A letter of thanks...

If I had a dollar for each time someone asks me what Derrick & I do in the "off season" I would be a rich woman.
Being wedding photographers, the summers and fall are crazy for us shooting, come December things start to slow down on the shooting front. (though we still have quite a few weddings dispersed throughout the winter)
I can certainly see where people think that shooting is our only responsibility. However, if life could only be so easy.
The last few weeks we have been feeling the blount of our work as it all piles up on our plates, and we strive to get it turned around for all of our fabulous couples.

The work consists of editing thousands of pictures that we shoot at each wedding, (we shoot about 50 weddings a year, so that ends up being hundreds of thousands of images.) Of course there is the editing of video as well. (each video takes about 60-80 hours to edit)
The laying out of albums, engagement sessions, initial consultations as we continue to meet with future clients, art-working of images for the blog, fulfillment of print orders, and who can of course forget the customer service aspect; returning emails and phone calls. Though I am not complaining that we are sooo busy, since it is obviously a great thing, but last night as I was still editing at midnight I was feeling a bit overwhelmed with everything. And then a letter from one of my brides, Jayme came in that to say the least made my night. I just had to share the letter that made me realize that the feeling of overwhelment is all worth it! As Derrick and I are truly doing something that not only do we love doing and get to do together, but that our couples truly appreciate.

Thank you Jayme & Steve, it's always nice to be reminded of these little things!


April and Derrick,

We just wanted to let you know that we love, love, LOVE our wedding pictures! As we looked at them again and again, our favorites kept changing. All of the pictures are so beautiful, and we just want to thank you so much. You truly captured the love, excitement and fun of our very special day in photographs we will have forever, allowing us to relive the day whenever we want. The time you took to tell our story is such a gift, as we felt like we were there again when we scrolled through the photos. You both are extremely talented professionals, and we could not have asked for better results. We are some of the first of our friends to tie the knot, so we are hoping to recommend you to them once they take the plunge. Thank you again and it was fun working with you.

Jayme & Steve