Prices..

Due to the complexity of each wedding we shoot, and the time that we like to dedicated to these weddings our pricing structure is changing to a much simpler design. The web site does not reflect this option yet.
Our package Package is $1995.00 - It comes complete with two photographers, an engagement shoot, and prewedding photography. All edited images are delievered on a set of High Resolutions disks, included with these edited images are a select number of hand tinted, and other images created to enhance your collection.

Our only other package is $3200.00 - It contains all of the above, a day before or after wedding session, This package will include A Bridal Album, and two matching parents albums.

Other prints maybe be ordered as needed, and as always Guest Viewing and ordering is included with your package.

The changing market dictates that we either lower our standards and do cheaper wedding or we concertrate on giving the customer the best images we can, we would rather to quality over the number of printed pictures you get. I also hate haggling over prices... Yes your uncle can do your pictures.. and you will get some pictured from him, I'm happy for you if that is what you will settle for.

Our web site will change soon to reflect these prices. If you have a wedding scheduled with up rest assured we will handle your pacakges as you are contracted for.

New Phone Number

We have a new Phone number for our clients.

859-957-9997

Hope this does not cause any issues with out clients, but it was beyond our control.

Thank you,
George

Big Changes are coming along

We've love photography, and that shows in our work. The wedding market has really changed, and we are looking to change with it. People are not spending what they used to for wedding pictures and albums and a lot of people are opting for a digital only solutions. I'm not sure where this will lead, we are not doing away with prints and albums, those items will probably go to being an ala-cart item and not included in or package(s).

What I probably see happening for our customers is a lower cost for their photography, with prints/albums and other things being an additional cost. We will probably have 3 packages where the price varies depeding on the time involved at the wedding. At no point it time will we do less than our best to photography your wedding, event, or portraits. Also who knows, this might all never happen, it all depends on what input I get from people.

Wow!!

What a busy summer we have had.. Weddings, parties, maternity, boudoir, engagement, family and social events! Not to mention our own family events. Needless to say it's all been fun, but a lot of work too. As time permits I'll be back to updating the blog.

I've let the blog go to keep everything flowing, albums had ot go out, and shoots hat to be shot! The couple above are getting married this weekend (September 18th) The ones below are from weddings over the summer.

Time flying

Time has been flying over the last few weeks. Lots of things have been going on, family functions, weddings, parties, and school functions. I thought I would change this weeks posting to something fun.. A trip to the zoo is the subject above.. Just a few pictures, more are on http://flickr.com/georgestarrphotography along with lots of others be sure to check out Split Rock Nature Conservatory too...

Flowers are always a good subject, they always seem to smile :) And with this one I got a bug to boot.

Dragon Flies are a bit tougher of a subject because they seem to never rest.

Birds are easier, but also very quick... This guy showed up and decided to eat one of my other subjects.. Well not directly the one I was focusing on, but one close to it.

Elk Creek Winery

Had a great time Saturday at the Elk Creek Winery located West of Dry Ridge, Kentucky. The weather was great, maybe a little too sunny but we all survived, slightly red around the edges but that beats a wash out!! Actually it was pretty nice, had a breeze blowing, and the AC inside felt great!

We had the chance to do an engagement shoot with this couple, it was really great, if you have read our past blogs you probably have seen their picture. At the end of reception our last picture was a pose that we did in the engagement shoot that was a fun moment. We are like our couples, we like to have fun too, and these "fun" shots are always great for that. We got a lot of great pictures for the couple and hope to have them all posted up for their viewing very soon.

On a personal note, our son graduated Kindergarten Friday morning, it was really cute to see all the kids in his class perform their show for us parents. Sunday we went to the Zoo with our son and our nephew's family and had a great time with just a few sprinkles, we got to see Curious George at the zoo, the kids just loved it as did most of the adults!! (yours truely included)



We are looking forward to some upcomming photo shoots, weddings and parties coming up this summer. We do have a few dates open for your parties or special events, so give us a call or email for our rates on what you need. We also can still schedule family, children, maternity and Boudoir sessions over the next few weeks. Give us a call, let us know what you want and we will go from there.

Name the couple and get 100$ off deposit.

There are times

I talk to a lot of photographers, it seems those that enjoy weddings are a rare breed. Most consider them something they have to do. We don't see wedding this way, we enjoy being with the wonderful people we meet, seeing them get married. We enjoy meeting their parents, their friends and family, and sharing their stories with them.

Of course like with anything there are times I question if this is something I want to continue, There is a lot of work not releated directly to photography involved with our part of the weddings. All the paperwork involved and then keeping up with orders and the like during our busy seasons. There is a lot involved with weddings too, I spend about 3 hours doing equipment checks, verifying everything is loaded in the car. The wedding itself is the fun part where we do what we really enjoy. After the wedding it takes time to get all the pictures ready for presentation, in most cases about as long as the wedding and reception it's self. I do this because I refuse to simply give our clients RAW work. If there is an album involved it can take even more work and time, depending on the number of changes they require.

Sure this is the reason most photographys don't want to do weddings, but for me, I can't wait to get home and in front of my computer to see the images we captured, and when and album comes together the feeling is great. Next is my favorite part, delievering the prints to the customer and getting their feedback. It makes all the other work we do totally worth while.

In 10+ years it's all been good, I've had one issue with one bride that took a long time to get her album approved, and with some changes made to it that went wrong where I sent the lab my original copy of the album to print and had to get it back from the customer to have repaired which took a while. She loved her Prints, and got the Digital Images very early on so I guess she wasn't in a big hurry to review the album and then got impatient. I guess with all the bad news about fly by night photographers assumed she had been taken and wasn't getting her album or something.

Anyway one complaint in 10 years from someone that loved her pictures and is taken care of. I guess 1 out of all the wedding over the last 10 years that we have done isn't bad.

Even with all that is involved, we both still love shooting weddings, and always have a good time with them, and capture lots of nice images. The image above is just one of many cake portraits we do, we cover weddings totally and gets several different views of most shots, we never know what will look best to a clients in their album until everything comes together.

I try to add something personal to my blogs from time to time, not just all business and my rantings about different things. Here is my son, as he was standing on 1st base saturday at his first T-Ball game of the season. If you have met with me before and seen some of my portfolio work you will now that his pictures is the last page in one of them that I love to show people. I keep his picture there to remind me why I do this, besides the point that we like it, it does help pay for the extras in his life.

Family is important and we believe this and we really do like being part of your family for a day.

Thank you to the brides I've delievered work to over the last month, it's your kind words that keep us motivated to keep doing this!