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Samantha Jackson of Samantha Jackson Weddings wins award at Pensacola Young Professionals Annual Dinner on April 14, 2012.

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The “Black and Yellow” rapper, 24, proposed to girlfriend Amber Rose, Us Weekly can confirm. Sharing a picture of her dazzling engagement ring via Twitter, Rose said: “He has made me the happiest woman in the world!”

Khalifa hinted that a proposal would happen “soon” at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards on February 12. “We want to get married. We’re just taking our time,” Rose told E! News. “Whenever he wants to propose, that’s when it will happen.”

An excited Khalifa also tweeted a photo of Rose’s ring Thursday. “She said yes!” he wrote. “Love is everywhere.”

According to Rose, Khalifa is “just the sweetest guy. He’s very normal. He didn’t let the fame and everything get to him.” The two have been dating for “over a year.”

Prior to her relationship with Khalifa, Rose was linked to Kanye West, 34.

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Sarah first met her would be husband Freddie in 1997 on the set of the teen horror flick I Know What You Did Last Summer. They would however only start dating 3 years later.

But from then on, things moved pretty fast with their engagement in April 2001 and their wedding in September 2002 . The ceremony was in south west Mexico and was led by film director Adam Shankman. The bridesmaid was Lindsay Sloane, Sarah’s longtime close friend.

The couple has one child, Charlotte Grace Prinze, born on September 2009. Freddie and Sarah are practically agemates with Freddie just an year older than his wife.

Sarah is an ardent fan of Far East martial arts and is a certified black belt in Taekwondo. In 2004, during the shooting of the horror film The Grudge in Japan, she bought a special sword – the katana – from the renowned sword smith Kuniie III, as a gift for her husband.

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There are three important factors to consider when hiring a wedding photographer. Two are unique only to the photgrapher and cannot be copied.  The third element fluctuates due to many different variables.  Let’s talk about each in the order of importance.

First and most importantly is the personality of the individual who you will hire and invite as a guest to your wedding.  These characteristics may not be the first thing you think about when hiring a photographer, however, it will definitely be the most important factor in the decision-making process. The first thing you need to determine is whether or not you like the images that this particular photographer has to show you.  You will probably see 20-30 photographers’ work online and narrow it down to 3-5 individuals who you will interview.  It is definitely important to be intrigued or excited by the images a photographer shows you but this is not always the deciding factor.  What is?  Personality.  Now that you are meeting with the photographer face to face, the question you have to ask your inner self is: Do I like this person? Do I feel comfortable with this person?  Will my friends and family like him or her? Would I invite him or her to my wedding?

Personality and character may not be the first thing you judge when interviewing a potential photographer but it is always a common thread that influences the final decision. You have to really like AND trust the person who will be capturing your wedding images. You could find the Ansel Adams of wedding photographers, but if her or she bugged you in anyway and you are not totally honest with yourself, the only person who is going to suffer is you. The bottom line is, if you don’t like your photographer for any reason your wedding images and your memories or going to be reflected upon as if looking into a tarnished mirror.

The second element and almost as equally important as personality is the photographers eye; the way he or she sees and captures the wedding day. This unique trait separates one photographer from the next. It is “the photographer’s fingerprint” no two are the same.

A photographer can copy another photographer’s style, but the fact is no two photographers see the same way. When looking at different photographer’s work, take notice of how and what they see. Do the images move you? Are they unique or different or do they look like every other photographers work you have looked at. Are they emotional? Do they tell a complete story? Are they artistic and creative? Are they real? Do the people look comfortable?  Finally, out of all the photographers you met with, whose images did you gravitate towards the most and why? Usually, the answer to these questions will tell you who the right photographer is for you.

Finally, the last deciding factor is usually Cost. You spend hours if not days of your time interviewing photographer after photographer and now you have found the perfect one for you. Their images are amazing and he/she is the greatest person ever! However, your inner voice picked someone who is more than you budgeted for. What do you do?

Ask yourself a few important questions. After the wedding is over, what am I going to have left? Answer: Your pictures. Everything else is going to be forgotten and only remembered through your photographs. According to a survey run buy TheWeddingChannel.com, the number one regret married couples had is that they wished they would have invested more money on their wedding photography. Think about this, when the music over, the food is gone, and flowers are dead, your wedding pictures are the only thing left to bring back those memories and the irony is that most people spend more on flowers or food than their wedding photography. Your wedding album will last long past your wedding day and then passed down to your children and grandchildren. If your wedding pictures are important to you, don’t you think wedding photography should be a place in your budget where you give priority too?

Shopping for a wedding photographer is like buying a house; you get what you pay for. In both cases the purchase and decision to buy is based on emotion. Buying a little more than you can afford is always a wise investment that you won’t regret as long as you have put in the time to find the perfect one for you. With that said, it doesn’t mean there are not ways to get the most for your dollar.  One way is to buy all albums and products you might want up front as part of a package instead of buying a-la-cart afterwards.  Another way is make sure you understand what it will cost before AND after the wedding. Sometimes a photographer’s packages appear to be less expensive at first glance, then after the wedding you get hit with add-ons you did not expect such as over time fees, more expensive re-prints or additional album design charges.  Then you end up spending more money than you would have with a photographer who first appeared to have been more expensive but everything was included in his package.

Don’t make the mistake of weeding out photographers because you called or emailed and asked for prices and then crossed them off your list because they exceed a certain dollar amount that you determined photography should cost. Finding a great photographer is much like discovering a great restaurant.  Let’s say you were to call around to ten different eateries and ask, “How much are your meals?”  If you never take the opportunity to meet the owner, taste the food or experience the service,  the ambiance and charm of the restaurant you cannot make an educated decision.  All of these things make dining a great experience.  Calling on the telephone and price shopping won’t give you the same education as actually meeting the photographer in person or having a face to face conversation via Skype if your not in the same town.

Wouldn’t you feel better knowing you spent a little more on your wedding images because you loved your photographer and your wedding photographs were so amazing that you wanted them all in your album  VS. getting less than you imagined and end up spending more than you dreamed.

-Robert Evans

Robert Evans and WeddingPhotography411.com Co-Founder has been a professional photographer from the age of twenty. His path in photography began around age fourteen and slowly progressed from there. He worked in a small color lab in Hollywood,  just a few miles from where he grew up in Encino California, a suburb of Los Angeles. He quickly realized he wanted to take pictures and not process others photographs. Robert left the lab when he had an opportunity to work for a large portrait studio, with an opening in their wedding  department.  His career as a wedding photographer began. Robert photographed his very first wedding in January of 1989. He then went on to work for three photography studios before starting Robert Evans Studios, Inc, in January 1994.

From that moment on Robert has worked hard to become one of the best wedding photographers in his field, fueled by his passion for photography. Today, Robert Evans has earned an amazing reputation not only among his clients but also from his peers throughout the wedding industry. Robert’s easy going personality, integrity and sensitivity has garnered him the ability to work with couples and naturally capture images unlike  any other photographer.  His amazing eye has earned him the honor of photographing some of the biggest celebrity weddings over the last decade. That list includes some of the top names in the business, sports, television, movie and music worlds. They have all trusted Robert Evans to photograph their weddings and other personal miles stones in their lives. Some of the names on the list include Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, Shania Twain, Google’s #1 gal Marissa Mayer, Trent Reznor, Miranda Lambert to Blake Shelton. He also has photographed private events for Jim Carrey, Jenny McCarthy, Christina Aguileira and Sam Raimi.

Maria and Chris were a wonderful couple to work with and Samantha Jackson Weddings had a wonderful time working with the couple.  It was nice to do a wedding outside of Florida and get to work with some very talented vendors for this wedding.

A video of the wedding is located here:  Maria and Chris