My availability in 2007

I would like to anounce my availability schedule for 2007. I do only a limited number of weddings per year and the available dates started runing out. Here is the schedule:

February – was available

March – Available

April – 20 booked
May – 6, 12 booked

June – 16 booked

July – Not Available

August – Not available

September – Available

October – Available

November – Available

December – Not Available

Wedding web site update

I have uploaded an updated version of my wedding web site – http://theoleksandr.com. The update was about consolidating ‘albums’ and ‘packages’ pages into one ‘info’ page with a menu on the top. That menu allows you to access the pages about wedding packages, engagement session information and prints information. Also the wedding package information has been updated with more detailed explanation about each item included in the package.

I also included a few pages about how I edit my images with a few before and after examples. The reason is that I want my clients to see the difference in straight from the camera and post processed images they receive. After a wedding I spend many hours working on those images in order to implement that distinct look and style you can see on my web site. Check it out:

http://theoleksandr.com/example1.html

Some note about getting your prints done professionally. 

Even though you get a disk with your images, I highly recommend to go and place some print orders. Recently, I was using some local print labs to get some prints done and was very disappointed with the quality of prints they produce. The colors, paper quality weren’t just there. I think the reason is that they all are set up to work with a consumer level cameras, which  produce images with a limited gamut of colors. Instead, the professional cameras are set to capture much wider and richer colors. To avoid color clipping, the images from those cameras will benefit if they are printed on professional equipment using professional archival inks and paper. Besides that, the images are sprayed with a protective coating which prevents the colors from fading and make the images last for years. Would it make much sense paying a professional to photograph a wedding in order to get professional quality images and then get them printed in consumer grade lab and expect the high quality prints? I wouldn’t think so.

We’ve got snow!

Yes, and it is a big deal here. It happens not every winter and I was, actually, tired of raining. I had a chance to play with my kid. We were riding down the drive way and he had a lot of fun!

Shall We Dance?

Yesterday I was watching “Shall We Dance?” on cable. I rented this movie before on DVD and, actually, watched it twice. I liked it so much! It is very romantic and passioned movie. It is about mariage, romance and love. It is about beeing happy with another person. You have to see it! My favorite part is when Beverly Clark (Susan Sarandon) talks to private detective:

“We need a witness to our lives. There’s a billion people on the planet … I mean, what does any one life really mean? But in a marriage, you’re promising to care about everything; the good things, the bad things, the terrible things, the mundane things … all of it, all of the time, every day. You’re saying, ‘Your life will not go unnoticed because I will notice it. Your life will not go un-witnessed because I will be your witness.’”

It has a great cast of beautiful actors: Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci. Just rent it and let me know if you liked it.