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Dear
Bride To Be,
Thank you for checking out this web site. 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!)
This
web page is not for every Bride To Be...is it for you?
If you are looking to have an "average" wedding
- one that is stressful and not very organized, one where
the guests hardly get to see you, one where you are so exhausted
that you can hardly smile, one where it seems like you're
constantly putting out "fires" and solving emergencies,
one where "so many things just went wrong"...
Then this web page is not for you. I'm sorry for wasting
your time. Please read no further.
But...
If you're a bride who wants her wedding to be PERFECT,
and the most romantic, beautiful and emotional day of your
life; if you want to enjoy every minute of your day;
if you want to be the most ravishingly beautiful bride your
friends and relatives have ever seen; if you want to
spend wonderful, quality time with your guests; if you
want to remember with happy tears in your eyes all the love,
emotion and joys of the day...
Then
this is going to be the most exciting web site you have ever
gone to - Really!
My name is Larry Harrington, and I LOVE weddings! I've
been photographing them for 23 years - not because I have
to for the money, (I have a successful portrait photography
business that makes me a comfortable living) but rather because
I WANT to, because I love the emotion
and romance of weddings.
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"Larry and Kathy, Wow! What a class act - you both doing the photography at Kelli and Mike's wedding. You are both such kind, caring, wonderful people. We felt blessed just to be in your presence. You treated everyone with respect . . . we couldn't believe that you called everyone by name. We are "Thrilled" with Kelli's pictures, and you told the entire story. You have a gift to make that all happen. It has been fun to hear the comments. People have never seen such an incredible wedding album. Thank you once again for your expertise and more importantly your care and the love you give your clients. God Bless You!"
Sharon and Dave Tranby
Moorhead, MN
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Maybe you've seen some of my photography. I have photographed
over 600 weddings in the past 23 years, and have won nearly
20 state, regional and national awards for top scoring albums
in North Dakota and the Northern Light Photography Region
(North & South Dakota, Minnesota and Manitoba).
Here's
How To Have The Most Magical, Romantic, And Emotional Wedding
Day Of Your Dreams!
If you're still reading, let me congratulate you. This
means you want to be the most beautiful bride anywhere.
You want your wedding to be a wonderfully emotional and romantic
day. You want to have everything go smoothly
and perfectly. You want to have a great
time. You want to see all your guests, and for them to also
have a fun time. Well, here's how to do it:
Here's
7 Secrets To Having The Wedding Of Your Dreams!
SECRET
#1: How To Guarantee Your Wedding Lives Up
To Your Dreams.
Believe it or not, the photographer you select to photograph
your wedding can make or break your wedding day. Yes,
I kid you not, your wedding day - not
just your photographs! Why? Because he's
THERE - with you and your family, in person - interacting
with all your family and guests - and representing you every
minute.
Now, HONESTLY, we're not just talking about
photography here - we're talking about YOUR WEDDING
- how YOU FEEL on your wedding day, and how smoothly
and romantically everything goes. You see, your photographer
determines this, by the way he helps you plan your wedding,
the way he treats you and your loved ones, and the way he
conducts himself throughout the day.
Amazing
Secret Revealed - What Other Wedding Photographers Don't Want
You To Know!
So here's the secret: Meet the photographer - IN
PERSON - before you hire anyone to photograph your
wedding! Most brides don't realize that many studios
hire part time people to photograph their weddings for them
- high school and college kids, friends, relatives, housewives,
etc. This means that you go to a studio, talk with a
salesperson, look at their samples, and make a decision -
without really knowing who will be photographing your
wedding!
And if it's not just the right person doing the photography,
and interacting with all your family and guests, everything
can be ruined!
So,
when you're talking with a potential studio, ask them the
following questions:
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.
4. Please show me a WEDDING ALBUM photographed by this
person.
Then,
when you meet this person (if they will even allow you to
do so!), 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, who do you check with
first to see if there's anything else we would like you to
do, and if it is alright to leave?
6. Do you work from a checklist of photos? (You
NEVER want a photographer who NEEDS a checklist doing your
wedding photography! He or she might spend far too much
time looking at the list, and miss all the wonderful, romantic
and spontaneous moments of your wedding! Any photographer
who is any good won't need to follow a checklist, picture-by-picture.
He or she will KNOW all the photographs that need to be captured.)
Then, decide if you REALLY LIKE THE PHOTOGRAPHER, as well
as his or her work, because this person is going to be spending
a lot of time with you and your family and friends, on your
important day. You want a pleasant person - a friend - to
be at your wedding with you.
By
the way, just so you know, here are my answers to those questions:
I'm the ONLY wedding photographer at my studio. I will
be photographing your wedding personally. I will
dress in a nice suit (NOT A TUX, AND NOT JUST SLACKS, A SHIRT
AND TENNIS SHOES). I don't want to upstage your groom
and groomsmen and the fathers, and I won't dress so casually
that I don't represent you professionally.
I have been photographing weddings, as I mentioned earlier,
for _____ years. Can you fill in the blank? Just
checking to see if you're paying attention! It's 23
years!
I'll be at your wedding until you, your husband (how exciting
- your "husband!"), your parents, and your husband's
parents all say they have nothing else for me to do.
I NEVER will leave your wedding without checking with all
of the above people!
I do use a checklist, but in a very different manner than
most photographers. I personally learn the names and relationships
of all the members of your wedding party, and both families!
I refer to these people by name, and I know their relationship
to you, so I can be constantly watching for those special,
magical and spontaneous moments that will be so meaningful
to you to have photographs of! The checklist is just a backup,
and a way that you can share with me your most special requests
- things that I might not otherwise have known about.
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"Larry,
The images you created for us on Amy and Peter's wedding day are simply
unbelievable. I recently saw a wedding album done by another area
professional photographer and there wasn't even any comparison to what you
do. Your ability to work with large groups of strangers, treat them with
respect and patience, remember all their names, capture precious memories
unobtrusively, and put this all together into a complete wedding story is
truly a special gift. You are worth every dollar we spent. No, that's wrong
–
you are worth far more than you charged us! Please promise me you won't
retire until our other 3 children are married."
Bonnie and Don Legreid
(formerly) Moorhead, MN
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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? What if your photographer arrived late, or left your
wedding before he was supposed to, etc.
This is of the utmost importance! 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, here's our IRON CLAD, BETTER THAN 100% MONEY
BACK GUARANTEE:
You
will be THRILLED (not just 'satisfied') with
how we represented you and your family at your wedding, and
also THRILLED with your photographs, or we will
do whatever necessary to have you be THRILLED with them. If
we can't do that, we will return ALL YOUR MONEY PLUS an additional
$50 as an apology for having failed you! Period. No hard feelings
either. We want you to LOVE everything we do for you - the
photographs, the service, the friendship, EVERYTHING!
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 taken the time to write and tell the photographer
how happy they were with both him, and his work! We're
talking TESTIMONIALS here! 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 says
they said. (That's a hard sentence to read, but you
get the point! Sorry!)
I'm sorry to be so skeptical, but we live in a time when you
have to be really careful to be certain that people are telling
you the truth - THE WHOLE TRUTH!
You will notice that throughout this web page there are photographs
and testimonials from some of the brides and grooms who we
have been honored to work with on their wedding day.
Some of them have allowed me to use their names and the city
in which they live. Others, for reasons of privacy, have requested
that I not put all of this information on the web site. However,
all of these testimonials (and more) are on file at our studio,
for those of you who would like to see them.
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"Dear Larry,
Matthew and I couldn't be more pleased with our wedding photographs.
We had no idea that they would turn out this wonderful. Because of your
professionalism, attention to detail and your amazing wife, Kathy, I didn't
have any concerns about whether our pictures would turn out well. You were
always two steps ahead of the game, and Matthew and I were left to laugh,
visit, worship, become husband and wife, and party all night without even
thinking about getting all of our precious memories recorded because we knew
you were taking care of it."
Kirsten and Matthew VanHorne
Seattle, WA
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SECRET
#4: A 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, there's a really good chance
that he will be compassionate about not ruining the romance,
beauty and emotions of your day. You see, only a
true romantic can truly understand how important this day
is to you, and how perfectly you want it to go.
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.
Several years ago, I heard about a photographer who was so
rude to the bride, the attendants and the families. He used
profanity, was so disrespectful of the church and its property,
and the solemnity of the wedding ceremony, that the Priest
actually BANNED him from ever being allowed to photograph
a wedding in his church again! (He obviously wasn't a romantic
EMOTIONAL STORY TELLER or he wouldn't have ruined the romance
and religious significance of the ceremony - and, of course,
there is NO excuse for profanity!)
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 all the time that they
really love the way I emotionally tell the "Story of their
Wedding Day. That's why I became a wedding photographer -
to tell the wonderful stories of romantic couples in love.
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 this area. I know most of them personally,
and count many of them as very close friends. However, it
is really important that I alert you, in this web site to
some of the problems that you otherwise would never know about.
Well,
here's a "biggie."
Many
photographers will cram as many weddings into a day as they
humanly can. Many times, this means they must rush from one
wedding to get to yours, then cut you short and rush from
your wedding to get to another (hence the 24 photograph package).
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. That photographer 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 either.
You
Probably Won't Believe This, But I Assure You, It's True!
For example, I won't mention any names here, but I once knew
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 even sat in on a convention program once given by a photographer
who photographed 7 weddings in one day (and we were supposed
to be impressed?) - I swear to you this is true!
By
the way, I ONLY photograph ONE wedding per day.
You get me for the ENTIRE DAY. I understand
how important this day is to you, and I am there for you!
A "Wedding Story" doesn't take place in 2 hours of photographing
at the altar. Your "Wedding Story" takes an entire day (and
usually an evening), and I assure you that I can provide you
with that WHOLE STORY by working for ONLY YOU on your wedding
day.
This also means that I'm rested and energetic. It also means
I'm enthusiastic about what I will be doing for you.
As I mentioned earlier, I photograph weddings because I LOVE
them, not because I have to do them. And since I only
photograph one wedding a day, I'm not tired or "burned
out" on your important day.
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 my Creative Director and
Wedding Consultant, Kathy, 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! She's not going to be taking photographs! She's just
going to be helping you with your dress and flowers, fixing
your veil before a photograph so it looks PERFECT, fixing
your train so it is perfect for the photographs, etc. PLUS
she is helping me, with that extra set of eyes, to make sure
each image is as perfect as it can be before it is photographed.
Plus, she'll bring you a drink if you're thirsty. She'll help
find 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; and on, and on, and
on.
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?
"E.F.P." is one of the major things that separates
me from all the other wedding photographers in this area.
I want to capture the love, relationships, personalities,
and emotions of all your family and friends for you to
enjoy and view with happy tears in your eyes for years and
years to come!
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. Yes, FEEL them each
time you view your photographs. That's what I am driven
to do for you!
You see, you want photography that "speaks" to you
with love, emotion, respect, and the glorious feelings you
will be feeling on your wedding day.
You want your photography to "tell the story" of
your wedding day, AND your families and friends.
Many
photographers, bless their hearts, just want to "record
the event and go home."
I want you to cry when you see the photographs!
Cry tears of happiness, because in those photographs are all
the people you and your husband love and care about - showing
their real personalities and emotions like you never dreamed
they would!
So many photographers just want to hurry and get to the next
wedding they are photographing, or get home before midnight.
Don't
Miss The "Emotional Moments" Of Your Day Because
Your Photographer Didn't Have The Vision To See And Capture
Them In A Sensitive, Romantic Way!
Your day will be filled with beautiful "Emotional
Moments" that you will never experience again
in your life. Those "Moments" are what I am
driven to capture for you.
Here are just three examples:
NEW!
An Amazing And Wonderfully Emotional Way To Express Your Love
For Your Dad On Your Wedding Day!
I'm a father (and grandfather!) myself, and I can assure you
that one of the most emotional moments in a dad's life is
when he "gives his little girl away" at the beginning
of your ceremony. Your dad will never forget it.
But now, there's something full of emotional magic that you
can 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, and as he reads your personal message
to him, and looks at the emotional photograph(s) of you in
your wedding gown, he begins to cry with tears of joy and
love!
He will be so moved and touched! You and he will
never forget it!
Don't miss that moment!
The
Magic Moment When The Love Of Your Life First Sees You!
That 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. We help you to plan
this magical moment, bringing you together in a very special
way. When the tears well up in his eyes, and he tells you
how very much he loves and adores you, you will not only remember
this moment for the rest of your life, but it is a perfect
way to begin your wedding day together.
We've seen some situations lately where a well-meaning wedding
coordinator or bride's maid tries to do this special meeting,
and they just don't get it. This special occasion is not the
same when two people are just thrown together without the
proper planning. Nobody does it quite like Kathy and me.
Don't miss that moment!
A
Magic Moment With Grandma
Or, if you are lucky enough to still have a living grandparents,
the lovely moment when grandma reaches up and puts her arms
around you, touches your face 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 Kathy 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 a photographer says, "Your photographs are the most important
thing about your wedding!" - then he's probably 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! Photographs ARE NOT
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING - the romance, emotions and relationships
are the most important thing! A great photographer will be
able to capture all the great moments, without detracting
from the magic of your 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 Kathy 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 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!
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 Kathy or me 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 between
25 and 30 each year, it is very possible that we will already
be booked for your day.
SIMPLY
CLICK
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for the phone number to my studio. Remember, there's
no cost and no obligation just to chat with us.
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.
I
HAVE A FREE GIFT FOR YOU!
If You Will Just Call Us On The Telephone To "Chat"
And We Have Your Wedding Date Available,
We Should Then Get Together To Visit In Person.
You will be able to meet us, visit and see samples of the
wedding photography we have done for other clients. When we
meet for this visit, we will give you, absolutely free,
a copy of "The EVERYTHING Wedding Etiquette Book." -a
professional book that will answer all your questions about
how to handle the stickiest situations at your wedding!
This powerful Guide walks you through all the major important
decisions you need to know about concerning your wedding,
to help it go really smoothly and beautifully. CLICK
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to find out more about this fantastic guide book!
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!
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to call me right this second!!
Sincerely,
Larry L. Harrington, CPP, Cr. Photog
Certified Professional Photographer
Photographic Craftsman
PS. Call us today to see if we even have your date still
available! There is no charge or obligation for you
to call us. We will just "chat" a bit on the
phone, and give you some great pointers that will be helpful
to you, whether you decide to come in and talk with us in
person or not.
We love talking about weddings! Call us today to see
if we even have your date still available. If we are still
available to photograph your wedding and you come in to visit
with us, you will get your free copy of the $7.95 Wedding
Planning Guide, "The EVERYTHING Wedding Etiquette
Book."
P.P.S. - STILL NOT READY TO CALL? That's okay.
I can still give you some more secrets FOR FREE in the mail.
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