Hiring Alfred and Emma for our City Hall wedding ceremony and bridal shoot was a "gamble" from the start, albeit a good one. We booked them without any referral and paid the deposit even though we have not met up with them to view their portfolio or maybe talk to get to know their creative direction as my fiance and I are not based in San Francisco.But it was a good bet that we took.

Alfred and Emma are a husband and wife team that portrays professionalism right from the start. They arrived early, ahead of the scheduled time, for the wedding ceremony at City Hall. Being punctual on an assignment is really crucial as it just shows how professional you are. I perfectly know that as my make up artist was late for 20 mins in the morning prior to the wedding ceremony.

I can also observed that they are experienced in photoshoots as Emma told me to email her a list of the group photos names of my relatives and friends. She will then have the names downloaded into her phone and calls out the names of the people to take group shots with us in an orderly manner. That really saves a lot of time and we are able to proceed with our outdoor shoots without any delay.

We have 5 locations to fit into a 4 hours schedule of bridal shoot. Nevertheless, we didn't want the photos to turn out slip-shod work. Alfred and Emma are really gracious people that didn't even charge us extra when the bridal shoot overshot by 45 mins. And they are charging by the hour. We are really touched that they are committed to their photography job that they don't mind exceeding 45 mins to take great wedding pictures. When the time was up, they didn't even stop and ask us whether we wanted to extend by another hour. They just kept shooting and of course, we tip them after the shoot.

I was also grateful that Alfred and Emma tried their best to fulfill my wish of taking pictures at Nob hill because of a symmetrical angle that I like, even though the time is running out. Never once have they mentioned that they are going to charge us extra if we go beyond the stipulated time.

Alfred and Emma are also efficient people that will get your pictures and enlargement done on time and they will even email teasers on the night of the wedding. In summary, if you want to get a reliable and professional photographer who are flexible in acceding your request and not calculative about charging you extra for anything, Alfred & Emma are the ones you should appoint as your wedding photographer. They are highly recommended and are worth every single cent that you have paid to hire them. Oh and did I mention that their services are affordable too? You will be rest assured that you are in good hands...

P/S: You can view my wedding pictures here under"soeadeline"
http://www.alfredsalom.com/photocart/