I’m always humbled when someone takes the time to write me a thank you letter to express their gratitude for my photography. That humbling feeling came again when I received the following note from Jo and Lee, who’s wedding I photographed last month:
Dear Clive, well what an amazing day we had and we hope you enjoyed it too. Thank you so much for your professional, friendly and warm manner. Stunning, Outstanding and Amazing-these are just some of the comments we received about your images. You have given us the most beautiful photographs, to be treasured forever. Thanks again Clive.
After the National Wedding Show over the weekend I received the following e-mail from a couple I’d spoken to:
“Firstly I would like to say a big thank you. Until yesterday we didn’t fully appreciated how amazing photography could look and originally were looking to budget for a £800 wedding package and produce the storybook ourselves. Both my partner, his parents and I loved your work, you really have such a talent, your photos look so natural but yet would not look out of place in a magazine. You see things others don’t and that is really evident in the work we saw yesterday and also on your website since. We also thought you were very approachable and knowledgeable and would really fit in on the wedding day, rather than trying to control the day yourself, like some of the other photographers we saw yesterday.
We are really pleased with the venue we have chosen, and again have decided to spend a little more than originally budgeted as the venue is stunning and really reflects our style. With your photography we really feel you will show the true beauty of the venue and something we can look back at over the years and treasure forever.”
Now, bearing in mind that my standard package starts at almost twice their original budget, after e-mailing further details as requested, their reply e-mail I received today started with the immortal words: “Thank you for your email. Please could you send us a booking form?”
A big thank you to “you-know-who-you-are” for trusting me and allowing me the opportunity to record your special day.
