One Image: The Power of Thankfulness
There is a certain level of trust that we look for from prospectives during client meetings. We always asked them if they have seen our portfolio and what they loved (or didn’t) from our work. On certain occasions, they haven’t really looked through our website and that was fine as we had slideshows prepared for them to look through on the spot and share what they feel towards our work.
When we didn’t see a spark, we would gently nudge them into finding their perfect fits. We would go separate ways and we would equipped them with our trusted wedding photographer friends to check out and contact.
We could only be at one place at one time and we wanted to make sure that we worked with the couples that see the value of photography and love our works. If we haven’t find these particular ones, we’ll keep looking. And up to this point, we haven’t failed to do so. For us, it’s important to know our calling and work with people with the same vision 🙂
I am used to getting emails from our couples after the signed contract and deposited retainer that said they had made the best decisions of hiring us (which also meant that we made the best decisions to work with them too!). But not until last night, I was floored by a thankful email from a couple who just booked with us this month.
In the midst of Thanksgiving (Happy Thanksgiving to our American friends by the way ;)) and the familiar faces on the dinner table, she felt something is missing. She felt that she needed to send us an email liberating the feelings she and her fiance had over our new agreement to work together on their wedding next year. Her words are simple but powerful. Over the process of finding the photographers for their wedding day, they are thankful that we made the process so quick and easy. Our less than 36 hours responses had helped her to not just narrow down on her choices but also in perfecting her timeline of the day. Our meeting to get to know each other had made them realized that they decided to meet with us through our portfolio and to book with us because of our personalities. It went on for awhile which I will keep to myself so that we get to my point faster ;). Her email ended with an invitation to a dinner at their place next year. And the cheers on her email was to our newly found friendship through a business meeting. And I could not agree more.
That is so true! We have so many reasons to be thankful! Thanks for sharing!
I love working with clients that are truly excited to work with me. Great post!
That is precious! Thank you for inspiring me! 🙂
so pretty 😀 i love it!!
So very, very true. Thanks for sharing.
Don’t you just love it when that happens!!
So amazing to work with clients that inspire. 🙂 Thank you for this great post.
So exciting when you get that encouragement from a client! Love this!
Loving this! Very inspiring indeed!
Great 1 image
Love this! It really is amazing to work with clients who just get us and share the same vision and whom we can connect with!