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Expertise
Over 27 years specializing exclusively in professional wedding photography. I can answer most questions relating directly to wedding photography concerning the business, film, digital, traditional & digital labs, marketing, effects, pricing & packaging, shooting outdoors and in-studio with multiple flash, color management and creating magazine style wedding albums. I can't answer questions regarding other fields of photography. I am a full-time self-employed professional photographer and also offer wedding video services. I can comprehensively answer most questions regarding portrait and wedding photography. I've operated a custom color and black & white photo lab processing films and photographic prints. I now shoot digital exclusively and process in Photoshop CS3.
Experience in the area
I have over 27 years experience working as a portrait/wedding photographer.
Organizations
Better Business Bureau.
Education/Credentials
School of hard knocks. Self-study. Purchasing all books I can find about portrait and wedding photography and attending photography seminars over the years.
What do you like about this subject?
I simply enjoy creating beautiful photographic images which meet the needs of my clients and which I believe will be enjoyed for many years.
Something controversial or provocative about this subject
By law in ALL states, photographers may only keep the nonrefundable booking fee paid to retain the photographer for a specified date and itemized dollar amount on the contract. Any other money paid on the wedding contract is considered refundable by law especially when they are simply advance payments for wedding albums and any other products.
Average Ratings
Recent Reviews from Users
K = Knowledgeability C = Clarity of Response T = Timeliness P = Politeness| User | Date | K | C | T | P | Comments |
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| Sherry | 09/06/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Many thanks, John. You have cleared up ..... |
| Kaleb | 09/04/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Ahh, I know, I meant to include ..... |
| Sarah | 07/16/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thanks so much, John. You answered my ..... |
| Lela | 06/23/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thank you so much. You answer was ..... |
| Rachel G | 03/24/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Recent Answers from John Wilson
2009-11-21 Advertising Agencies Chattanooga Tennessee:
Advertising agencies can very well be worth the cost of their talent, expertise and price depending upon many different factors. There are several advertising agencies in Chattanooga which do great work
2009-09-22 Online Photography Training Videos:
Hello Bill, Thank you for your question about online photography training videos. There are actually a good number of websites where you may find photography training videos. YouTube has a lot of training
2009-09-06 Raw Photo Processing Wedding Photography:
Hi Shane, Thank you for question about professional camera raw photo lab processing. Actually, I must agree with you that for some photographers doing your own raw processing is the way to go. This
2009-09-05 Flash Color Correction in Wedding Photography:
Hi Sherry, Thank you for a very good photography question. I think that is a very good question because I've seen the work of a LOT of wedding photographers who even charge $3,000+ and their work suffers
2009-09-04 Color Dithering:
Hi Kaleb, I'm sorry but since I can't see any of your images, I can't be for sure what the problem is. Especially since noise is inherently a product of digital images. You say . . . "or how it's processed"
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