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I am the proud owner of a stellar reputation. But don’t take my word for it, the ‘proof’ is in the pudding…you get the picture?
What I really mean to say is please log on to http://www.weddingwire.com and see my stellar reviews and perfect 5 star reputation in action. Here is the direct link to my wedding vendor page on WeddingWire.com
What fun it is having your wedding or special event on a boat that is floating on the San Francisco Bay. But Sausalito Empress Yachts is more than just a boat rental. It provides individuals and businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area with elegant Bay cruises on yachts for any occasion.
Whether a yacht wedding cruise or rehearsal dinner, special birthday party or corporate event, corporate party, relaxing sunset cruise or holiday party boat, a private affair aboard one of our classic luxury yachts will be a truly memorable way to explore the SF Bay on luxury bay cruises.
Here are some wonderful photos I have been lucky enough to take on the Sausalito Empress Yacht. This particular couple, “Gary & Lisa” had their wedding ceremony and wedding luncheon reception at the Outdoor Art Club in Mill Valley. You may have seen my POST on this venue earlier in my blog. At any rate, this portion of their wedding was actually held as a surprise. Guests were told they were going to a SURPRISE location. Bauer’s Transportation in San Francisco shuttled the people around on this and previous days leading up to the wedding {the wedding day culminated a 5 day event}.
I took a BOATLOAD [lol] of pictures of them on the bow [or whatever you call it] before any of the guests boarded. About 200 in the sequence. Most of the images were taken as fast as my camera would take them. In kind of a continuous shooting mode. Since I’m also a wedding videographer, I often think in terms of shooting real time motion and emotion as well as REACTION from guests, etc. Often though, my second / associate photographer is usually shooting reaction.
Being on the San Francisco Bay is awewsome! It was very cold that night [I actually ended up coming down wiith full blown pnemonia following this 5 day event] so make sure you bring a jacket if you go on one of these cruises.
They actually take you right underneath the northern tower of the Golden Gate Bridge.
This last shot you see here above, I really love it. I will actually put that in my Gallery portfolio of images I use for Hanging Art and Stock Photos of the golden gate bridge. My stock photos of the golden gate bridge are very unique and I do very well with them.
For the second year in a row, since the inception of the awards, I am the proud recipient of the WEDDINGWIRE.COM Brides Choice Award.
| Good day , Am Leigh Alexander, A wedding planner based in sacramento california , Right now , am handling a wedding ceremony for my clients getting married in few days .The wedding is expected to hold on the 5th of december, 2009, at 1075 University Ave Berkeley, CA 94702 time is 10am to 12 noon .There will be a holy matrimony between 10am and 10;30am, and the reception follows immediately at the same venue till 12noon, 50-70 guests are expected to attend. Sequel to my findings , i heard you a one of the competent photographers around .so i decided to contact you. The couple and i will be arriving few days before the event , so am trying to put all the necessary things in order before our arrival. I would like to know the to know your package prices, cos i need to know if its within my budget My companies reputation is at stake here , so i want this wedding to be at the best , I need you to assure me that you will deliver beautiful memorable pictures ,Get back to me with your response as we don’t have much time.thanks Best Regards, Leigh Alexander |
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Like other industries, the wedding market is full of would-be scammers. One of the biggest scams us vendors need to watch out for are the EMAIL, cashier’s check scam. They’ve been trying for years to scam wedding vendors [POSING AS WEDDING PLANNERS] with these cashier check schemes which often involve sending a cashier’s check for more than the amount and the vendor refunding the difference. I hope by now that wedding vendors can tell a scam from an email that LOOK LIKE THIS, or similar to this.
The scammers are getting smarter of course. This latest email spam, scam includes Names and Addresses. Here is the Email I just received.
The first sign that this is a scam is the FROM email address. If it were a legitimate email it would be from the WEDDING PLANNER’S domain. The second is that the FROM email address doesn’t match the NAME of the person emailing. Also it is a YAHOO email address. If this were a PRO wedding planner it would be from a domain. The third sign this is an email cashier’s check scam is that the address given where the wedding is going to be is not a wedding site. It is a gas station or something. I used Google Maps to find this out. Fourth the English is TERRIBLE…with sentences like this Sequel to my findings , i heard you a one of the competent photographers around .
You can read the email and pick apart things such as this
cos i need to know if its within my budget = A true wedding planner would not talk like this, any mention of budget would be if the CLIENT can afford it, not using the words MY budget. and words like COS. Looks like a teenager wrote this.
There are many Grammer and punctuations mistakes in this email. And finally, if it so urgent, where is the telephone number or name of the company that is at stake? No web url to refer to show this is legit.
PLEASE, if you get an email like this DO NOT EVEN RESPOND. At the very least you could end up with a virus or something in the next email.
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