide what is THE most important element of the wedding to you and then spend your money there.

This was potentially my first wedding, so I had planned to vastly reduce my rates (translated: not charge) because I really wanted the experience AND I really liked Lynn and Steve. So I told them…

The benefit you get with me is that I fit wonderfully into your wedding budget (i.e., I’m ridiculously cheap). The risk you take with me is that this is my first wedding so if photography is really important to you – it is a pretty big risk to choose me.

I then turned to Lynn and asked, “So what is THE most important part of the wedding to you?”

After dancing around it potentially being the dress (but not really ), Lynn finally looked at me and said, “Well, the photography is the most important to us.”

Gulp.

Part I

Tune in tomorrow for Part III