Thanks to everyone who came by the booth at yesterday's bridal show at the Embassy Suites. Special thanks to Sarah and Brittany, two of this year's brides, who stopped by during the day and put in a nice word for me here and there. Clearly, if I find out in advance of January's show that I'm going to be surrounded by people distributing cake, punch, a white chocolate fountain and other goodies... I'll have to bring in skewers of shrimp just to get in a word edgewise!
On a more serious note, I noticed some distinct trends in the wedding dates that you were telling me. The number one wedding date for next year is clearly going to be July 11th, or 7/11 for those of you scoring at home. Number two with a bullet on the list is May 30th-- no coincidence that it's the Saturday after the first week teachers are done with school! Some other dates that I heard a lot... July 25th, October 3 & 10, and of course, the big holiday weekends: May 24th (Memorial Day), July 4th, and September 5th (Labor Day). I still have all of those days open, but I don't expect them to last long.
As always, the first bride to get a signed contract and a booking fee to me for that date will get the reservation. Don't get shut out of your big day!
... is getting a chance to meet new brides and share with them my work and explain how I try to cover a wedding. It's such a positive experience, and I get a lot of validation as brides tell me which images speak to them.
So, when I was scheduled to be in Lexington already and a shooting gig got cancelled, I jumped at the opportunity when Kate Webster of Bridal Potpourri asked me if I'd like a booth at their bridal show this weekend. I thoroughly enjoy every aspect of bridal shows (OK, maybe not the transportation of the couch...) and this one was no different. In fact, because so many of you this time were '09 brides, it was more fun, because I only had to tell a handful of people I was booked on their date-- nearly every one of which had either August 2 or October 4.
I'll be calling a number of you tomorrow to let you know if you've won one of the ten 16x20 prints we were giving away, so look out for my call, and make sure you call me as well about when you might want to sit down and discuss your photography needs-- remember, a lot of you were asking about the same dates, so book as quickly as you can!
Some of you asked about copies of my pricelist-- sorry about the trouble I had printing it this morning-- which you can see at http://www.ianlozada.com/pricelist.pdf In addition, you can also see some of my recent work that hasn't hit the website if you find us on Facebook.