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		<title>Wedding Tip :: Google Weddings</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting. Google just launched a new wedding planning tool that might be worth checking out. I have to admit I had at least 10 google doc spread sheets when I was planning my wedding.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Interesting. Google just launched a new <a href="http://www.google.com/weddings/">wedding planning tool</a> that might be worth checking out. I have to admit I had at least 10 google doc spread sheets when I was planning my wedding. <img src='http://marysledd.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  <img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8821" title="google weddings" src="http://marysledd.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/google-weddings.jpg" alt="" width="550" height="335" /></p>
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		<title>Austin Wedding Dress Sale</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why pay full price for your dress when you could get it on sale AND for a good cause! Thanks to Hannah Day for sharing this with me. AUSTIN, TX Power Hour Preview Shopping Spree – $20 Admission per Attendee Friday, July 2 from 10 a.m. – Noon Click Here to Purchase Tickets! General Sale [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Why pay full price for your dress when you could get it on sale AND for a good cause! Thanks to <a href="http://www.hannahday.com">Hannah Day</a> for sharing this with me. </strong></p>
<p><strong>AUSTIN, TX</strong><br />
<strong>Power Hour Preview Shopping Spree – $20 Admission per Attendee</strong><br />
Friday, July 2 from 10 a.m. – Noon<br />
<a href="http://babcaustin.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Click  Here to Purchase Tickets!</strong> </a></p>
<p><strong>General Sale – Free Admission</strong><br />
Friday, July 2 from Noon – 8 p.m.<br />
Saturday, July 3 from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.<br />
<a href="http://makingmemories.org/bride_preregistration.html" target="_blank"><strong>Click  Here to Pre-Register!</strong></a><a href="http://makingmemories.org/bride_preregistration.html" target="_blank"> </a></p>
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		<title>Vintage Villas &#8211; Half Price</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For those of you who are getting married at Vintage Villas now is a GREAT time to book hotel rooms because VV is offering rooms for $59 w/ breakfast for two via the website<a href="http://www.groupon.com/austin/"> Groupon</a>. This is a GREAT deal and will only last for the next two days!</p>
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		<title>Wedding Tip :: Le Garage Sale</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watch out ladies here it comes!!! Le Garage Sale is almost here. I have to admit my favorite jacket ever was a By George/Le Garage Sale find circa 2003. Wear comfy shoes. Bring cash and watch out for flying elbows &#8211; girls can get a little vicious when it comes to saving money. Also &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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<p>Watch out ladies here it comes!!! Le Garage Sale is almost here. I have to admit my favorite jacket ever was a By George/Le Garage Sale find circa 2003. Wear comfy shoes. Bring cash and watch out for flying elbows &#8211; girls can get a little vicious when it comes to saving money. Also &#8211; many of the stores have the Le Garage Sale stuff out now at their shops if you want to get a jump start on your shopping.</p>
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		<title>Mary Sledd &#8211; Austin Wedding Photographer :: FAQ</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is your style? My style is my own. Take a look at my website and judge for yourself. I shoot constantly so if you like what you see I&#8217;m a good choice for you. Do we get a high resolution DVD? Yes! I deliver an edited high resolution DVD with every wedding. All of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #000080;">What is your style? </span></strong></p>
<p>My style is my own. Take a look at my website and judge for yourself. I shoot constantly so if you like what you see I&#8217;m a good choice for you.</p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong>Do we get a high resolution DVD?<br />
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<p>Yes! I deliver an edited high resolution DVD with every wedding. All of the images on the DVD have been carefully cropped, color corrected and are ready print. Photos on the DVD can be printed at the lab of your choice.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000080;">How soon will our photos be done?</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="color: #000000;">About 4-8 weeks. It usually takes me 3 weeks to edit all of the wedding photos and upload the images to my proofing site and then another couple of weeks for the proof book to be printed.  Need your photos sooner? Rush orders are available. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong>What do proof books look like? </strong></span></p>
<p>A proof book is included with every wedding I photograph. My proof books are 11&#8243;x13&#8243; hard bound coffee table style books. You can see a sample <a href="http://www.blurb.com/books/545314">here</a>. Every photo taken at the wedding and the file number are conviently organized chronologically making ordering prints much easier.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000080;">Can photos be purchased online? </span> </p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="color: #000000;">Yes! For every wedding I photograph I select 200-400 photos to put on proofing site. Those images can be downloaded (free), emailed (free) and printed (starting at 21 cents). </span><br />
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<p><strong><span style="color: #000080;">Wedding albums? </span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">C<span style="color: #000000;">ustom designed flush mount or matted albums start at $750 for 20 sides (10 pages). Additional album copies can be purchased for $500. </span></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000080;">Color or Black and White? </span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="color: #000000;">Most of the images I deliver are in color. Most photo labs can make a great black and white print from a color file, but they cannot make a color print from a black and white file. </span></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000080;">Do you do special effects processing or use Photoshop actions?</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="color: #000000;">I don&#8217;t use &#8220;special&#8221; post processing effects, however I do enhance and color correct every image manually.  For me, Photoshop actions are the Glamour Shots of the <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=oughties">Oughties</a>. They look cool at the time and seem like a great idea, but looking back they are&#8230; you can fill in the blank.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong>How long will formals take? </strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="color: #000000;">Depends on how many formals you want. Usually formals take between 30-45 minutes. Doing all of the formals before or after the ceremony speeds things up considerably. Otherwise time is wasted setting up the lights and rounding people up twice instead of once.</span></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000080;">What is your photography history?</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="color: #000000;">My career started in 1996 (10th grade) at the Austin Chronicle. The paper hired me to photograph rock bands. Since then I&#8217;ve worked for many local, national and international publications. I&#8217;ve also done commercial work for many local companies. I started photographing weddings in 2004. I&#8217;ve learned so much in the last 5 years and look forward to many more happy years photographing weddings. </span><br />
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<p><strong><span style="color: #000080;">Why did you become a wedding photographer? </span></strong></p>
<p>Lots of people become wedding photographers because they love photography (or need money). I&#8217;m a wedding photographer because I love weddings! Wedding are an amazing right or passage and I&#8217;m honored to get to play (at least a small part) in such an important day of peoples lives. <em </p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000080;">How do you conduct yourself at weddings? What is your approach?</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">I try and be as unobtrusive as possible at weddings. I keep my interaction with the bride and groom to a minimum. The only time I usually give directions is during the formals.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000080;">How many weddings do you shoot a day? </span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Wedding photography is hard work! I photograph only 1 wedding per day. </span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000080;">Do you have a studio? Are you full time photographer?<br />
</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="color: #000000;">Yes. I have a studio in South Austin and I work as a photographer full time. Stop by and say hi sometime! </span><br />
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<p><strong><span style="color: #000080;">Do you take credit cards?</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="color: #000000;">Yes. I take American Express, Visa and Mastercard. However, deposits must be paid with cash or check. </span><br /> <br />
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<p><strong><span style="color: #000080;">Camera gear?</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="color: #000000;">I use top of the line Canon gear. Here is a <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/sledd-20">link</a> to the gear I&#8217;m using now. I&#8217;m a firm believer that having the right tools for the trade help create better images. </span><br />
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<p><strong><span style="color: #000080;">Best time for a wedding? </span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="color: #000000;">It is a good idea to start your ceremony at least 1 hour before sunset. A sunset calculator can be found <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/astronomy.html?n=24">here</a>. </span><br />
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<p><strong><span style="color: #000080;">RAW or JPEG? How many megapixels?<br />
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<p>RAW. I shoot every wedding in RAW. Any photographer who tells you they can get the highest quality photos possible with JPEG is fibbing. More info about the RAW vs JPEG debate<a href="http://cameradojo.com/2009/01/20/raw-vs-jpeg-%E2%80%93-deciding-which-is-best-for-you/"> here</a>.  The cameras I use produce files that are between 10-21 megapixels.</p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong>Do you travel?</strong></span></p>
<p>I am not a destination photographer. If your wedding is more than 3 hours from my house I&#8217;m probobly not interested.</p>
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