Q.  Can I set up an appointment to meet with you in person?
A.  Absolutely! I am happy meet with you in person to share printed samples of my work, and to answer any questions you might have. If you have already decided you would like to book with me as your photographer and we come to an agreement, we can go through the booking process in person as well.

Q.  I do not live in Florida, or my busy schedule will not allow me to meet with you in person, can we get to know you and possibly book with you through phone and internet?
A.  The answer is yes! I actually have had a lot of out of town brides book with me through phone and internet, and considering that many brides come to Florida for their destination weddings, I completely understand the necessity and importance of being able to make a booking from a distance. I am happy to speak with you via phone, and I am also happy to set up an AOL instant messenger or Skype meeting as well!

Q.  If I hire Creative Angle Photography to photograph my wedding, who would be the photographer to cover my special day?
A.  You may rest assured in the knowledge that there will be no surprises on your wedding day! If you hire Creative Angle Photography by Anna Maria to photograph your wedding, special event, or portrait session, it will be me, myself, and I, Anna Maria, who will be photographing you. Sometimes, I will bring my husband, Nicolas, or another associate to assist, or work along side of me, however, you will always have me there to capture every special moment!

Q.  How do I reserve your photography services for my wedding or event?
A.  In order to book Creative Angle Photography for your wedding or special event, we would need to sign a photography service agreement, and a deposit would need to be received.

Q.  How much of a deposit is required?
A.  The amount required for deposit varies depending on the type of coverage and package price. Portrait session deposits are $100, whereas wedding and event deposits are 50% of the package price, or no more than $750 if the package price exceeds $1500.

Q.  Are deposits refundable?
A.  When you book with Creative Angle Photography, your time and date will be blocked out in my schedule, and no other weddings will be booked for that same time and date. Since all other potential clients are turned away for booked dates, all deposits are non-refundable. If your wedding is changed to a time and date that I am available, then the deposit will be counted towards the new time and date, and no additional deposit will be required.

Q.  Do you charge for travel?
A.  Creative Angle Photography by Anna Maria provides photography service to many Central Florida locations free of travel charge, otherwise, the travel fee is very small. Please inquire about your specific location.

Q.  How long has your company been in business?
A.  I am very happy to announce that I have been photographing weddings professionally under my own company name for over six years! I started out as Artistic Mind’s Eye Photography, but after years of spelling out the complicated website via phone, I decided it was time to make a change to something simpler, hence, Creative Angle Photography! 

Q.  How many weddings have you photographed?
A.  I have photographed over 150 weddings, and counting, under my own company name!

Q.  What kind of equipment do you use, and do you bring back up equipment with you?
A.  This is an excellent question! I use professional level, digital photography equipment made by Canon. I presently have 1 EOS 40D camera body, 3 EOS 20D camera bodies, 1 EOS XTi camera body, 2 L series lenses, 2 regular lenses, 3 580 EXII and EX flashes, 32 gigabytes worth of memory card space, and more camera and flash batteries than I could ever possibly use at an all day wedding. I always bring back up equipment with me to photograph any wedding, event, or portrait session. With as much as I use my equipment, I have had the experience two or three times when a piece of equipment broke down on me, and I had to go into my bag for another one. I would tremble at the thought of shooting anything without backup equipment!

Q.  Do you provide engagement sessions?
A.  Yes! Several of my wedding packages include an engagement session. Stand alone engagement sessions are available if you do not need wedding coverage. 

Q.  Do you provide headshots for entertainers?
A.  Yes! With both of my sisters being professional actors, I am very familiar with the creative portrait needs of performers.

Q.  Do you offer family portraiture services?
A.  Yes! Coming from a big, loving family, myself, I love to photograph fun, creative family portraits that capture the true personalities of each family member present!

Q.  Do you offer photo services for Facebook, Myspace, and online dating?
A.  Yes! Creative portraits provided by Creative Angle Photography will definitely enhance your Facebook, Myspace, and/or online dating profile, and will help you to receive attention from the right kind of people.

Q.  Do you provide photography for destination weddings in other locations?
A.  If cost of travel and room accommodations is provided, I will be happy to consider your destination wedding. 

Q.  Have you photographed any Disney Weddings?
A.  Although I do not photograph Disney weddings on a regular basis, I have done so, and I am familiar and comfortable with the Disney Wedding process. 

Q.  Why should I hire Creative Angle Photography over other Orlando wedding photographers?
A.  Well, I am not gonna lie, there are quite a number of excellent wedding photographers available today here in Orlando, Florida, and I know it has to be a difficult decision to select the right one. What sets me apart from the crowd is a combination of things—my personality, my approach, my excellent sense of professionalism, and my high level of experience and expertise, coupled with my awesome packages and reasonable prices.

I am an extremely genuine, caring individual who also happens to be very strong, fun and creative. I consider myself to have very good interpersonal communication skills, and I find it comes naturally to me to be very considerate and sensitive to the people around me and to the situation at hand. As you may imagine, sometimes emotions run wild on the day of the wedding, and I have helped to calm the nerves of many brides on many different occasions.

In any setting, my photography approach is always to capture natural, fun, artistic photographs of people. I love to photojournalistically capture things as they are happening, and whenever I pose photographs, I always pose for natural, artistic, vibrant images capturing the true personalities of the people I am working with. Also, as I am young, healthy, and physically fit, I have no problem keeping on my toes so that nothing important is missed.

I am well spoken, courteous, and kind, and in addition to always making it my goal to help people feel comfortable and free to be themselves in front of my camera, I am a natural born leader, and I have no problem, whatsoever, respectfully taking control of any situation and directing people during picture time. Customer service and satisfaction is of utmost importance to me, and I often find myself, literally, and figuratively bending over backwards to serve my brides and grooms. 

I have learned photography techniques from some of the best artists in the industry, and as I have captured nearly half a million moments in time, myself, over the past six years, I have had much time and experience to practice and perfect my own technique. I am not finished learning, however, as I am always looking for new and exciting ways to improve my photography skills, as well as better my offerings to clients.

I have had the pleasure of photographing people from a wide variety of different cultural, national, religious, and social backgrounds--including American, Caribbean, European, Asian, Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, non-religious, business men and women, construction workers, doctors, judges, lawyers, stay-at-home parents, students, high ranking military officers, diplomats, musicians, actors, and famous sports players.    

While I am not the cheapest photographer out there, I definitely aim to price my packages so that real people can afford me. My packages are all great, and I am proud to say that each package includes things like unlimited photographs taken, and the true high-resolution digital negatives of all wedding day photographs taken on disc with copyrights released to you. This means that you have the rights to do as you wish with your own wedding memories!

On many occasions, I have had wedding couples, their family, and their guests exclaim that they have never seen a more professional, skilled, creative, effervescent, energetic wedding photographer than me. By the end of an event, I often find I have made new friends.

While many Orlando wedding photographers have beautiful portfolios, some do not have much experience photographing weddings at all, or they have freshly graduated from school, and are just starting out. Some photographers only show their very best images, quite doctored up in their portfolios, but the ones you do not see are ugly or full of errors. Some photographers are performing their work with only half the equipment they should have, or with no back up equipment at all. It is so important to ask lots of questions while searching for a photographer, and to see more than just a handful of very doctored up images. Take into consideration the personality and experience of the photographer you are considering, as well as package price.

For those brides looking for a budget photographer, what is more important to you? Having the moon promised on a silver platter for $700, but finding many of your important moments were missed, or that only one out of every five or ten pictures actually look good, or investing more upfront, and being able to rest assured knowing that your wedding memories will be captured and preserved by someone skilled and experienced in wedding photography, and having the beautiful images to show for it and share with your family for generations to come as a result?