Dear Bride To Be,

    Thank you for checking out this website.  And congratulations on your engagement!  How exciting and romantic!  Now, let’s guarantee you have a fantastic and romantic wedding day - full of love, emotion and beauty!  (Believe it or not, that does take some planning!)

    If you are looking to have an “average” wedding - one that is stressful and not very organized, one where the guests hardly get to see you at the reception, one where you are so exhausted that you can hardly smile.  One where it seems like you’re constantly putting out “fires” and solving emergencies.  One where “so many things just went wrong”...

    Then this information is not for you.  I’m sorry for wasting your time.  Please read no further.

But...

    ...if you’re a bride who wants her wedding to be PERFECT, and the most romantic, beautiful and emotional day of your life; if you want to enjoy every minute of your day;  if you want to spend wonderful, quality time with your guests;  if you want to remember with happy tears in your eyes all the love, emotion and joys of the day...

    Our names are John and Christine Randall, and WE LOVE to create beautiful wedding albums!  We’ve been photographing weddings for a combination of 28 years – we’ve chosen to photograph weddings because we enjoy creating wonderful, lasting memories for our brides.  We love knowing that your favorite memories of your special wedding day were created by us.  We love seeing the excitement in a bride face as she relives her wedding day through the album that we’ve created!    

We love the emotion and romance of photographing weddings. 

    If you’re still reading, let me congratulate you.  This means you want to be the most beautiful bride anywhere.  You want your wedding to be a wonderfully emotional and romantic day.  You want to have everything go smoothly and perfectly,   You want to have a great time. You want to see all your guests, and have them also have a fun time.  Well, here’s how to do it:

~Joanna and Ron Perez
Chicago, IL

    Believe it or not, the photographer you select to photograph your wedding can make or break your wedding day.  Yes, I kid you not, your wedding day - not just your photographs!  Why?  Because he’s THERE - with you and your family, in person - interacting with all your family and guests - and representing you every minute. 

    Now, HONESTLY, we’re not just talking about photography here - we’re talking about YOUR WEDDING - how YOU FEEL on your wedding day, and how smoothly and romantically everything goes.  You see, your photographer determines this, by the way he helps you plan your wedding, the way he treats you and your loved ones, and the way he conducts himself throughout the day.

Amazing Secret Revealed - What Other Wedding Photographers Don’t Want You To Know!

    So here’s the secret:  Meet the photographer - IN PERSON - before you hire anyone to photograph your wedding!  Most brides don’t realize that many studios hire part time photographers to photograph their weddings for them -  college kids, construction workers, friends, relatives, etc.  This means that you go to a studio, talk with a salesperson, look at their samples, and make a decision - without really knowing who will be photographing your wedding!

    And if it’s not just the right person doing the photography, and interacting with all your family and guests, everything can be ruined! 

    So, when you’re talking with a potential studio, ask them the following questions:

    1.  Who did these photographs you are showing me?

    2.  Who, by name, will be photographing our wedding if we hire your studio?

    3.  We want to MEET this person, BEFORE we hire your studio.

    Then, when you meet this person, ask him or her the following questions:

    1.  How will you dress at my wedding?

    2.  Did you do ALL the samples of wedding photography we saw in the sample books?  If not, show us YOUR work, please.

    3.  How long have you been photographing weddings?

    4.  How long will you be at my wedding?

    5.  Do you work from a checklist of photos?  (You NEVER want a photographer who needs a checklist doing your wedding photography!  He’ll spend all his time looking at the list, and miss all the wonderful, romantic and spontaneous moments of your wedding!  Any photographer who is any good won’t need to follow a checklist - he or she will KNOW all the photographs that need to be captured.)

    Then, decide if you REALLY LIKE THE PHOTOGRAPHER, as well as his or her work!  Because this person is going to be spending a lot of time with you and your family and friends, on your important day.

    By the way, just so you know, here’s our answers to those questions:

    We are the ONLY photographers at our studio.  We will be photographing your wedding personally.  We will dress in a nice suit  (NOT A TUX, AND NOT JUST SLACKS AND A SHIRT!  We don’t want to take anything away from the wedding party, and we also don’t want to dress casually, and not represent you professionally.)

    We don’t use a checklist.  Instead, we learn the names and relationships of all the members of your wedding party, and both families!  We refer to them by name, and  know their relationship to you, so we can be constantly watching for those special, magical and spontaneous moments that will be so meaningful to you to have photographs of!

    This seems so obvious, and yet brides miss this one all the time, and pay a BIG PRICE for it after their wedding!  Be sure the photographer has lots of happy brides and grooms, who have taken time to write and tell the photographer how happy there were with both him, and his work!  We’re talking TESTIMONIALS here!  FROM REAL PEOPLE.

    Sorry to be so skeptical, but we live in a time in history when you have to be really careful to be certain that people are telling you the truth. 

    You will notice that throughout this letter are photographs and testimonials from some of the brides and grooms whom we have been honored to work with on their wedding day. 

“The two of you were so terrific! Everything was so wonderful, and we really adore our photographs. I look at my wall portrait every day and smile! If anyone is ever hesitating to hire you, simply have them give us a call!! We’ll tell them how thrilled we are!”

~Janette and Robert Thibeault
Foxboro, MA

    One of the things that you really want to look for in your photographer, is someone who is an EMOTIONAL STORY TELLER!  An artistic photographer whose images combine to tell the EMOTIONAL STORY of your family, your friends, and your wedding day.  This is really important, if you are looking for photographs which will be PRICELESS to you for years and years to come!

    And here’s why this is so important!  If an artist is an EMOTIONAL STORY TELLER, there’s a really good chance that he will be compassionate about not ruining the romance, beauty and emotions of your day.  You see, only a true romantic can truly understand how important this day is to you, and how perfectly you want it to go.

     The advantage to our studio is that you will have both a man and womans different point of view to photograph your special day.  With Christine photographing your pre-bridal portraits (Christine:  “I love all of the emotion that goes on at the house before the wedding.  The tension, the happiness, the excitement-Wow, there is so much going on!  I love capturing all of these emotions in my photographs, for the bride to always remember.”)  Then you will have John’s specialty,  his artistic composition, to make your portraits really stand out from the norm. (John: I enjoy  placing the couples in situations where they can be spontaneous, and then capturing them while they show their true feelings for each other.”)  

    And a true romantic will be sensitive to NOT INTERFERING WITH THE EMOTIONAL ROMANTIC FLOW OF YOUR DAY!

    So, looking for a romantic, EMOTIONAL STORY TELLER, who will beautifully tell the story of your love for each other, and for your family and friends, will also result in someone who will respect you and your wishes, and conduct himself in only the most professional and friendly way, because he understands in the most intimate way, the importance of the “Story of Your Wedding Day.”

    And, by the way, our brides tell me that they really love the way we emotionally tell the story of their wedding day.

“We wanted to let you know how much we enjoyed working with you both. It was the most important time in our lives and we felt that you both captured the very emotion and experience we were feeling. We were so pleased with our pictures and album. Flipping through each page takes us to a moment during the day and just seems to say so much without saying anything at all. We know we will forever cherish them. Thanking you from our hearts for making it special and taking such care of all the details that made it all just perfect are our sincerest wishes.”

~Ivette and Julio Munoz
Chicago, IL

    It is not our intention to say anything bad about any other photographers in the area.  We know most of them personally, and count many of them as our friends.  However, it is really important that we alert you, in this letter, to some of the problems that you otherwise would never know about.

    Well, here’s a “biggie.”  Most photographers will cram as many weddings into a year as they humanly can.  This causes them to be burned out in the middle to end of the year.

    This type of photographer just isn’t going to be able to capture the EMOTIONS, ROMANCE, LOVE, AND RELATIONSHIPS between you and your husband, and also between you and your family and friends.  That photographer just won’t have the sensitivity and enthusiasm and love for what he does to be able to capture those feelings.  And he won’t have the time or energy.

    By the way, we ONLY photograph ONE wedding per weekend.  You get us for the ENTIRE DAY.  We understand how important this day is to you, and we are there for you!

    This also means that we’re rested and energetic. It also means we are enthusiastic about what we will be doing for you.   And since we only photograph one wedding a weekend, and limit the number of weddings we do per year, we are not tired or “burned out on your important day.”

    This is so important!  Be sure the photographer you hire has a “team” approach to taking good care of you on your day.  This means that he isn’t going to be trying to work alone to photograph your important day.

    You see, doing a really super, romantic, EMOTIONAL STORY of your day requires a huge amount of planning, care, and effort.  More effort than just one person can do.

    Let us explain. 

    We  will arrive at your wedding together, and Christine normally will be dropped off at the bride’s house to capture all the getting ready photographs.  While John normally starts photographing the groom with his side of the family, and groomsmen.  This allows us to save time later in photographing the groom side and preventing you from getting ready any earlier than you should. 

    Both of us really try to make certain that you look fantastic, for every photograph.  By helping you with your dress and flowers, fixing your veil before a photograph so it looks PERFECT, fixing your train so it is perfect for the photographs, etc. 

    Plus we help you in any way we can to assure that you have a wonderful day, as well as wonderful photographs.  And on, and on, and on.

    We are a TEAM.  A team that together, guarantees that you not only have a great time on your wedding day, but also assures you of having PERFECTLY EMOTIONAL photographs!

    Let me explain:

The Magic Of “E.F.P” On Your Wedding Day!

    You see, we don’t really look at it as “wedding photography,” but rather as “Emotional Family Photography (E.F.P.) created on your wedding day!”  It’s all the emotions, relationships and personalities of all your friends and relatives, captured in beautiful images for you and your family to cherish for the rest of your lives.  After all, isn’t that what you really want?

~Heather and Jo San Juan
Elmhurst, IL

~Michelle and Sam LeDeaux
Streamwood, IL

    Your day will be filled with beautiful “Emotional Moments” that you will never experience again in your life.  Those “Moments” are what we are driven to capture for you.

    Here’s just three examples:

NEW! – We’re  The ONLY Studio In Bolingbrook Who Does This! An Amazing And Wonderfully Emotional Way To Express Your Love For Your Dad On Your Wedding Day!

    As parents, we can assure you that one of the most emotional moments in a dad’s life is when he “gives his little girl away” at the beginning of your ceremony.  Your dad will never forget it. 

    But now, there’s something full of emotional magic that you can give your dad when he gives you away!  At that very powerful moment in his and your life, you hand him a surprise
“Father’s Pride” that he carries with him back to the pew, and as he reads your personal message to him, and looks at the emotional photograph of you in your wedding gown, he begins to cry with tears of joy and love!  This is a moment both you and your father will remember for the rest of your lives.

Don’t miss that moment!

~Natalie and Steve Bauer
Chicago, IL

    Or the incredible moment when your fiancée first sees you in your wedding gown - perfect in every way - with your lovely flowers, the beautiful veil and headpiece - everything which you selected specifically for him - and then he tells you how much he loves you.

Don’t miss that moment!

    Or, if you are lucky enough to still have a living grandmother, the lovely moment when she reaches up and puts her arms around you, and with tears in her eyes, tells you how beautiful you look and how much she loves you, and how proud she is of you.

Don’t miss that moment!

    We could go on and on.  Your entire day will be made up of brief, priceless moments like these.  Let’s make sure first of all that your day is so beautifully organized and planned that these moments truly can happen, and then let’s help you to be so stress free, but excited, that you can enjoy and remember these wonderful, magical moments for the rest of your life.

    How do we do that?

    I’ll bet you think we’re going to say that you do this through the photography.  Right?  Wrong!  The way we help these moments happen, and help you remember them, is to help you have a wonderful, romantic and emotional day!  A day where everything goes perfectly.  As long as we do that, the rest will take care of itself (providing your photographer does know what he or she is doing).

“You did exactly what we wanted. Everything was absolutely PERFECT!”

~Erica and Matt Tolar
Knoxville, TN

    If he says, “Your photographs are all you will have after the wedding is over.  Your flowers will be dead, your cake will be eaten, etc. - but you’ll have your photographs!  They are the most important thing about your wedding!” - then he’s NOT the photographer for you! 

    Why not?  Because if he says that, he has a completely false impression of his importance, and will try to run your day and take charge!  Don’t let that happen!  Because the photographs ARE NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING - the romance, emotions and relationships are the most important thing!  A great photographer will be able to capture all the great moments, without detracting from the magic of your day.

    You deserve to have a wedding day where you are the most beautiful bride any of your friends or relatives have ever seen.  That’s the dream of every girl when she begins visualizing her wedding day.  And you deserve to have that!  Let’s see to it that is exactly what happens!  How?  Simple.  Yes, you will select the perfect dress, headpiece, veil, flowers, shoes, etc.

    Yes, you will have your hair and make up done.  But it goes much deeper than that.  You see, beauty is also in the way you FEEL on your wedding day.  The way your emotions show on your face, and the way you glow when you walk down the isle and look in the eyes of the love of your life.

    Many of our brides will understand this when I say it:  When you hire us to photograph your wedding, you’re really paying for John and Christine to be there.  To take all the pressures and tensions out of the day for you.  You know that we are there, and that we truly care about you, and will help you with EVERYTHING so the day goes perfectly.  That’s really what our brides are paying us for.  The photographs are free.  They’re just an added “bonus!” 

    You see, if you, your husband (there’s that great word again!) and your family and guests are all having a wonderful time, you will be more beautiful than you have even dreamed you would be.  Because there will be no tension there.  And, by the way, your photographs will be WONDERFUL, too, because you looked so wonderful and were having such a great time.

    See how it all “fits” together to result in a wonderful day, and wonderful photographs?  You really can’t separate them!

~Amy and Jim Fiorato

Wheaton

    Let us take a moment to tell you a true story that we heard from a fellow photographer.  It’s important for you to hear this.

    Several years ago, this photographer friend received a phone call from a woman whose wedding he had photographed a couple of years before.

    Here’s what she said, “I just wanted to call you and tell you that our house burned down last night.”

    “Oh, I’m so sorry!” he responded.

    She said, “We got out okay, and are fine.  But I wanted you to know what I did.  It’s the middle of the night, and the smoke detectors are going off.  We grab each other and ran for the door!  But I stopped and picked up our Three Volume Set of Photography you did for us on our wedding day!  I left the beautiful candelabra that was my grandmothers.  I left the family heirloom bible that has been in the family for 3 generations.  I left EVERYTHING, except those three volumes.  Because they are so meaningful to me.  Everyone who I love and care about is in those volumes.  I couldn’t let them burn!

    “Now, I understood that you have the negatives, and could have made us another set of photographs.  That wasn’t why I ‘saved’ them.  I saved them because those volumes contain all the emotions, love, romance, and relationships that matter in our lives!  I just wanted you to know that.  Thank you so much for the wonderful, emotional photographs you created for us.” 

    You see how “Emotional Family Photography” can make your wedding volumes absolutely PRICELESS?

    In our humble opinion, the fabric of your life is sewn together with beautiful, emotional moments between you and your loved ones, and we want to capture and express all those wonderful moments for you in your wedding volumes - and accomplish this without interfering with the emotions and romance of your wedding day.

“I told my brother who is getting married at the end of this year, that he would be crazy not to hire you two! My wedding photographs were BREATHTAKING!”

~Renee and Dan Flynn
Hinsdale, IL

    Here’s what I strongly recommend you do IMMEDIATELY!  Pick up the phone and call John or Christine at 630-226-5596 right now.  Ask us if we still have your wedding date available.  Here’s the problem - because we are so well known and respected in the community, and because we ONLY photograph one wedding a weekend, and because we strictly limit our weddings to no more than 21 each year, it is very possible that we will already be booked for your day.

    So DO NOT WAIT EVEN ONE DAY ON THIS!  If you agreed with and liked anything in this letter, call us NOW.  There is NO CHARGE AND NO OBLIGATION for this call!  Let’s just chat a bit, see if your date is still available, and then, if and only if you would like to, we can set up a time to get together in person and talk about your wedding.  There is no charge or obligation for this, either.

What You’ll Discover In This FREE BOOK:

This wonderful book will answer all your questions like:

“How Do I Handle My Budget For The Wedding?”

“How Do I Choose My Wedding Party?”

“What Things Should I Consider When Choosing My Wedding Invitations?”

“What Do I Need To Know BEFORE The Ceremony Is Planned?”

“How Do I Plan The PERFECT Reception?”

“What Do I Need To Know BEFORE Choosing The Reception Music & Dancing?”

“What Should I Do About Those Pesky ‘Not-So-Perfect’ Wedding Gifts?”

...And there’s much more too!  This book is about a $10 value, and the information will be PRICELESS to you, but we will give it to you free if you book your wedding photography through our studio.  Call 630-226-5596 today, we look forward to talking with you!

    Sincerely,
    John and Christine Randall

    P.S.  Call us today to see if we even have your date still available!  There is no charge or obligation for you to call us.  We will just “chat” a bit on the phone, and give you some great pointers that will be helpful to you, whether you decide to come in and talk with us in person or not.  We love talking about weddings!