{"id":22,"date":"2009-07-22T14:41:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T14:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marcicurtis.com\/blog\/?p=22"},"modified":"2026-01-01T17:41:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T22:41:40","slug":"photographers-lament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marcicurtis.com\/blog\/photographers-lament\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographer&#8217;s Lament&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a little heads up to all brides&#8230; when you&#8217;ve hired a photographer and want to meet up before the wedding to go over your plans, DON&#8217;T bring sample of other photographer&#8217;s work as examples of\u00a0 &#8220;styles and photos you&#8217;d like us to take&#8221;. I know you&#8217;re just trying to show us what you like and by all means, feel free to print out stuff from my site that you do and don&#8217;t like, but I&#8217;ve always been under the impression that you hired me because you like MY style and the photos I take! Every couple is unique, their surroundings are different and the timelines are individualized. So it seems a little odd when a bride who is having an outdoors country wedding shows me photos she loves that are taken indoors at a posh museum. If you see photos taken from the location you&#8217;re getting married or the reception hall, I&#8217;m okay taking a look at it for inspiration. I just get worried that brides are setting themselves up for disappointment when I can&#8217;t possibly recreate what they&#8217;ve shown me! So if you&#8217;ve already hired us, know that we&#8217;re going to do everything within our power to create our own wonderful, one of a kind images that are totally skewed to reflect YOU and your wedding party!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a little heads up to all brides&#8230; when you&#8217;ve hired a photographer and want to meet up before the wedding to go over your plans, DON&#8217;T bring sample of other photographer&#8217;s work as examples of\u00a0 &#8220;styles and photos you&#8217;d like us to take&#8221;. 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