OK, yeah, so I’m copying and pasting the press release. Before I do that though, I just want to send out some love to all the couples who gave us our 5 star reviews on Wedding Wire. Your amazing comments really gave us so much joy to read, and we were so happy to be able to make your wedding day amazing! We always want our couples to have the perfect, 5 star experience, and we’re so glad they did!

Albany, NY – January 26, 2011 – WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, is thrilled to announce that Scott Kretschmann Photography has been selected to receive the prestigious annual WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 for wedding photography! Recognition for the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 is determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 750,000 WeddingWire newlyweds. Our past clients are among those that shared their experiences on WeddingWire, the largest wedding review site in the nation. Scott Kretschmann Photography stands among the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire community, representing quality and service excellence within the wedding industry. Awards were given to the top wedding professionals across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, and were based on the overall professional achievements throughout the past year. “WeddingWire is honored to celebrate the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire community,” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “With the annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ program, WeddingWire has the unique opportunity to recognize the best wedding professionals across the US and Canada. We applaud Scott Kretschmann Photography for their professionalism and dedication to enhancing the wedding planning experience last year.” We are happy to announce that Scott Kretschmann Photography is among the very best wedding photographers within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Martha Stewart Weddings, Project Wedding and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for nominating us to receive the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011.

For more information on the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011, please visit www.WeddingWire.com. About WeddingWire, Inc. WeddingWire.com, the nation’s leading technology company serving the $70 billion wedding industry, is the only online wedding planning resource designed to empower both engaged couples and wedding professionals. For engaged couples, WeddingWire offers the ability to search, compare and book over 200,000 local wedding vendors, from wedding venues to wedding photographers to wedding cakes. WeddingWire also offers an online community and a suite of cutting-edge planning tools for weddings, including wedding websites and wedding checklists, all at no charge. For wedding professionals, WeddingWire provides free online management tools creating the only market opportunity that gives local businesses control over their clients, reviews, leads and performance. Businesses that join the WeddingWire Network appear on WeddingWire.com and other leading sites, including MarthaStewartWeddings.com (NYSE: MSO), ProjectWedding.com and Weddingbee.com (both part of eHarmony), and Celebrations.com (part of the 1-800-Flowers family of brands, NASDAQ: FLWS).

We got an e-mail today from Wedding Wire, which is a website where clients can leave reviews for their vendors. This e-mail informed us that we had won a Bride’s Choice Award, which is awarded to the top 5% of wedding vendors nationwide. We were both excited and humbled by this award. Does this mean we can now call ourselves “award winning photographers”??? OK, maybe not so much, but what it does mean is that we have the greatest clients on earth. Wedding Wire asked for your input on my services, and you were so kind in your reviews, we are eternally grateful. Are we really happy about this award? You bet. Mostly though, we are so happy that we have brought a little joy to our clients by giving them both great wedding images and a great photography experience. Making you guys happy makes our job worthwhile. We are truly lucky to have you all as clients, and more importantly, friends. Thank you all so much again, and we look forward to giving the same experience to every new client this year!!!!