Wedding Photography

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!)

This webpage is not for every Bride To Be...is it for you?

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, 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 webpage 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 be the most ravishingly beautiful bride your friends and relatives have ever seen; 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...

Then this is going to be the most exciting website you have ever gone to - Really!

My name is Phil Cantor, and I LOVE weddings! I've been photographing them for over 20 years - not because I have to for the money, (I have a very successful portrait photography business that makes me a very comfortable living) but rather because I WANT to, because I love the emotion and romance of your wedding.

Harry finally returned to the west coast with our absolutely stunning wedding album. And I LOVE it. Just leafing through it made my day and will make me smile, laugh, and cry for years to come!

Every detail of our photos, albums, and experience working with you was first rate. You were professional but warm and captured so many of the emotions of this amazing day in gorgeous, poignant photos. We're deeply grateful for this lifelong treasure!

Meg Robinson & Harry Li, Menlo Park, CA

Maybe you've seen my photography in magazines, books, or the many locations around Montclair, New Jersey.

Here's How To Have The Most Magical, Romantic, And Emotional Wedding Day Of Your Dreams!

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:

Here are 7 Secrets To Having The Wedding Of Your Dreams!

SECRET #1: How To Guarantee Your Wedding Lives Up To Your Dreams.

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 - high school and college kids, 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. Before you leave our wedding, who do you check with first to see if there's anything else we would like you to do?
6. 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!)

Then, decide if you REALLY LIKE HIM, as well as his work! Because he's 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 are my answers to those questions:

• I'm the Principal Photographer at my studio. In addition, I have a select few Senior Photographers who all share the same philosophy and shoot in the same style as me. We will dress in a nice suit (NOT A TUX, AND NOT JUST SLACKS AND A SHIRT! I don't want to take anything away from your groom and groomsmen and the fathers, and I also don't want to dress casually and not represent you professionally.)
• I have been photographing weddings, as I mentioned earlier, for ____ years. Can you fill in the blank? Just checking to see if you're paying attention! It's over 20 years!
• I'll be at your wedding until you, your husband (how exciting — your "husband!"), your parents, and your husband's parents all say they have nothing else for me to do. I NEVER will leave your wedding without checking with all of the above people!
• I use no checklist. Instead, I learn the names and relationships of all the members of your wedding party, and both families! I refer to them by name, and I know their relationship to you, so I can be constantly watching for those special, magical and spontaneous moments that will be so meaningful to you to have photographs of!

Last night on our seventh anniversary we pulled out the album to show our four year old son the wedding. The photographs are still great — and really took us back to that day.

But what struck me was the album itself. I know in this day and age we tend to think of photography as a fairly disposable/ immediate process, with our digital cameras and the ability to send photos instantly to grandma two states away.

But actually being able to pull out the album is a truly special experience. I just wanted to let you know your work on the album — from the photo selection to the layout, etc — really captured the story and the feelings from that day. At the risk of sounding cliché, we will truly treasure it for years.

Thank you from the bottom of our seven-year-married hearts.

Jeff Blackman, New York City

SECRET #2: Announcing The Single Most Important 'Secret' You MUST Know About Weddings!

Here's a really big "secret" that almost no brides think about when interviewing a potential photographer: What's their guarantee? What happens if you aren't happy with the photography, or the way you and your friends were treated, or if the photographer left your wedding before he was supposed to, etc.

This is of the utmost importance! The guarantee (make sure it's in writing!) tells you just how committed they are going to be in taking good care of you, and doing a great job.

And, just so you know, here's our IRON CLAD, 100% MONEY BACK GUARANTEE:

You will be THRILLED (not just 'satisfied') with your photographs, or we will do whatever necessary to have you be THRILLED with them, or we will return ALL YOUR MONEY. Period. No hard feelings either. We want you to LOVE everything we do for you!

You see, we understand that you can't do this over again. This is a "one-time-thing" and everything MUST be perfect! You have our written guarantee that we'll take really good care of you!

SECRET #3: An Important Warning: Miss This Secret, And A Disaster Could Happen At Your Wedding!

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 written him and told him how happy there were with both him, and his work! We're talking TESTIMONIALS here! From real people, with their full names, and their city and state, so you can call them if you want to, just to "check them out" and make sure that they really said what the photographer says they said. (That's a hard sentence to read, but you get the point! Sorry!)

I'm 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 webpage are photographs and testimonials from some of the brides and grooms whom we have been honored to work with on their wedding day. Also notice that their FULL names, city and state are listed, so, if you really wanted to, you could look them up in the phone book, and call them.

We cannot express how happy we are. Neither Colleen nor I are comfortable being in the spotlight, and you and your assistant made us feel SO comfortable and relaxed. Your ability to shoot from afar really allowed us to enjoy our time together, and our big night.

Thanks again Phil, we couldn't have felt more comfortable on our day.

Doug Rankin, New York City

SECRET #4: A Magic Way To Have A Great Wedding.

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.

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

I could tell you so many horror stories here. But let me just mention one so you understand how important this is.

Not long ago, I heard about a photographer who was hiding behind some flowers up at the altar (something that I will NEVER do!) and he dropped a lens on the marble floor with a huge crash, and then swore out loud so loud that everyone heard it! (He obviously wasn't a romantic EMOTIONAL STORY TELLER or he wouldn't have ruined the romance and religious significance of the ceremony by hiding behind flowers where everyone could see him come and go - and, of course, there is NO excuse for profanity!)

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, my brides tell me that they really love the way I emotionally tell the story of their wedding day.

Thank you so much for the beautiful photographs! After looking at the proofs (over and over) I just can't imagine how you found so many perfect moments. I can't thank you enough for capturing our day — each element as it was (not how it was recreated for a picture) You were so wonderful to work with — you were professional, creative, easy going, unobtrusive and you listened! When people ask me if I was nervous before the wedding I always say absolutely not — I was certain of the person I was marrying and had 100% confidence in my photographer.

Thank you, thank you!

Cate Knight, Red Bank, NJ

PS I'm repeatedly hearing “best wedding photos I've ever seen!”

SECRET #5: The Truth About Wedding Photographers Revealed. What They Don't Want Me To Tell You!

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

Well, here's a "biggie."

Most photographers will cram more than one wedding into a day. Many times, this means they must rush from your wedding, to get to another.

This type of photographer just isn't going to be able to capture the EMOTIONS, ROMANCE, LOVE, AND RELATIONSHIPS between you and your husband (doesn't that sound exciting?! Your "husband!") and also between you and your family and friends. He 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.

You Won't Believe This, But I Assure You, It's True!

For example, I won't mention any names here, but I once knew a photographer who photographed so many weddings in a single day, that the only way he could remember the names of the bride and groom at each wedding was to write their first names on masking tape, and stick it to the back of his camera! Not only that, but if he had, say five weddings, he would simply stack layers of masking tape on the back of the camera, and as he left one wedding for the next, he would just rip off that layer, and the next couples names were now showing! I swear to you this is true!

By the way, I ONLY photograph ONE wedding per day.

I understand how important this day is to you, and I am there for you!

This also means that I'm rested and energetic. It also means I'm enthusiastic about what I will be doing for you. As I mentioned earlier, I photograph weddings because I LOVE them, not because I have to do them. And since I only photograph one wedding a day, I'm not tired or "burned out on your important day."

SECRET #6: A Remarkable Secret To Truly Enjoying Your Wedding Day, And Having It Filled With Wonderful, Emotional Moments!

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 me explain.

I will arrive at your wedding with my Second Photographer or an Assistant Photographer. He or she has a HUGE responsibility during the day, and is the true secret to our success in wedding photography.

His or her job is looking for those great moments that make your wedding special. Having another set of hands and eyes makes for full coverage of your wedding...all the nooks and crannies are visited and the chance of missing something happening in a far corner is almost non-existant.

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!

A HUGE POINT FOR BRIDES-TO-BE:

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

You see, I don't really look at it as "wedding photography," but rather as "Emotional Family Photography 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?

"E.F.P." is one of the major things that separates me from all the other wedding photographers in the area. I want to capture the love, relationships, personalities, and emotions of all your family and friends for you to enjoy and view with happy tears in your eyes for years and years to come!

Aren't The People and The Emotions Of Your Life What Matter The Most To You?

Because it's the PEOPLE and the EMOTIONS of your life that are so valuable to you. Yes, you'll also see the beautiful dresses and flowers. Yes, you'll see the lovely ceremony, etc. But more, much more than that. You'll feel the emotions that you and your fiancée feel toward each other and toward your best friends and family members on this magical day. Yes, FEEL them each time you view your photographs. That's what I am driven to do for you!

You see, you want photography that "speaks" to you with love, emotion, respect, and the glorious feelings you will be feeling on your wedding day.

You want your photography to "tell the story" of your wedding day, AND your families and friends.

Most photographers, bless their hearts, just want to "record the event, and go home."

I want you to cry when you see the photographs! Cry tears of happiness, because in those photographs are all the people you and your husband love and care about - showing their real personalities and emotions like you never dreamed they would!

Most photographers just want to get home before midnight, or hurry to the next wedding they are photographing.

Don't Miss The "Emotional Moments" Of Your Day Because Your Photographer Didn't Have The Vision To See And Capture Them In A Sensitive, Romantic Way!

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

Here are just three examples:

An Amazing And Wonderfully Emotional Way To Express Your Love For Your Mom and Dad On Your Wedding Day!

As a father myself, I can assure you that one of the most emotional moments in a mom or dad's life is when he or she "gives his little girl away" at the beginning of your ceremony. Your mom and dad will never forget it.

But now, there's something full of emotional magic that you can give them as you are 'given' away! At that very powerful moment, you hand a "Parent's Pride" that he or she carries back to the pew, and as they read your personal message, and looks at the emotional photograph of you in your wedding gown, they begin to cry with tears of joy and love!

They will be so moved and touched! You and your mom or dad will never forget it!

Don't miss that moment!

The Magic Moment When The Love Of Your Life First Sees You!

Or the incredible moment when your fiancé 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 - as the tears swell up in his eyes, and he tells you how very much he loves and adores you.

Don't miss that moment!

A Magic Moment With Grandma

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!

I 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 I'm 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!

That's what I will do for you.

Oh, if you ever talk with a photographer who says this to you, run away as fast as you can!

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!

SECRET #7: How To Be Assured That You Will Be The Most Beautiful Bride Your Friends Or Relatives Have Ever Seen!

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 aisle and look in the eyes of the love of your life.

Many of my brides will understand this when I say it: When you hire us to photograph your wedding, you're really paying for us 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!

A True Tragic Story Of A Bride And Groom, And What It Means For You.

Let me take a moment to tell you a true story. It's important to you to hear this. This story comes from a friend of mine, a photographer in Michigan.

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

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

“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 run 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!

“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 my humble opinion, the tender fabric of your life is sewn together with beautiful, emotional moments between you and your loved ones, and I 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.

Here's What To Do Right Now!

Here's what I strongly recommend you do IMMEDIATELY! Pick up the phone and call me 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 day, 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.

SIMPLY CLICK HERE for the phone number to my studio. Remember, there's no cost and no obligation just to chat with me.

So DO NOT WAIT EVEN ONE DAY ON THIS! If you agreed with and liked anything on this webpage, 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.

Don't wait to act on this. A fantastic, happy, and stress-free wedding is just around the corner, and I'm ready to help you achieve it, as well as capture it forever through the magic of photography!

CLICK HERE to call me right this second!!

Sincerely,

Phil Cantor

PS. 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. Or, if you don't want to call, CLICK HERE to e-mail!

We love talking about weddings!

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