Dear Bride

Thank you for checking out our website, and congratulations on your engagement! How exciting and romantic! Now, let's guarantee you have a fantastic and romantic wedding day - full of love, emotion and beauty! (Believe it or not, that does take some planning!)

1. Who did these photographs you are showing me?
2. Who, by name, will be photographing our wedding if we hire your studio?
3. We want to MEET this person, BEFORE we hire your studio.

Then, when you meet this person, ask him or her the following questions:

1. How will you dress at my wedding?
2. Did you do ALL the samples of wedding photography we saw in the sample books? If not, show us YOUR work, please.
3. How long have you been photographing weddings?
4. How long will you be at my wedding?
5. Before you leave our wedding, whom do you check with first to see if there's anything else we would like you to do?
6. Do you work from a checklist of photos? (You NEVER want a photographer who needs a checklist doing your wedding photography! He'll spend all his time looking at the list, and miss all the wonderful, romantic and spontaneous moments of your wedding!)

Then, decide if you REALLY LIKE HIM, as well as his work! Because he's going to be spending a lot of time with you and your family and friends, on your important day.

By the way, just so you know, here's my answers to those questions:

Jandra and I are the ONLY photographers at our studio. We will photograph your wedding personally. We will dress in all black. We don't want to take anything away from your groom and groomsmen and the fathers, and I also don't want to dress casually, and not represent you professionally. We want to blend in and not be seen by your guests.

We have been photographing weddings, as I mentioned earlier, for 10 years. I'll be at your wedding until you and your husband (how exciting - your "husband!"), say there is nothing else for me to do. We NEVER will leave your wedding without checking with both of you!

We use no checklist. Instead, we know ahead of time which photographs are important to you. We talk with you prior to the wedding and determined a certain order in which we will photograph the groups, so we can be constantly watching for those special, magical and spontaneous moments that will be so meaningful to you. This is a once in a lifetime event, make sure you choose your photographer carefully!

SECRET #2: Announcing The Single Most Important 'Secret' You MUST Know About Weddings!

Here's a really big "secret" that almost no brides think about when interviewing a potential photographer: What's their guarantee? What happens if you aren't happy with the photography, or the way you and your friends were treated, or if the photographer left your wedding before he was supposed to, etc.

This is of the utmost important! The guarantee (make sure it's in writing!) tells you just how committed they are going to be in taking good care of you, and doing a great job.

And, just so you know, we GUARANTEE ALL OUR WORK.
*See studio for details.

You see, we understand that you can't do this over again. This is a "one-time-thing" and everything MUST be perfect! You have our written guarantee that we'll take really good care of you!

SECRET #3: An Important Warning: Miss This Secret, And A Disaster Could Happen At Your Wedding!

This seems so obvious, and yet brides miss this one all the time, and pay a BIG PRICE for it after their wedding! Be sure the photographer has lots of happy brides and grooms, who have written him and told him how happy they are with both him, and his work! We’re talking TESTIMONIALS here! Testimonials from real people, with their full names, and their city and state, so you can call them if you want to, just to “check them out” and make sure that they really said what the photographer quoted them as saying.

I'm sorry to be so skeptical, but we live in a time in history when you have to be really careful to be certain that people are telling you the truth. You will notice that throughout this web page are photographs and testimonials from some of the brides and grooms whom we have been honored to work with on their wedding day. Also notice that their FULL names, city and state are listed, so, if you really wanted to, you could look them up in the phone book, and call them.

SECRET #4: Magic Way To Have A Great Wedding.
One of the things that you really want to look for in your photographer, is someone who is an EMOTIONAL STORY TELLER, an artistic photographer whose images combine to tell the EMOTIONAL STORY of your family, your friends, and your wedding day. This is really important, if you are looking for photographs, which will be PRICELESS to you for years and years to come!

And here's why this is so important! If an artist is an EMOTIONAL STORY TELLER,

And a true romantic will be sensitive to NOT INTERFERING WITH THE EMOTIONAL ROMANTIC FLOW OF YOUR DAY!

I could tell you so many horror stories here. But let me just mention one so you understand how important this is.

Not long ago a friend of mine attended a wedding where the photographer was attempting to photograph the wedding without an assistant or another photographer. During the ceremony the photographer kept racing from the front of the church clear to the back of the church to try to capture everything, everywhere. He never seemed to be where he needed to be when he needed to be there. His racing around during the ceremony was so loud everyone

could hear him. Once the ceremony started, in frustration with the churches coordinator, because she wouldn’t let him photograph with flash during the ceremony and he had to stand at the back of the church with his little lens, and most churches don’t have some one to stop him from walking down the center isle to capture his picture, he got down on his belly (a big one at that) and crawled down the isle like a commando to get his picture (He obviously wasn’t a romantic EMOTIONAL STORY TELLER or he wouldn’t have ruined the romance and religious significance of the ceremony by racing around). To finish the story, he spent 2 1/2 hours at the reception cutting in to pose ever shot, the toast, the garter, the first dance, and even three tries at photographicly capturing the get-away.

So, looking for a romantic, EMOTIONAL STORY TELLER, who will beautifully tell the story of your love for each other, and for your family and friends, will also result in someone who will respect you and your wishes, and conduct himself in only the most professional and friendly way, because he understands in the most intimate way, the importance of the "Story of Your Wedding Day."

And, by the way, my brides tell me that they really love the way I emotionally tell the story of their wedding day.

SECRET #5: The Truth About Wedding Photographers Revealed. What They Don't Want Me To Tell You!

It is not my intention to say anything bad about any other photographers in the area. I know most of them personally, and count many of them as my friends. However, it is really important that I alert you, in this website to some of the problems that you otherwise would never know about.

Well, here's a "biggie." Most photographers will cram as many weddings into a day as they humanly can. Many times, this means they must rush from your wedding, to get to another, and then rush from that one, to get to another.

This type of photographer just isn't going to be able to capture the EMOTIONS, ROMANCE, LOVE, AND RELATIONSHIPS between you and your husband, (doesn't that sound exciting?! Your "husband!") and also between you and your family and friends. He's just won't have the sensitivity and enthusiasm and love for what he does to be able to capture those feelings. And he won't have the time or energy. You Won't Believe This, But I Assure You, It's True!

For example, I won't mention any names here, but I once heard of a photographer who photographed so many weddings in a single day, that the only way he could remember the names of the bride and groom at each wedding was to write their first names on masking tape, and stick it to the back of his camera! Not only that, but if he had, say five weddings, he would simply stack layers of masking tape on the back of the camera, and as he left one wedding for the next, he would just rip off that layer, and the next couples names were now showing! I swear to you this is true!

By the way, WE ONLY photograph ONE wedding per day. You get us for the ENTIRE DAY. I understand how important this day is to you, and We are there for you!

This also means that We’re rested and energetic. It also means We’re enthusiastic about what We will be doing for you. As I mentioned earlier, We photograph weddings because WE LOVE them, not because we have to do them. And since We only photograph one wedding a day, We’re not tired or "burned out on your important day."

We also limit the number of weddings we do in a year. I want to make sure that I have plenty of time for engagement, bridal, and the mother of the brides last family session, that why we only photograph 30 weddings a year. Also, with 30 out of 52 weekends of the year booked this leaves me plenty of time to take may family on some vacations, and attend some workshops on the latest wedding ideas to refresh my mind.

SECRET #6: A Remarkable Secret To Truly Enjoying Your Wedding Day, And Having It Filled With Wonderful, Emotional Moments!

This is so important! Be sure the photographer you hire has a "team" approach to taking good care of you on your day. This means that he isn't going to be trying to work alone to photograph your important day.

You see, doing a really super, romantic, EMOTIONAL STORY of your day requires a huge amount of planning, care, and effort. More effort than just one person can do.

Let me explain. I will arrive at your wedding with an additional Photographer and Wedding Consultant, Jandra, who also is my wife and partner. She has a HUGE responsibility during the day, and is the true secret to our success in wedding photography. She makes certain that you look fantastic, every minute of the day! Not only will she be taking candid photographs. She'll also be helping you with your dress and flowers, fixing your veil, taking make-up checks, and fixing your train so it is PERFECT for pictures, etc.

Plus, she brings you a drink if you're thirsty in the receiving line. She finds your best friend from college if you ask for her. She helps you in any way she can to assure that you have a wonderful day, as well as wonderful photographs. We are a TEAM. A team that together, guarantees that you, not only have a great time on your wedding day, but also assures you of having PERFECTLY EMOTIONAL photographs!

A HUGE POINT FOR BRIDES-TO-BE:

The Magic Of "E.F.P." On Your Wedding Day! You see, I don't really look at it as "wedding photography," but rather as "Emotional Family Photography created on your wedding day!" It's all the emotions, relationships and personalities of all your friends and relatives, captured in beautiful images for you and your family to cherish for the rest of your lives. After all, isn't that what you really want?

Aren't The People and The Emotions Of Your Life What Matter The Most To You?; because, it's the PEOPLE and the EMOTIONS of your life that are so valuable to you. Yes, you'll also see the beautiful dresses and flowers. Yes, you'll see the lovely ceremony, etc. but more, much more than that. You'll feel the emotions that you and your fiancé feel toward each other and toward your best friends and family members on this magical day. Give your dad when he gives you away! At that very powerful moment in his and your life, you hand him a surprise "Father's Pride" that he carries with him back to the pew, he begins to cry with tears of joy and love! He will be so moved and touched! You and he will never forget it!

The Magic Moment When The Love Of our Life First Sees You!
Or the incredible moment when your fiancé first sees you in your wedding gown - perfect in every way - with your lovely flowers, the beautiful veil and headpiece - everything which you selected specifically for him - as the tears swell up in his eyes, and he tells you how very much he loves and adores you.

Don't miss that moment!

A Magic Moment With Grandma
Or, if you are lucky enough to still have a living grandmother, the lovely moment when she reaches up and puts her arms around you, and with tears in her eyes, tells you how beautiful you look and how much she loves you, and how proud she is of you.
Don't miss that moment!

I could go on and on. Your entire day will be made up of brief, priceless moments like these. Let's make sure first of all that your day is so beautifully organized and planned that these moments truly can happen, and then let's help you to be so stress free, but excited, that you can enjoy and remember these wonderful, magical moments for the rest of your life.
How do we do that?

I'll bet you think I'm going to say that you do this through the photography. Right? Wrong! The way we help these moments happen, and help you remember them, is to help you have a wonderful, romantic and emotional day, a day where everything goes perfectly. As long as we do that, the rest will take care of itself!

That's what Jandra and I will do for you.

Oh, if you ever talk with a photographer who says this to you, run away as fast as you can!

If he says, "Your photographs are all you will have after the wedding is over. Your flowers will be dead, your cake will be eaten, etc. - but you'll have your photographs! They are the most important thing about your wedding!" - then he's NOT the photographer for you! Why not?

Because if he says that, he has a completely false impression of his importance, and will try to run your day and take charge! Don't let that happen! Because the photographs ARE NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING - the romance, emotions and relationships are the most important thing!

You see, the key to having photographs which provide a lifetime of wonderful, lovely memories is not in the photographs themselves, the key is in having a stress free day that enables you to enjoy every precious moment so that, WHEN YOU SEE THE PHOTOGRAGHS, you will be able to REMBEMBER ALL THOSE WONDERFUL MOMENTS - not feel like you are experiencing them for the very first time! This is the difference that Jandra and I want to make on your special day.

SECRET #7: How To Be Assured That You Will Be The Most Beautiful Bride Your Friends Or Relatives Have Ever Seen

You deserve to have a wedding day where you are the most beautiful bride any of your friends or relatives have ever seen. That's the dream of every girl when she begins visualizing her wedding day. And you deserve to have that!
Let's see to it that is exactly what happens! How? Simple. Yes, you will select the perfect dress, headpiece, veil, flowers, shoes, etc.

Yes, you will have your hair and make up done. But it goes much deeper than that.

You see, beauty is also in the way you FEEL on your wedding day. The way your emotions show on your face, and the way you glow when you walk down the aisle and look in the eyes of the love of your life.

Many of my brides will understand this when I say it: When you hire us to photograph your wedding, you're really paying for Jandra and I to be there, to take all the pressures and tensions out of the day for you. You know that we are there, and that we truly care about you, and will help you with EVERYTHING so the day goes perfectly. That's really what our brides are paying us for. The photographs are free. They're just an added "bonus!"

You see, if you, your husband (there's that great word again!), and your family and guests are all having a wonderful time, you will be more beautiful than you have even dreamed you would be. Because there will be no tension there. And, by the way, your photographs will be WONDERFUL, too, because you looked so wonderful and were having such a great time.

See how it all "fits" together to result in a wonderful day, and wonderful photographs? You really can't separate them!

A True Tragic Story Of A Bride And Groom, And What It Means For You.

Let me take a moment to tell you a true story.

Several years ago, I received a phone call from a woman whose wedding I had photographed a couple of years before.

Here's what she said, "Quinn, I just wanted to call you and tell you that my father passed away last night.."

I said, "Oh, Sharon, I'm so sorry."

She said, "We are doing okay, and are fine. But I wanted to know if it would be possible to get that portrait of mom and dad you took at our wedding printed and framed in time for the funeral. It was such a great picture of my dad. We’d like to have it at the visitation. You were really able to catch dad’s personality in that photograph. We are so glad we had you take those images. They mean so much to us especially now since dad is gone.

When she finished speaking, she was crying, and so was I. She had just put into words, what I had not been able to. You see how "Emotional Family Photography" can make your wedding portraits absolutely PRICELESS?

In my humble opinion, the tender fabric of your life is sewn together with beautiful, emotional moments between you and your loved ones, and I want to capture and express all those wonderful moments for you in your wedding volumes - and accomplish this without interfering with the emotions and romance of your wedding day.

Here's What To Do Right Now!

Here's what I strongly recommend you do IMMEDIATELY! Pick up the phone and call Jandra or myself right now. Ask us if we still have your wedding date available. Here's the problem - because we are so well known and respected in the community, and because we ONLY photograph one wedding a day, and because we strictly limit our weddings to no more than 30 each year, it is very possible that we will already be booked for your day.

Simply CALL 913-856-3686. Remember, there is no cost and no obligation just to chat with me.

So DO NOT WAIT EVEN ONE DAY ON THIS! If you agreed with and liked anything in this letter, call us NOW. There is NO CHARGE AND NO OBLIGATION for this call! Let's just chat a bit, see if your date is still available, and then, if and only if you would like to, we can set up a time to get together in person and talk about your wedding. There is no charge or obligation for this, either.

Don’t wait to act on this. A fantastic, happy, and stress-free wedding is just around the corner, and I’m ready to help you achieve it, as well as capture it forever on the magic of film!

Sincerely,

Quinn Hancock
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