Shannon Range Photography ~ Wedding, Portrait and Pet Photography based in Yorkville, Illinois ~ Specializing in unique, one-of-a-kind hand-colored portraits.

Weddings

My View on Weddings: Weddings are a time to spend with your new husband/wife, family & friends. The most important thing, photographically speaking, is to capture these relationships and interactions in portraits. My favorite photos are the candid shots. Yes, we need the formals because that's the way it's been for years and years and in most cases everyone is actually looking at the camera. But the ones that bring back the best memories are the candids - the ones of dad hugging the bride before she walks down the aisle, the Bride & Groom during their first dance, mom crying when her daughter says, "I do." Most of my images are candid, photojournalistic images. I try to capture all the little details that make each wedding stand out from the others - the dress, rings, cake, decorations, table favors, something old, new, borrowed & blue, etc.

Wedding Gallery

What sets me apart from other studios/photographers?

I love what I do. It makes all the difference in the world. Talk to some photographers then meet with me - you'll see the difference.
I'll spend hours on your images creating fun, unique, one-of-a-kind portraits like some of the images in my wedding gallery. Not many studios even offer custom, hand-colored, infrared images - and at such reasonable prices.
You, your friends and family will be able to see all of your images usually within 2 weeks. No more waiting around for 4-6 months before you even see them!
Your friends & family can purchase portraits online when and where it's convenient to them. No more lugging around big proof books to everybody. Personally, I've never been to a wedding, including my brothers, where I even saw the images after! Isn't that terrible?

Your next steps:

Look through the chart below and write down any questions.
Look through my wedding gallery to get an idea of my wedding style. Is it what you're looking for?
Call me on my cell at 630-772-7573 or studio 630-553-7910. This will give you an idea of my personality. Be prepared, I'm a little on the hyper side - but I have to be in this business.
If, after speaking with me and if I have your date available, we'll setup an appointment to meet and I'll explain to you step-by-step the wedding photography process.
Once the meeting is over, if you're interested in booking me, I'll hand you two copies of the contract for you to take home and review. Feel free to sign and place your deposit right then and there but it's not a requirement.
Once a signed contract and deposit are received, I'm officially your photographer!
Once it gets close to your wedding, we'll chat again to go over all the details and scheduling to ensure we have enough time to get everything you'd like.

Points to Remember:

BOOK EARLY!!!
What you put into your wedding photography, is what you'll get out of it! If you and the girls/guys are having a great time, messing around, acting silly in front of the camera, you'll have those fun, unique images. If you walk around in a bad mood and your friends, family & bridal party are tired and grumpy - those are the kinds of images you will get. I can do really, fun, unique, creative portraits but that's only with YOUR cooperation and enough time. The more fun you have with it, the more fun everyone else will have and the more relaxed everyone will be in the images. :)

I look forward to speaking with you and possibly shooting your special day!

~Shannon

PRICING

Updated 7/22/08

You now have a few options for booking your wedding...

(Packages can be upgraded at any time as long as the studio has availability for additional hours (if applicable))

Option 1 - Hourly

I've had many requests for smaller weddings and brides and grooms wanting to save money... Therefore, I know offer my services by the hour. Weddings are $250/hour the first hour then $150/hour after with a 3 hour minimum. All images, albums, proofs, etc are purchased separately with no minimum purchase. Hours are consecutive.

Tips to save money and cut down on hours:

Have photography start 30 minutes before the wedding to get the detail shots of the ceremony location, something old, new, borrowed, blue, the flowers, last minute preparations. About 75% of the time I start 1 1/2 hours prior to the wedding (as in my package), the bride and her family or the groom and his family are not ready for their pre-ceremony portraits OR they just want the formal images of the bride & groom together with everyone after.
Instead of having a formal receiving line at the church/ceremony location, many brides & grooms go table to table at the reception to greet and thank everyone. This speeds up the ceremony/portraits after and enables people to get to the reception and relax before the festivities start.
At the reception, go right from getting announced to the cake cutting -- this is much better anyway because everyone is paying attention to what's going on. If you cut the cake later, most people aren't even paying attention and it's anti-climatic (trust me, it is).
After the cake cutting, do your toasts, have your first course then do your first dances (bride & groom, bride & father, groom & mother). No only does this break up the long hour/s for food but people are dancing before they fill up on food.

Option 2 - Classic Package

Because so many brides want different portraits/albums/proofs for their wedding, we've decided to offer a basic package that includes lots of services and a credit toward photographs and/or albums. Some brides want digital flush-mount albums, some want traditional slip-in albums and some want to use the one they received as a gift or want to purchase their own from a local shop. Therefore, albums are not included in the package. Included with the package:

$400 credit toward photographs (does not include albums)
200 4x6 proofs
Free hand-coloring or custom effects on 4 prints of your choice
Unlimited images will be taken
Online viewing of images for 30 days
Pre-wedding consultation/s
Up to 7 consecutive hours of photography services (or up to 11pm, whichever comes first)

Free conversion to black and white or sepia tone
Proof CD with all published images of your wedding. The images have copyright information on the front of each image. This is intended to make it easier for those with slow/no internet connections. Feel free to make as many copies as you’d like.
75 5x7 "thank-you" or "Happy Holiday" collages to include with your thank-you's or to send out with your holiday cards.

Investment $1999.99

Option 3 - Premiere Package

For the Bride & Groom that want more from their wedding photography! Included with the package:

Beautiful, custom 10x10 digital flush-mount Bride & Groom album (10 pages, 20 sides)
ALL ORIGINAL DIGITAL FILES (to include permission to print all images) on DVD
Free hand-coloring or custom effects on 4 prints of your choice
Unlimited images will be taken
Online viewing of images for 30 days
Additional photographer at no charge
Pre-wedding consultation/s
Up to 7 consecutive hours of photography services (or up to 12pm, whichever comes first)

Free conversion to black and white or sepia tone
75 5x7 "thank-you" or "Happy Holiday" collages to include with your thank-you's or to send out as holiday cards.
50% off your first print order (highly recommended to get any print 8x10 or larger printed through a professional lab).

Investment $2499.99

Option 4 - Deluxe Package

For the Bride & Groom that want the most from their wedding photography! Included with the package:

Beautiful, custom 12x12 digital flush-mount Bride & Groom album (10 pages, 20 sides)
Two 8x8 parent albums (replicas of the Bride & Groom albums)
ALL ORIGINAL DIGITAL FILES (to include permission to print all images) on DVD (3 copies)
Free hand-coloring or custom effects on 6 prints of your choice
Unlimited images will be taken
Online viewing of images for 60 days
Additional photographer at no charge
Pre-wedding consultation/s
Up to 8 consecutive hours of photography services (or up to 12pm, whichever comes first)

Free conversion to black and white or sepia tone
100 5x7 "thank-you" or "Happy Holiday" collages to include with your thank-you's or to send out as holiday cards.
60% off your first print order (highly recommended to get any print 8x10 or larger printed through a professional lab).

Investment $3499.99

Album Prices

Video Montage (Optional)

Item	Description	Price
Setup	Setup & process slideshow, we supply LCD projector, screen and laptop	$249.99
Each digital photo	Per image	$.99
Each photograph	Per image, we scan	$2.99
Music	You supply the music	$9.99
-	We supply the music	$29.99
On CD	Setup and first copy (you can make as many copies as you'd like)	$24.99
-	Each additional copy on CD	$7.99
On DVD	Setup and first copy (you can make as many copies as you'd like)	$34.99
-	Each additional copy on DVD	$9.99

Recommended Vendors Here's the beginning of a list of vendors that I have personally dealt with and recommend. Check out their websites and give them a call. Also, if you do decide to use them, please let them know how you found them and let me know how it went... :)
Service	Company & Contact	More Information
DJ Services	Something 2 Dance 2 - Jay Sims	By far, the BEST DJ I've ever seen! This guy is amazing and well worth it. If I did my wedding over again, I'd choose Jay in a heartbeat. He had the guests up and moving and everyone laughing the entire night. WOW! You won't regret your decision to hire him... Images from my Stevenson / Doverspike wedding.
Wedding Invitations & Accessories	nictamdesigns - Tammy Kleveno, Owner/Designer	Tammy and her team create handmade and custom wedding invitations and accessories. I haven't seen their product at a wedding yet but know the owner, Tammy and their products look great!