3 O’Clock Wedding

The countdown to your big day has started, you’ve decided on the date and the venue, so what’s next?  Well, one of the next things that you have to decide upon is the photographer.  It’s important that you make the right choice as you want your wedding photographs to be perfect, there’s no second chances here!

I spent a long time researching wedding photographers before I chose Bella Pictures for my wedding and I can tell you that I wasn’t disappointed with my choice in the slightest.

All About Bella Pictures

Bella Pictures has taken the wedding photography industry by storm since its inception in 2004, this is largely due to its extremely innovative services and friendly staff.  Bella Pictures was formed by a team of professionals with backgrounds in photojournalism, e-commerce and marketing.  The main objective of Bella Pictures is to provide superior quality wedding photography.  They truly believe that every wedding, and every couple by extension, is unique and it shows in their customer relations and the end product i.e. your wedding photographs!

Awards

Bella Pictures is highly recognized in the wedding photography industry and has won several awards from the KNOT Best Of Weddings 2008, Best Of City Search 2008, Photo District News Top Knots and is a certified member of Here Comes The Guide.  Bella Pictures is also the preferred wedding photographer for Marriott Hotels & Resorts and Renaissance Hotels & Resorts.

Pricing And Packages

Bella Pictures has on offer six different packages, from the Simplicity package that’s priced at $1,950 to the Elegante package that’s priced at $5,500.  We went for the mid-range Classico package, this was priced at $3,300 and was well worth the money.

Here’s what the Classico package includes:

*One Bella Certified Photographer for up to 8 hours.
*Unlimited photographs.
*Custom album design.
*DVDs containing your digital negatives.
*Ability to view your photographs online.
*Three 8″ x 10″ archival-quality prints.
*Three 5″ x 7″ archival-quality prints.
*Basic photo retouching on up to 5 images.

The albums that you receive are as follows:

*9.5″ x 13″ Modern Italian Book with 30 pages.
*10″ x 10″ Classic Flush-Mount Heirloom Album with 30 pages.

You also get to choose one of the following premier options:

*Upgrade to a 12″ x 12″ Classic Flush-Mount Heirloom Album or 10″ x 10″ Classic Matted Album.
*Add 10 more pages to your album.
*Add a custom-designed DVD montage (3 copies).
*Add an engagement/bridal session.
*Add two 30-page clone parent books.
*Add four 30-page clone mini parent books.
*Artistic photo retouching services on up to 10 images and $100 extra print credit.
*$400 deluxe print credit to apply towards prints or other print-related merchandise.

$3,300 is a lot of money but I can truly say that this package was worth every penny!

For details of the other packages visit the Bella Pictures website.

What Will Happen?

You will be assigned your very own Photography Planner, they will be there to guide you through every step of the arrangements.  You’ll tell them your vision for the day, they will spend time with you and get a feel for your personalities.  Based on the information that you’ve given them, they’ll choose the perfect photographer for you.  Then 60 days before your wedding day they’ll present you with their choice of photographer.  You’ll get to speak to the chosen photographer shortly afterwards. 

Some people stress about the fact that you don’t get to speak to your photographer until a few weeks before your wedding day but we found this to be no problem at all.  Our Photography Planner sat with us for 3 hours and came away knowing exactly what we wanted.  Once she’d picked our photgrapher, we were presented with samples of his previous work to look at (which we loved) and then we confirmed that we were happy with her choice.  However, if you aren’t happy with the choice of wedding photographer, you can ask for another photographer but I’m pretty sure that you’ll be happy with your Photography Planner’s choice. 

Our Photography Planner was so lovely, we felt relaxed in her presence and we weren’t scared to tell her exactly what we wanted in the way of photography for our special day.  She always returned our calls and e-mails straight away and was there for us every step of the way.  It was the same with our photographer, as well as being a professional photographer, he was also a really nice guy who put us totally at ease.  I spoke to him on the phone several times before the wedding, often for long periods of time, so when we met him on the day it was like meeting an old friend!

The Pictures

The pictures were outstanding, they really were amazing!  Our photographer captured the mood of our wedding perfectly, he took all the shots that we’d asked for and more.  He got on with everyone but was extremely professional at the same time, we couldn’t fault him at all.

I always recommend Bella Pictures to my friends and I recommend them to you too.  You won’t be disappointed!