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Pittsburgh Wedding Photographers, Nicholas Bombich Photographer of Photos by Nick, Your Story Told is the most elegant and creative Wedding Photographer in Pittsburgh and on the East Coast. Wedding Photography is more than creating great pictures. Wedding Photography is caring about the client and working with them to produce the perfect images that will last a lifetime. At Photos by Nick, the clients needs and opinions are our top priority. Our style is a blend of photojournalism, fine art and traditional Pittsburgh Wedding photography. We strive to provide you with the finest quality work while creating and capturing the moments of a lifetime. We are available to travel world wide but our Wedding Photography business is located in Pittsburgh. Contact Owner/Photographer Nicholas Bombich to inquire. WPPI, PPA, and NAPP member. Your Story Told nick@photosbynick.com

Planning For Photography On Your Wedding Day

I was in a discussion with some of my photographer friends and a topic came up that is a huge concern for a lot of us. The topic was about planning or photography on your wedding day. Brides need to leave enough time to take the photos they want and for the amount of people that will be participating in them. 20 minutes is not enough time and in fact, an our is sometimes pushing it if you have a lot to get done and a lot of people in them. 

You are paying over $30,000 for a venue and another few thousand for us to capture your day, so work with your photographer to make sure we can capture your day and all of the special moments. We dont need hours of time but talk with us about your plans and needs and we will see how long we think it will take. Trust our advice as this is something we do every weekend and have seen almost every situation that could arise. 

You book us for a reason, our style, our expertise and our quality. You loved our portfolio for a reason. To get the images in our portfolio took 50% our skill and knowledge and 50% of the participation and time from the client. 

With that said, we look forward to helping you plan your day for photography and please, if you have any questions make sure you contact us so we can help.

2009 Wedding Season

Hey everyone. I just wanted to remind you that we are only booking 26 weddings for 2009. In the past we have done 38 or so and that has really kept us busy. As much as I love my job and love working with all of you amazing brides and your families, I need a few weekends to spend with my family. I also want to make sure I have MORE time to dedicate to my clients and continue to provide them outstanding service and products.

Photos by Nick is a family owned, family run business and if you already do not know; my wife works with me as my assistant. Family is a HUGE part of our lives and I am getting to the age where we will be having children. I do not want to miss my family grow up, so I know all of my clients won’t mind the dedicated service that will be continued in 2009.

For my past clients, what does this mean for you? I have expanded my business to more than weddings. With the little ones in my life now (nieces, nephews) I have opened a children/infant side to our business. Check back in 2009 for our new website featuring our child models. If you are a past wedding client of ours and would like us to capture your children’s photos, you will receive special VIP pricing.

Thanks everyone!

9-11

Photos by Nick wanted to take a moment to remember those who were lost on this tragic day, thank of you who helped the families who lost loved ones and also to pray for the ones who are fighting this war against terrorism. 

The longest hour in American history that will NEVER be forgotten! We wish all the families we know who are serving right now or will be serving later this year. May you come back safe, healthy and proud to be an American. Thank you for putting your life on the line to keep ours safe here at home.

To honor this day in history, Photos by Nick will be closed and will not be doing any work  between the hours of 8:46 am and 10:28 am. 

Thank You and God Bless.

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Free Photography Workshop for Wedding Photographers

Yep I said it, FREE!!!!!!!

 

I will be conducting a free workshop for photographers, sorry brides this one is not for you. No it’s not that I dont like you, I love working you my clients. This is just a closed workshop for professionals.

 

So what is the workshop, where is it, when is it?

What: I am going to begin a monthly get together for photographers where we can just shoot the $h it about photography, the business and just about any photo related topic. This week is just a get to know me session and a few tips in color correction, printing, new cameras (nikon and canon), editing software lightroom and aperture, plugins such as noise reduction software, and well the ever so popular [b]school. 

When: September 24th from 6-8pm

Where: To be disclosed through an email to registered photographers. To find out where this will take place, email me or post a comment on my blog from your business account with your business name and website and I will add you to the list. I will send out an email September 22nd to all registered photographers.

Thanks

Nick

Megan and Matt

Well all I can say is this wedding is one from Platinum Weddings!!! From every little detail, to a perfect day and a perfect couple; we had so much fun at this one. Bella Sera has to be one of our most favorite places to do a wedding after this amazing party!

Megan and Matt, we wish you the best with your marriage and hope that all of your dreams and wishes become a reality! Enjoy your honeymoon and we look forward to sharing the rest of your day with you when you get back.

Normally I only post 5-7 images from the day but I could not resist. I had to tell the complete story in this post.

 

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B School for Photographers

Check out Becker’s B school, if you a photographer. Some pretty awesome stuff coming soon!

How far out should you book your vendors?

Most people that get engaged and married are only getting married once and have no clue how long it actually takes to plan a wedding. If you want to get everything you want for your wedding such as the perfect venue, photographer, church, cake, dress ect…. you need at least 10 months to plan if not more. On average you will need 1 year - 18 months in advance to get what you want. I have to tell you that I am friends with a lot of other vendors in the Pittsburgh area and a lot of us are booked 10 months - 18 months in advance. 

So what do we recommend are your 2 most important things to get booked within 2-3 weeks after you get engaged?

1. Wedding Reception Venue - this is where the memories and fun will happen. Find a location that is close to a hotel for any out of town guests or has easy access to transportation to a hotel. You don’t want anyone getting a DUI driving home from your fun event.

2. Photographer - second most important vendor to get booked. The photographer is the one and only person who will be there to do one thing and one thing only. Capture your day as it happens and tell the story of memories that will last a lifetime from generation to generation.

After you get those two vendors booked, everything else will fall in to place. You will find your dress, invitations, flowers, cake ect…

Facebook

So the past 2 months I have had many of my brides and other vendors ask me if I was on facebook. I have always though facebook was a high school/college thing. I began to look around and found a ton of well respected wedding vendors on facebook. I began to think that this could be a new and fun way to keep in contact and network with other vendors. 

What does this mean for my brides who have asked about facebook? Well what we can do is post your favorites not only on our blog but on facebook so you can share them with your facebook friends.

So today I joined facebook and will use it strictly for business. If you ask to be my friend and your not a client or a wedding vendor I will have to reject your request. Sorry, not trying to be a jerk but I have to keep business separate.

New Camera

So a few weeks ago we got a new camera. Nikon D700. You can see some pics from Lindsey’s senior session, but today we are shooting our first wedding with it. I am super excited to use a Full Frame camera at a wedding. I will post some pics tonight when we get home. It is going to be a hot one today at 91 degrees. But at least it is a beautiful day out.

Check back tomorrow for some pics from today.

Holly Riddel Designs

So today I was talking with, Dan Moose of Moose Ink (www.mooseink.net), and he was telling me about this website his company designed. He was going on and on about this product that this lady created and I should check it out. As courious as I was, I had to take a look. At first glance I was amazed with how cool and affordable this custom jewlery was. 

So where do you find the jewelry you might ask? Go to Holly Riddel Designs and take a look at the amazing work she does. I called Holly and talked to her about her work and I have to say, she is a very cool lady with some very nice work. 

I will post some pictures soon of her work so you can see what they look like.

This would be a very nice gift for bridesmaids for weddings!

Lindsey Schultz Senior Photos

Today we did a shoot with Lindsey Schultz, class of 09 at Peters Township High School. Check out some of the fun we had while photographing Lindsey on such a beautiful day. We used our brand new Nikon D700 camera that we just got this past week. WOW what an amazing camera! It also helped that we had an awesome model to take pictures of!

 

 

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UPDATE !!! Current August Promotion ended

This promotion has ended. Check back for a future promotion if we should have one.

 

We only have 1 slot left for this promotion. SO hurry before it is gone!


Hey everyone. As promised, I will post any current promotions we have going on right now. 

I have a new promotion starting today and is only good for the next 4 brides. I got a deal on some supplies for the business, so why keep all the savings with me? I am passing along the savings to my brides. So the next 4 brides to book my $5500 package will get it for $4100. A $1400 savings. I can only offer it to 4 brides, so if you want to take advantage of this special offer, contact me asap. 


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