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Weddings
Your photos will be a storybook of memories to friends, family and most importantly, your love for each other. We specialize in creating memorable moments, filled with emotion, affection and lasting impressions. By capturing each spontaneous and beautiful moment, the result is a collection of images that is as unique and individual as you are. The magic of your wedding day is something that you will share and enjoy for generations to come. Our wedding coverage is custom tailored to fit your needs.

Bridal Portraits




The Bridal Session is once again comprised of two elements… The photography and the selection. The photography session is scheduled about three weeks before your wedding. This allows the time to have a complete dry run in your dress. Occasionally, a groom is included in this session. It is highly recommended but not required. The bride’s necessity for a separate portrait session is due the complexity of wedding gowns. Think of this session as finishing school. It gives you time to get familiar with your dress and with the poses that would be most flattering to the style you selected.

During our session you will get a chance to see how your dress will wear. Your dress can wear differently when you wear it in a situation that is physically more challenging than in standing in front of a alteration expert’s mirror. Often enough a bride will return to have a second final fitting for subtle but important alterations. A blown hem or a less functional length can distract you from what is most important the day of the wedding. It can distract you from having fun. (Remember, a seamstress is a crucial member of your wedding team.)

Whether we go on location or create in studio we will make a variety of stylings for you to preview. Once again we will take you through a variety of styles and postures to determine the best light in which to photograph you. Together we decide. We both want to make sure you will look your best at your wedding and in our images.

When attending your Bridal Session, you should bring a person who will be at your wedding. Having a close friend with you to help you with your clothes at your bridal session is advised. However, if that is not possible, or if you are unable to, please do inform us. At your request, we may be able to arrange for an assistant to help with your dress.

The bridal portrait preview must be scheduled as close to the portrait session as possible to allow for quality production of the final image. Remember, the portrait you receive for the session has no direct costs associated to it. We display a single image from both sessions for several reasons. Most couples identify the marketing value of this. But believe it or not the reason we began displaying images at weddings was that it created an air of cooperation. This display develops the final relationship that will make for a successful wedding. When your guests see the wonderful portraits on display, it fosters a trust that we will do the same for them in any of the photographs that they may be in. Guests will also realize that we are there for you and the photography is an important element in your wedding.

One of the biggest concerns a bride may have is keeping the groom from seeing any of the bridal portraits prior to the wedding. Even if the final interview is scheduled immediately following the bridal portrait preview, we will sequester the groom and display with caution. It is easily managed. In general, the standard in today’s weddings is that the groom may not see the bride in her dress prior to the ceremony. If you wish to see each other prior to the ceremony, remember we are here for you.

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Engagement Photos

The Engagement Session is the time when your photographer begins building a friendship and a trust that will assist him in understanding the nuances of your personalities. This friendship creates an intuitive understanding that only a friend can have. This intuition is what sets us apart. We get emotionally involved with our work and it shows. This allows us to become part of the day. The traditional photographer is more likely to break up the wedding by stopping moments to consult with you instead of seamlessly flowing through the day. Our style is more invisible. We know when to enter into your awareness and when to remain outside, capturing moments in the light that they occur. You and your guests are less likely to freeze up when we enter a situation because you will only notice your friend with a camera is there, not just an outsider. A wedding is the coming together of all friends and family to celebrate in unity. We will join in as a member of the celebration. As a friend we can enter in and out of your attention span with hardly a notice. Our goal is to blend in with your event so that you cannot separate the final images with your experience. Our engagement portrait process is the foundation of our relationship, which fosters our favorite and most frequent compliment, “your work is so beautiful and we hardly knew you were there.” Regardless of any trepidation to having your pictures taken, you will enjoy the time we spend together.

The second half of the Engagement Session is the selection process. You will work with our Portrait & Album Designers. They will guide you through the selection process and discuss the details of your preferences. Our Designers will relate your visual preferences back to your photographer. Your photographic selections will be crafted and delivered to you in a timely fashion. This is the process by which you will preview and select your bridal portrait and design your album.

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The Ceremony


Your decision to choose Custom Minds Photography was made based on our talent, our professionalism and our personality. Our process requires a team effort. We find joy in the unique qualities expressed by each individual couple we work with. The individuality of our final product is what drives us to pursue our craft. Each wedding is a new day… a new experience… and a new expression for us. Each wedding is a new canvass and our camera our paintbrush. While our style may be recognizable, we enjoy exploring the range of our talent and producing a “one of a kind” album. Your wedding album is the art gallery that displays our work. We will guide you and make creative suggestions for the display of our work, but the final decisions for the gallery are yours. Our uniqueness is found in the telling of your story through our art. Your album is not only a reflection of our ability, but of your personality. The process by which we develop our concept and understanding of you is indelible. This is the process that generates our renowned work. A long time ago we made the decision to become part of our product. As artists, our hearts go into our work and our process is part of our artistry. Removing part of our process would remove our artistry and the reason you selected us, thus removing our style. Remember, we are who we are. Our joint efforts will create an enjoyable experience. We look forward to a friendship that will assist us in creating your future memories.

And maybe… just maybe… you will hang our art on your refrigerator.

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