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Our packages are carefully thought out and represent great value at every price point. However, we understand that some couples want the ability to build their own wedding photography package -- so this menu is for you! Photography by the hour: $200/hr ($150/hr when adding additional hours to one of our packages).
Each "hour" includes:
On line proofing: always no charge.
8.5 x 11 hardcover proof book: $179 For couples who want the ability to see all their proof images without going on line, we offer a 100-page, 8.5 x 11 hard cover proof book with up to 400 of the best images from your wedding. There are four images per page, with a printed dust jacket that matches your wedding album.
[ together ] book 4x6 proof book set: $275
10 x 10 40-side coffee table book: $750
Your book will have a white vellum sheet placed in front of the first printed page, and a printed book jacket. Each book is protected with a glossy black case with a personalized silver hot stamping text line (Katherine and John, Karen and Dominick. . . ). These are incredibly beautiful books.
5x5 40-page coffee table book: $75 (when ordered at same time as 10 x 10 book)
Note: Prices shown do not include 8% NY State Sales Tax, which will be added to all items ordered.
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On line proofing is always included with our photography. Right after your event (usually in less than 48 hours) you can view your unretouched photos with our on line gallery. As we retouch the images, we upload the improved versions and take down the proofs, so you always see the best images possible. You, your friends and family can order prints directly from the gallery, in sizes ranging from 4x6 to 16x20 at very reasonable prices, with ultra-fast turnaround. 
You have to see this to believe it! Up to 400 of your wedding images, printed one per page in borderless 4x6 on photographic paper, bound in Japanese silk in four beautiful, library-quality hardcover books, and encased in a beautiful slipcover. Each “page” of the book is the actual
photographic print - there are no plastic sleeves or overlays. Designed to stand up to a lifetime of use, these hand-made artisan-quality books were featured on Oprah's "O-list" and covered in "Real Simple." Fast turnaround too (we can usually have them to you within three weeks of your wedding). 
Our hard-cover coffee-table books feature individual magazine-style layouts, each customized to reflect the personality and feel of your wedding. 
The 5x5 books have exactly the same layout as the coffee-table books -- but they're softbound, and devastatingly cute. Très chic, très fun. Great choice for parent's books too. | < Prev | Next > |
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Our Wedding Photography
All the elements of your wedding, photographed with a fresh stylish elegance. We combine classic portraiture and photojournalistic storytelling to turn your wedding into lasting works of art.
Whether you are looking for a sophisticated coffee-table book, a DVD slideshow, a web site of your wedding day, or just a simple disc of images, we can provide exactly what you are looking for, at extremely competitive prices.
We want to be your wedding photographers!
A note about . . .
Just a quick note about our engagement and wedding photography: everything you see here and in our gallery was photographed by us with real couples at their own weddings. There are no staged setups or models - just real people, real emotion, real pictures.
No Discrimination
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, creed, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, marital status, veteran status, or disability.Login Form
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Beyond the wedding day. . .
A lot of people don't realize that we are a full-time, full-service photo studio, serving all your photographic needs. Even if you chose someone else to shoot your wedding day (you did it before you heard about us, right? 
) we forgive you, and we'd be happy to work with you on other photo projects: Just a few of the things we can do for brides, grooms, and couples:
- Stealth Proposal Photos. Want to capture the moment you drop on bended knee and ask her to marry you? We'll be there to capture the moment, without her even knowing about it until afterwards! Too good an event to miss!
- Engagement Photos. A fun, relaxed photo session that captures your happiness during the glow of your engagement period. In studio, on location, we'll create romantic, gorgeous images that will help you always remember "the way we were."
- Boudoir Pics. Surprise your fiancè with a beautiful magazine-style softcover book or a DVD video montage that will show him your sexy, confident side. Soft and sensual or sexy and hot, we know how to make great glamour pix, and you'll have a blast doing it -- we promise!
- Rehearsal Dinner Photography. Sometimes weddings bring relatives and friends from far away who haven't seen each other for a long time. The rehearsal dinner will be the first time they get a chance to see each other, and the reunion moments can be touching, emotional, amazing. Why not have us there to catch those moments, and make them part of your wedding story?
- Wedding Ceremony and Reception Photography. Of course, this is the heart of what we offer. We have a strong photojournalistic style, but we also understand that some people want traditional group photos too -- we do it all.
- Trash the Dress. Well, the point isn't so much to trash the dress, as to do a newlywed photo session, in your wedding clothes. Always fun, always romantic, and for sure, memorable!
- Bellies and Babies! Is that the pitter-patter of little feet we hear? We'd love to photograph you during your pregnancy, and capture you and your husband's joy at the new addition to your family.
- Family Reunions. We love shooting family reunions! Maybe it's because our own families have such great reunion traditions, but we love them all. Why not start your own tradition of having Paul and Brenda shoot your family reunions, and let us produce a beautiful book from the event for each family? It's surprisingly inexpensive!
Wedding Planning Tips
Wedding Planning Tip #1: When looking at a photographer's portfolio, ask to see two or three examples of complete weddings, in addition to their best work. This approach gives you a much better idea of their true capabilities, strengths and weaknesses than a portfolio of "best-of" images from random weddings, possibly taken over a long period of time. This will help you select a photographer who can produce consistently great photography of your entire day, rather than just a few good images.
Wedding Planning Tip #2: The most popular wedding dates (Saturdays during the spring, summer, and early fall) with the best venues, DJs, caterers and photographers are often booked a year or more in advance. Fridays and Sundays and winter Saturdays tend to be booked up six months in advance.
About us
Welcome to the internet home of Paul Grupp and Brenda Tompkins.
Paul is a full-time professional photographer working on location and in the studio in Albany, NY. He has shot dozens of assignments for newspapers, and spent two and half years as staff photographer for the NY State Senate. His work has appeared on the websites and in the catalogs of many companies and organizations, and in a diverse set of publications ranging from 944 Fashion magazine to Landscape Architecture, to The Saratogian, The Troy Record, and The San Diego Troubadour newspapers. His photographs were featured in the book Erotique Digitale published by the Ilex press. Many musicians use Paul's photography on their websites, promo pix and CD packaging.
Brenda specializes in weddings and portraiture. She has a great eye for capturing the emotion and excitement of the wedding day, and many of our best bridal images were photographed by Brenda.
While we are based in Albany NY, our work takes us up and down the east coast, so whether you are in the Berkshires or the Adirondacks, Long Island or Boston, Vermont or Rhode Island, we are happy to travel to your location.
We'd love to become your photographers! You can reach us at (518) 526-9969 or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it