January, 2010

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EMC Photography’s newlyweds honor us with a National Award!!!

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Top 5% of Wedding Photographers by WeddingWire.com

Anyone who knows me, knows that I’m not much on seeking awards and not much on seeking things like certificates.

It’s not my style. In fact, all the awards I’ve ever won as a photographer have come from either people or editors (yes, I realize what that means!) pushing me very hard to enter. And, make no mistakes, I’ve won with my photography.

But this is not why I got into photography and not why I continue to shoot.

What I’ve always considered my “award” or “reward” was knowing I made another person happy or smile. Maybe cry (tears of joy) or some type of good reaction. This more so with wedding photography than any other type of photography.

So needless to say, I was thrilled when we received an award from WeddingWire.com as one of the top five percent of wedding photographers out there.

I was thrilled because the award did not come from other photographers, editors or judges. It came from the brides and grooms we work with — the most important group out there when looking at wedding photography.

We want to thank our Brides and Grooms we have worked with — and the couples’ whose engagement photos we have shot.

We are so proud of our accomplishment — and inspired to try even harder. Afterall, we still have the top 1 percent to pursue!

Here are the contents of the press release we sent out earlier today.

Press Release

Clinton, Illinois – January 19, 2010- WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, just announced EMC Photography has been selected to receive the 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards™ for Wedding Photography!

The annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ recognizes and celebrates excellence in quality and service within the wedding industry, as determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 500,000 newlyweds.

EMC Photography is among the top five percent of all vendors in the WeddingWire community, which includes over 100,000 wedding professionals across the US and Canada. Awards were given to winners across 19 different service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers.

“We are excited to recognize and honor the success of the top wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “The annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ program has given us the unique opportunity to highlight the best wedding professionals in each region as reviewed by brides and grooms who have utilized their services in the past year.”

We are happy to announce that EMC Photography is among the very best Wedding Photographers within the WeddingWire Network, which includes WeddingWire and Martha Stewart Weddings. We would like to thank our past newlyweds for nominating us for the 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards™.

For more information, please visit our WeddingWire Storefront today at WeddingWire for EMC Photography. You can also call us at 217-542-1602 and ask for Ed or Krystal for more info! Our region covers Clinton, Springfield, Champaign, Bloomington, Decatur, Peoria and surrounding communities.

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Special New Year for Bloomington couple

Friday, January 8th, 2010

The day started as beautiful but cold — and stayed that way the whole way.

But you never would have guessed that if you were with us at the gorgeous Chateau Hotel and Conference Center in Bloomington. We found ourselves spending a warm and cosy day working ourselves into our usual shooting frenzy on a wedding day.

Shooting our second wedding of the new year, we chronicled the day of Adrienne and Nicholas — a fabulous and fun couple. And met lots and lots of really cool people who were both family and friends of the newlyweds.

The day was the culmination of lots and lots of planning by Adrienne who found herself working without her groom — as he was away at US Army training! So, this date became even more special as he made it go right to get leave at the right time, not an easy task when part of the Armed Forces.

We are tossing up a few of the images from that day, please enjoy! We will have the full set of photos in about three weeks up and running.

Adrienne and Nicholas twirled their way through their first dance as a married couple at the Chateau Hotel and Conference Center in Bloomington, Illinois.

Nicholas gets a joyful and tearful hug from his new mom, Adrienne's mother, during the wedding ceremony.

Nicholas gives his bride a kiss and a dip at the Chateau.

Nick and his crew of wild and crazy groomsmen and ushers.

Adrienne and her gals made the beautiful halls of the Chateau pale in comparison.

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Ringing in the New Year with a special wedding

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Cold, oh yeah!

But, who cares when you have a couple getting married?

We ventured out for a New Year’s day wedding with a fantastic couple — Brooke and Matt — to the little villa of Farmer City, Illinois.

The couple, who leave near Weldon, hosted about 100 guests between their service at First Baptist Church of Farmer city and the Woodlawn Country Club. Even though temperatures were hovering in the teens (maybe colder) you could feel the warmth of their relationship. What we also very much appreciate it meeting lots of really nice people, family and friends, who attended the day’s celebration.

We will take a few weeks to get all the photos up and running, but I thought you might enjoy a bit of a preview.

Brooke's sons could not resist the urge to spend a few minutes playing hide and seek while waiting for the ceremony to begin at First Baptist Church in Farmer City, IllinoisBrooke and Matt had a few minutes free this fall during a wild harvest season (can anyone say lots and lots of rain) to get "framed" for their engagement photos.