Your Picture Perfect Wedding: A Bride's Personal Guide To Wedding Photography In The New Millennium [Paperback]

Galina Vitols (Author), Mia Johnson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 22, 2007

From technique to inspiration, format to final product, Your Picture Perfect Wedding offers everything a bride will need when planning her wedding photography.

Editorial Reviews

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I do think its a great idea to educate brides about wedding photography. As a professional photographer myself, I was appalled by some of the things I read in bridal magazines when I was planning my wedding.

A national magazine actually had a photographer write that you should tell your photographer that you'll only give them 20 or 30 minutes for formals, and you don't want any more time than that taken up. No wonder so many brides aren't pleased with their end results. There really is a need for such education. Because brides can read the book and learn the differences in what they may be seeing as they shop around, they don't have to feel that they're only hearing one side of a story, its a more unbiased look at the differences in wedding photography, and a great educational tool. since so many people are wired to the Internet. -- Diane Berkenfeld, Editor PTN (Photo Trade News)

Your Picture Perfect Wedding is a highly entertaining, fact-filled manual for the bride-to-be. Written with an inviting style and covering a great deal of valuable territory, it is as entertaining as it is informative. While most of your sage advice applies to every bride to be, some references and examples will most likely resonate more with well-to-do brides-to-be.

As for your Web promo, wow! It got me wanting to buy a copy and I already have one! You both are masters at communicating your message clearly, with high-impact excitement, and a lot of fun. -- Alice B. Miller, Editor, Studio Photography

About the Author

Galina Vitols is an award-winning wedding photographer and the founder of Upscale Photo. As a former fashion designer and an artist more than twenty years of photo experience, Galina is the last word in how to best capture the beauty and individuality of a wedding. A resident of Miami, FL, her work takes her nationally and internationally.Mia. D. Johnson is a seasoned international bridal industry writer, who is co-founder of I Do...A creative consultant to brides for over 16 years, Johnson lives near Dallas, Texas.

Product Details

• Paperback: 60 pages
• Publisher: BookSurge Publishing (January 22, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1419624954
• ISBN-13: 978-1419624957
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,972,049 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Your Picture Perfect Wedding" truly lives up to its title, May 7, 2007

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This review is from: Your Picture Perfect Wedding: A Bride's Personal Guide To Wedding Photography In The New Millennium (Paperback)

In "Your Picture Perfect Wedding", award winning wedding photographer Galina Vitols has teamed up with seasoned writer for national bridal publications Mia Johnson to provide non-specialist general readers with a thoroughly 'bride & groom friendly' guide for selecting exactly the right wedding photographer for their very special day. Weddings are such important occasions that a lot of money and planning go into them, vows are exchanged, and a sanctioned life-time commitment put into effect. It's the photographs taken in documenting this very special event that provide a kind of family heirloom and one that can never simply be re-done if not accomplished properly the first time. "Your Picture Perfect Wedding" lays out all the steps to evaluate and secure an appropriate photographer, the kinds of pictures to expect and require, even what to do with those photos that provide a visual record of such an important and memorable occasion. There's even a terrific chapter on 'Finding Love and Great Wedding Photographs - The Second Time Around'. "Your Picture Perfect Wedding" truly lives up to its title and is enthusiastically recommended reading for anyone contemplating matrimony.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Your Picture Perfect Wedding, March 19, 2007

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Paulette Duke (Baton Rouge, LA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Your Picture Perfect Wedding: A Bride's Personal Guide To Wedding Photography In The New Millennium (Paperback)

This book is amazing! I am recommending it to all the girls I know who are planning a wedding. It covers everything and things you normally wouldn't think about until it is too late. It is written in a refreshing context and you can tell these two young ladies love what they do! I highly recommend this book to all upcoming brides and their mothers. Thank you so much for sharing in you knowledge and doing it in such an entertaining presentation. A must read!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One Of The Most Comprehensive Wedding Photography Books Ever Written!, February 20, 2007

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Wedding Planning Guru (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Your Picture Perfect Wedding: A Bride's Personal Guide To Wedding Photography In The New Millennium (Paperback)

It is truly a book for both brides and wedding photographers. Its step-by-step helpfulness and personal commentary has you feeling like you're actually having a personal dialogue with two people who know their subject thoroughly. It is beautifully edited and written, the pictures are incredible and both Mia and Galina treat the reader with a much appreciated honesty and respect, something that seems to be missing in most 'how to' books of this day and age. Both Galina and Mia stress the importance of teamwork, trust and a best laid out plan for both wedding photographer and bride and they couldn't have made the subject of wedding photography any simpler to understand. Brides should never see a wedding photographer without reading this book first. It should be required reading for every bride-to-be. A truly magnificent and entertaining read!