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You  will visit many website and speak with a number of photographers before making your decision.

I have been a Professional Wedding Photographer for over 25 years. I have photographed over 1300 weddings.

My style for most of those years was the "traditional" coverage of a wedding day.

We went to wherever the Bride was getting ready, photographed her having makeup applied , pictures with her bridesmaids, and family, then off to the church.

We after the ceremony, we photographed the Families, Bridal Party, and then of course the Bride and Groom.

Then, off to the reception.

Nothing has changed about the actual wedding day itself. All the events of the day are exactly the same today as they were 25 years ago.

What has changed, is the Camera. Over the past 10 years Digital cameras have allowed "anyone" to join our profession and call themselves Wedding Photographers. Since you are doing this for the first, and hopefully last time in your life, you might like a little different perspective than what you will see all over the web.

Most of the "new generation" photographers, cannot create a Portrait. They have never taken the time to learn that skill. Since everyone likes to think posed images are all stiff and awkward, these "newbies" use words that sound great, and disguise their lack of skill.

Case in point. "Documentary Style", "I like to stay back and observe from afar, and then capture the natural expressions", "No controlled intimidating posing". When these newbies use those terms, they make my skill seem old, or something to be afraid of.

They use "off the shelf" Flash websites, add music and hope you won't look to closely at what is "missing". As you can see, I don't rely on those gimmicks. You are purchasing photography for your wedding, not a musical website. I show you my photography. You don't need the distractions.

In response, and since you don't get a second chance, I will tell you about what I do, and what you can expect from me.

Yes, I now have the same ability to create all the natural, photojournalistic style images everyone is telling you about, you see it in the Gallery Presentations.

But, I have a skill they don't have. I recently visited a website of a "Documentary Style" photographer who boasted that she didn't pose her clients. Yet, there was no doubt she "directed them into poses". They were poorly contrived, awkward, and didn't do a thing to flatter the clients.

I teach other photographers how to create portraits that are natural "looking", and while you might not realize it, the more posing skill that is applied, the more natural and relaxed you will look. And you will look great also!!!

I teach other Photographers how to improve their skills.

I have coined a phrase I tell my students. "Just because you don't know about something, don't think it does not exist."

As presented to the students, it means, "Just because you didn't know there was a way to pose and light your subjects correctly, and create flattering portraits for them, doesn't mean the knowledge does not exist, and that you should ignore it".

For you it means...there is more to having pictures of your shoes, peoples, feet, parts of dresses, cakes, flowers, black and white pictures with colored flowers we all create in Photoshop, a few images of people laughing, and those are not a guarantee, you have to hope someone laughs while the photographer is looking at them, etc....you just didn't know it existed.

I don't rely on "hope"...when you come back from your honeymoon, I don't want to have to tell you "Your wedding just didn't have the animation of those wedding samples I showed you, sorry, you just have a bunch of snapshots of flowers and feet, and lots of pictures of the kids"

I create beautiful, artistic, timeless, classic portraits, of my brides and grooms. I have to admit, I will not work from afar. I have learned over 25 years, that I have to help my clients through the day. I do this every week, you do it once. You need some guidance to stay on schedule.

I don't bother putting testimonials on my website, while all my clients are satisfied, who would ever think of placing non flattering testimonials on a website.

So while my clients would tell you the loved their images, everyone does, no matter who photographed their wedding, my clients always seem to say something like this...

"Until we saw our wedding pictures, we thought all the beautiful samples your displayed were just that, the best of your work. But, you made us look as beautiful, natural, and relaxed as all the people look in all your samples."

I guess what I am trying to convey to you is, don't be afraid of the concept of a skilled professional who actually knows how to "pose" you so you will LOOK natural and relaxed, versus an untrained person who tells you, "you don't want to be posed"...only because they lack the skills to do it correctly.

If you only want photojournalism, I am not your first choice. If you want a combination of my Captured Moments Images and beautiful, flattering creative compositions and portraits, you will be making the right decision in hiring me to photograph your wedding day.

Our industry is beginning to turn back toward the traditional photography styles. Brides are tired of seeing hundreds of images of "snapshots" of their wedding day, that could have been created by their friends and relatives. They are beginning to realize there are more images they would like to see, but the photojournalists can't create them.

My Educational Photography Workshops are booming. The photojournalist photographers are ordering my Posing and Lighting DVD's every day. It is a sad thing to report to you, but our industry is overrun by people who decide to become wedding photographers, book weddings, then frantically try and learn the skills to actually do the job.

I already have the skills.

I even have a few DVD's that might interest you if photography is your hobby. www.bobkahnworkshops.com

And I will add one more comment. My rates do not exceed $3500. I am not going to play the game "If I charge a lot of money, they will think I must be good". I personally believe $3500 s a fare amount of money to pay for my skills. I like to be busy. If I charge an exorbitant amount I will have less weddings to photograph. I cannot stay at the top of my game by photographing a handful of $15,000 wedding a year.

That is my story. I hope it helps you make the right decision, and that may not be me, but you will now have more "information" to use to make that decision.

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Bob Kahn