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By Emily • May 15, 2014

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Jomarie & Christion in Manassas, VA

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We’re Emily and Bobby, collectively known as The Oberports. We’ve traveled all over West Virginia (and beyond!) photographing love stories and documenting precious memories since 2009. Weddings are kinda our thing.

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We love showing off this beautiful state! We’re West Virginia based photographers servicing Charleston, Fayetteville, the New River Gorge, Huntington, Morgantown and beyond. We’re also road warriors and regularly shoot weddings in Columbus OH, Pittsburgh PA, Washington DC, and Baltimore MD.

We don’t just provide the best West Virginia wedding photography, we also offer a variety of portrait sessions like WV senior portraits and WV family photos in Charleston and beyond.

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🎉 Proudly unveiling our brand new website 🎉

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Now off to celebrate by grabbing our fave local coffee (@meacuppacoffee) , hopping around a few garden centers, and cocktails at @1010bridge 🍸
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Styled shoots/“content days” AREN’T weddings

Styled shoots/“content days” AREN’T weddings and wedding photographers who include tons of these images in their portfolios are misleading potential clients.

Why?

Because real wedding days are all about the experience of a happy couple - not a photographer’s portfolio.

Real weddings have time constraints.

Real weddings require lots of split second decisions and troubleshooting.

The best wedding photographers are logistical wizards who are always thinking ahead, making quick judgment calls, and working with a team of other vendors to keep the day running smoothly.

It’s easy to take beautiful photos at “content days”, workshops, and styled shoots….. that’s kind of the point.

But 99% of the time, it’s not a good representation of what a real wedding day looks like, and it’s not setting great expectations for clients or potential clients.

NOTE: we AREN’T saying Styled shoots and workshops are bad! Do them, learn, grow, and help other wedding vendors with your photos from these shoots!

But using lots of these photos to promote your wedding photography services is disingenuous. And using these photos with SEO to market for actual client services (like wedding photos) when in reality you paid money to stand in a room with 10 other photographers shooting the same thing …… is borderline grifting.

If you’re just starting out, be honest with potential clients about how much of your portfolio is from workshops or content days/styled shoots. Be honest about how much *REAL* wedding experience you have!

#wvphotographer #wvweddingphotographer #westvirginia #weddingphotographer

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