Information – Weddings
Where are you based? And will you travel to cover my wedding?
The Stories team is based in a quiet suburb of Malaysia called Petaling Jaya, but we do travel extensively for weddings. Which exuberant adult doesn’t like to experience new sights and sounds in a foreign land?
We love pushing the limits and capturing beautiful images in new locations. Our team has been to Bangladesh, Holland, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand, amongst other locations.
We are used to traveling and you can rest assured we will show up several days before your big day to get to know you better and get adequate rest.
How do you charge for foreign assignments?
Flights are part of the cost, but these days, the cost of flying has gone down tremendously. Flying us to your wedding may not be as costly as you think. Do contact us for a custom quote as costs vary depending on location.
When you travel, can you stay with my great-grand-aunt’s-niece’s-friend?
Sorry, but we do request for a fairly decent hotel, not because we’re snobs but from experience, we need our privacy and space to store our gear. It should be a safe and secure hotel, but not necessarily the top-end Hilton hotel.
You’re pretty expensive, aren’t you?
Ho hummm… that’s a tough one. We believe the value lies in our professionalism and the proof are the numerous happy clients we’ve served in the past. Do feel free to shop around, and if you’re happy with us, do return.
What are your payment methods and terms?
We’re fairly flexible and will accept cash, cheque or credit card, but we don’t accept livestock, sorry.
Upon booking, we do request for 50% retainer fee. The balance is due before the shoot date.
What gear do you use?
Our photographers use the professional range of Canon and Nikon digital cameras and lenses. As with most photographers, we often get carried away upgrading our equipment – rest assured, we have lots of awesome gear that we acquire month on month (to the horror of our accountants!).
Oh yes, we do love Macs! (And that’s another plus point for hiring us, yes?)
My cousin just bought a digital camera, I hope you don’t mind if he takes photos together with you.
We surely don’t mind if he takes photos, but we require that we are the sole professional photographer for your event. During the time set aside for portraits, we ask that we are the only photographer, as too many photographers spoil the shot, and it can get downright distracting.
As professionals, we want to serve you nothing less than our best, and we cannot do that if we are competing with your relatives who also claim to be hired professionals for the day. (Believe us, we have encountered possessive relatives of all sorts!).
Do we need to prepare a meal for you during the wedding?
Wellll… we don’t eat much, and some food lining our tummies could help us take better photos. If you really don’t want to, we’ll try to get away with our 2 Oreo biscuits that we always keep in the camera bags.
We prefer not to partake in your banquet, but would rather have a quick bite before the event. Hotels and restaurants are familiar with the vendors’ meal and can help you prepare it.
What if you fall ill? Or, *gasp* die before our wedding?
You’re a morbid one, aren’t you? Just kidding. We do have agreements with other professional photographers to stand-in for one another, and you will be provided with a good replacement.
I’ve got more questions that aren’t covered here.
Of course you do, and that’s precisely why we welcome you to contact us for a consultation session where we can either meet you in person (and show you how wonderfully friendly we are), video chat on Skype (though we hear it makes us look fat), or give you a complimentary phone call (yes, even if you are in Zimbabwe, we will initiate the call).
