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What are your memories worth? | Jewish Wedding Photography

It’s obviously an integral part of our work. We’re clearly dealing with it all the time, but it’s been on my mind more than usual lately. What are your memories worth? How much should you invest in your photography, which lasts a lifetime?

Your wedding is one of the most costly endeavors you take on as a couple, until you marry off your own children and make iy”H many more weddings. We know they’re expensive, and we’re not about to fool anyone into thinking that hiring us will help you fulfill your perfect-wedding-that-didn’t-cost-a-dime dream.

But I’m writing to bring up what we as a couple, think is important in the whole engagement to wedding to marriage beginning. The diamond, and the wedding photography. They are inherently valued, and last forever. The hall is forgotten, the food digested, and the flowers wilt, but your wedding images will be something you can enjoy throughout your years together. Of course, I am not saying that the other aspects of a wedding do not enhance the simcha and pleasure of a wedding. They also enhance your images! However, we understand that it isn’t uncommon to be on a budget, and that some  may need to make a cut here or there. Don’t make it photography. Cut your budget somewhere else. You know what our clients on a budget tell us? They say, “We want to hire you because even though we can’t afford more now, we want to be able to invest in more [products] later. If we get everything now at a price we can afford, we won’t have the quality to work with that we’ll have if we hire you.”

All this is coming from the perspective of a husband and wife who have about 3-5 (actual figures) images that we’re happy with from our own wedding, see my blog post on “What I would have done differently for {my Wedding}”. It’s only one day, and the images are what you have left to tell of it.

But that’s just our opinion. Make your choice by visiting www.laibelschwartz.com.

For more information about our packages and pricing, please contact us at either us@laibelschwartz.com or 845-418-2527.

All my best,

Chana

Feature Detail: Rings | Jewish Wedding Photography

Nothing but nothing is like a diamond ring.

‘Ah, THE RING.

A diamond engagement ring is the traditional symbol of true love and lifetime commitment.

It matters not a smidgen how large the diamond is.

What does matter, however, are the aesthetic qualities that always make your ring a joy to behold.

Over a lifetime a woman looks at her ring a million times.’

-Tiffany & Co.

See the eye candy below. A little inspiration perhaps?

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What I would have done differently for my Wedding |Jewish Wedding Photography

We’ve all made choices. Lots and lots of them. The little ones like, “Should I order the Handmade Gnocchi with Chicken & Duck Confit, or the Braised Short Ribs with Mashed Yams & Braised Kale?”, have never been my forte. Who could choose between such luscious sounding foods? But the big choices are just that, they’re big. It’s important which man you marry, and which city you live in. Those are not ‘ordered’ as quickly as the former. But how about your wedding choices? This dress or that one. An all white bouquet, or a warm red one with accents of blue and yellow? Your photography? Ah, the photography.

It. is. important.

We had no choice, we used the photographer we could, and that’s that. Would I have made a different choice? Definitely. Could I have taken control of it? It just isn’t clear. But one thing is for sure, we wish we had better images of our own wedding day. It doesn’t go away. It haunts me all the time (okay, maybe just a little more since I am a wedding photographer).

What are we doing about it? Taking stellar baby portraits all-the-time. At least our baby can have his milestones recorded in beautiful, transcending images. The kind that matter; documenting his “firsts”, his outings (with us of course), and those times he just looks cute.

What should you do? Hire a good wedding photographer. See my post about what your memories are worth, to be posted ASAP.

For more pricing and information, contact us at us@laibelschwartz.com or 845-418-2527.