Telling Your StoryAs a photojournalist, I think the most memorable

pictures from any landmark event in a person’s life are those that are candid, unobtrusively taken, and tell a story.

My wedding albums tell those stories. The books are a cohesive package that weave their way through your wedding day. I work hard to see the big events, and the little ones, that make up your special day.

My training and experience as a photojournalist gives you an entirely different interpretation from the traditional wedding photographer. I see things going on behind the scenes others don’t. Emotions. Quiet moments. Tender moments. I capture those moments.

All Digital ServiceMy extensive experience with digital cameras and

printing digital photos allows me to offer you what I consider to be a better alternative to film. I’ll shoot your wedding digitally, edit the best 100

photos, and print those photos at 4x6 size. I’ll produce a CD for you to use as you like. It will have a webpage of photos for you to browse, and high-resolution pho-tos for you to take to the photo lab for enlargements. I can also produce a beautiful hardbound book of

your selections of the best photos. These books are of impressive quality and are available at a price much more afforable than a traditional print photo albumn. See my website, www.lavrakas.com, for more wedding galleries.

Bells Are Ringing...

Capturing The Moments On Your Wedding Day

Photos above: Zoi Maroudas married Andreas Tziolas in a beautiful outdoor ceremony at Point Woronzof on a gorgeous Alaska summer day.

Looking at the options for wedding photos services can be confusing. To explain my fees as simply as possible:

• My Day Rate is $1500. This incudes 8 hours of work, a CD of all the photos for you to browse, and the best 100 photos at 4x6 print size.

• Day Rate hours include pre-wedding preparation (meeting with principals and

discussion of wedding day plan), scoping ceremony and reception location, early arrival on the wedding day, wedding day photography, and delivery of photos.

• No other rate is offered. Additional hours over 8 are billed at $150 per hour.

• If client wants a 75-print iBook, add to the total $150 for the first book, $100 for additional books.

• There is a $500 deposit fee of the Day Rate at time of hire and acceptance of contract. Balance due on receipt of processed photos/book.

• In the event of postponement or cancellation of the wedding, contract deposit fee is non-refundable.

• I take the utmost care with respect to the exposure, development and delivery of the photographs. However, in the event I am unable to comply with the terms of this contract, due to any event or act out of my control, my liability is limited to the return of the deposit.

Jim Lavrakas • Far North • Photography2667 Wesleyan DriveAnchorage, AK 99508907-333-8044jlav@gci.net

www.lavrakas.com

Explaining My Fees

Far North

Weddings

These books have hard-bound covers and m

ultiple pictures per page. I can create an iB

ook with up to 75 photos spread across 40 pages. T

he quality of both the printing and the binding is excellent.

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After you

receive the 4x6 prints from

your w

edding, you em

ail me a list of photograph num

bers of your choices and I then as-sem

ble your book. These books are $150 for the first book, and $100 for

additional copies.

Technology of the 21st Century offers am

azing options for capturing and preserving the high points of your life. D

igital photography allows m

e to shoot numerous photo-

graphs (usually over 1000) of your w

edding, w

ithout the cost of film

and pro-cessing. A

home-

based computer

allows m

e to edit your photos so they are perfect-ly cropped and color-corrected. W

eb-based printing allows

me to create a printed book, called an iB

ook, for less than the cost of a traditional album

.

Your W

edding Day in a Book