Business Description

Why We Are Unique:

1.) We take the time to get to know you.

2.) We give you a guarantee: you must be thrilled (not just satisfied) with your pictures, or you don’t pay for them. Please read our clients’ testimonials to see why we can offer this guarantee: click on “Customer Reviews.”

3.) We do maximum 20 weddings a year. More than that, and it would become routine.

4.) Every album we design is unique, and you the client always have final say over it.

5.) With our special enhancements you will look your absolute best—right out of a glamour magazine.

6.) We always take both formal and casual (even goofy) group shots. You choose one or both for your album.

7.) We always manage to get a group picture of everyone at the wedding.

8.) I’m particularly good with people; they warm up to me and eventually see me as part of the fun. This makes for great candids.

9.) We take lots of details, which powerfully capture the emotional charge of your wedding day.

10.) You get your proofs in three formats: CD, website and proofbook.

11.) We take romance pictures of you as a couple that we add special painterly effects to that will warm your heart.

12.) Best of all, we have easy payment plans, making sure you get what you want—which will be much better than you first imagined when you started looking around.

Services Offered

	To request additional information please call us at (908) 364-2665 or visit our Website. To submit a request please click on the services offered below.
	Event Photographers Portrait Photographers Wedding Photographers

Frequently Asked Questions

General Questions
Q.	Do you have a customer satisfaction or refund policy?

Portrait Photographers
Q.	What are your qualifications? Have you been professionally trained or certified?

Q.	What are your rates?

Q.	Do you require a deposit?

Q.	What packages do you offer?

Q.	How many pictures do you take?

Q.	Can I keep the negatives?

Q.	What is your photographic style?

Q.	Do you provide black and white photography?

Q.	Do you use digital or film?

Q.	Can I see examples of your work?

Q.	How far are you willing to travel?

Q.	How quickly will I receive my prints?

Q.	What makes you different from other photographers?

Wedding Photographers
Q.	What are your qualifications? Have you been professionally trained or certified?

Q.	What packages do you offer? What are your rates?

Q.	Do you require a deposit?

Q.	How many pictures do you take?

Q.	Can I keep the negatives?

Q.	How many weddings have you photographed?

Q.	What is your photographic style?

Q.	Do you provide black and white photography?

Q.	Do you use digital or film?

Q.	Can I see examples of your work?

Q.	How far are you willing to travel?

Q.	How quickly will I receive my prints?

Q.	What makes you different from other photographers?

Event Photographers
Q.	What are your rates?

Q.	Do you require a deposit?

Q.	Can I keep the negatives?

Q.	What is your photographic style?

Q.	How many pictures do you take?

Q.	Do you provide black and white photography?

Q.	How long does it take you to develop photos?

Q.	Do you use digital or film?

Q.	Can I see examples of your work?

Q.	How far are you willing to travel?

Q.	What services do you offer?

Q.	What is your photographic style?

Q.	What format do you provide your photography in (print, electronic, etc.)?

Q.	Can I keep the negatives?

Q.	What are your qualifications? Have you been professionally trained or certified?

Q.	Why should I use your services for my photography needs?

Q.	Do you have a customer satisfaction or refund policy?
My customers are overwhelmingly thrilled with the images I provide them. If for some reason you are not, I will redo the session if it was a studio session, or charge you no more than the initial deposit, if it was an event or wedding.

Q.	What are your qualifications? Have you been professionally trained or certified?
I have been taking portraits for 35+ years, and my subjects have loved them. For the past three years I've been using dramatic white backgrounds, and my customers are delighted even more.

Q.	What are your rates?
Family session: $600 (includes portable studio). Individual session: $400 (includes portable studio).

Q.	Do you require a deposit?
Half when we book the session, and the balance at the time of the session. I will mail you your prints.

Q.	What packages do you offer?
Family session includes 20 mounted 4x6s in an album, a CD of all images, and 1 print package of 4 wallet size, 3 4x6s, 2 5x7s and 1 8x10. Individual Session: CD of session, same print pachage as family session, plus 2 additional (different) 8x10s

Q.	How many pictures do you take?
50-100 per session

Q.	Can I keep the negatives?
You receive a CD-ROM of the complete session. You can email these pictures and upload them. You must order additional prints, if desired.

Q.	What is your photographic style?
Highly personable. I strive to capture something unique and expressive about the people I photograph and keep shooting until I'm satisfied that I've gotten it.

Q.	Do you provide black and white photography?
Yes. And Sepia as well.

Q.	Do you use digital or film?
Digital. It is much more versatile, and every bit as good in quality.

Q.	Can I see examples of your work?
Besides the examples on the Respond.com site, you can see them at printroom.com/pro/joelsimpsonphoto.

Q.	How far are you willing to travel?
Yes. I'll travel 50 miles for no extra charge. After that, kindly call.

Q.	How quickly will I receive my prints?
You will receive the CD-ROM within a week, proofs within 2-3 weeks and final prints within 2-3 weeks of your order.

Q.	What makes you different from other photographers?
I keep shooting until I capture something unique about my subjects. When I show them the preliminary results (on the camera screen) they are usually delighted and often astonished at the energy and imagination with which I have captured them.

Q.	What are your qualifications? Have you been professionally trained or certified?
35+ years of experience. I have taken classes and seminars on photography, but am mostly self-taught. I have also taught photography at the Maplewood-South Orange Adult School.

Q.	What packages do you offer? What are your rates?
4-5 hour wedding: Ceremony & reception: $1000. Includes CD of 200+ images, 50 4x6s in album, 30 8x10s in looseleaf folder & print package of 1 favorite: 8 wallet-size, 5 4x6, 2 5x7, 1 8x10 & 1 11x14. Formal album extra: $200 and up. 2. 6-7 hour wedding: $1400. CD of 300+ images; 75 4x6s in album, print package. 40 8x10s in loose-leaf. Formal album extra, $200 & up. Call for larger packages.

Q.	Do you require a deposit?
One-third down to book the date, one third at the time of the interview, and one-third on the date of the wedding. Albums must be pre-paid.

Q.	How many pictures do you take?
200+ for a four-hour wedding; 50+ more for each additional hour.

Q.	Can I keep the negatives?
You receive a CD-ROM of the complete session. You can email these pictures and upload them. You must order additional prints, if desired.

Q.	How many weddings have you photographed?
Five. Although I have many years experience photographing events, I have only recently begun shooting weddings. My customers have loved the results. I am offering special low prices while I build up a customer base in wedding work.

Q.	What is your photographic style?
I document your wedding using a very fresh, immediate journalistic style, however, I also include all the standard posed group and individual portraits. I also capture a variety of perspectives and use selected special effects to spice up your final result.

Q.	Do you provide black and white photography?
Yes, and sepia as well.

Q.	Do you use digital or film?
Digital. It is much more versatile, and every bit as good in quality. My photographs are enlargeable up to 30x40 inches.

Q.	Can I see examples of your work?
Besides the examples on the Respond.com site, you can see them at printroom.com/pro/joelsimpsonphoto. Click on weddings and check out the other events, too.

Q.	How far are you willing to travel?
50 miles one way for no extra charge. After that I must add a travel surcharge.

Q.	How quickly will I receive my prints?
You will receive a CD of the entire event within a week; proofs within three weeks, and the final album within 3-5 weeks of making your choice.

Q.	What makes you different from other photographers?
I strive to capture the flavor of your event in a number of ways. Reacting quickly to string of important moments, I capture them in both closeup and overview. Later at the reception I photograph both unobtrusively and through interaction, aiming to capture a bit of the personalities of the people I photograph. I also find out beforehand what style or flavor you want in your pictures.

Q.	What are your rates?
1-2 hour event or party: $300 $100 per hour after that.

Q.	Do you require a deposit?
Yes, 1/3 of the amount to secure the date.

Q.	Can I keep the negatives?
You receive a CD-ROM with all the pictures I shot, generally 50+ per hour.

Q.	What is your photographic style?
Journalistic, personable, celebratory, imaginative, multi-perspective.

Q.	How many pictures do you take?
50-100 per hour, depending on the amount of activity, and including multiple frames per second for bursts of fun.

Q.	Do you provide black and white photography?
Yes, and sepia as well.

Q.	How long does it take you to develop photos?
You receive a CD-ROM within a week and the proof package within three weeks. Albums take 3-5 weeks after you've made your print selection.

Q.	Do you use digital or film?
Digital. My photographs are enlargeable up to 30x40 inches.

Q.	Can I see examples of your work?
Besides the examples on the Respond.com site, you can see them at printroom.com/pro/joelsimpsonphoto. Click on weddings and check out the other events, too.

Q.	How far are you willing to travel?
50 miles one way for no extra charge. After that I must add a travel surcharge.

Q.	What services do you offer?
Besides straight photography, I can do panoramas, and various special effects.

Q.	What is your photographic style?
At events I anticipate critical moments and capture them using the appropriate lens and technique. In photographing people I strive to capture something of their personality in every shot and often keep shooting until I get it. I use multiple perspectives, backgrounds and some props to bring out people's individual flare.

Q.	What format do you provide your photography in (print, electronic, etc.)?
You receive a CD-ROM of all I took, proofs of the best ones and a print package.

Q.	Can I keep the negatives?
There are no negatives.

Q.	What are your qualifications? Have you been professionally trained or certified?
I have over 35 years experience photographing events (going back to my junior high school days). I have taken courses and seminars, but I am mostly self-taught.

Q.	Why should I use your services for my photography needs?
I will give you very personal service. I wil capture your critical moments in fun and dramatic ways, and the people in pictures will pop out of the prints. Check out my website at printroom.com.