Joseph West
Commissions · By Appointment · MMXXVI

How a commission works.

Twelve a year, across Texas and further. No packages and no price list: a conversation, then a proposal written for the day.

No. I · The shape of it

In four movements.

  1. The inquiry

    Write a few lines about the day. The venue, the date, the people you want remembered. You hear back from Joseph, not an assistant.

  2. The proposal

    A letter written for the day, not a menu. The hours, the rooms, film or digital, travel, delivery, and one number. Twelve commissions a year means each one is written from scratch.

  3. The day

    Joseph, mostly on film, nothing rushed. One photographer by design; past two hundred and fifty guests, a second.

  4. The archive

    A first selection comes back first. The rest follows once the film is developed and scanned at Richard Photo Lab in Los Angeles. Planners get the whole gallery, never a vendor cut.

No. II · The commissions

Three ways in.

  1. The Intimate

    An elopement or a small wedding

    One location, up to twenty-five guests, a few hours of the day.

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  2. The Wedding

    The full day in Texas

    One venue or two, from getting ready through the last dance.

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  3. The Heirloom Weekend

    More than one day, more than one room

    The welcome dinner, the wedding, the day after. Destination and international.

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Commissions are quoted in conversation, not published as a list. The number arrives in the proposal, written for your day.

No. III · Where the work is

Texas by the day. Further by the weekend.

Houston and Austin by the day. Marfa, the Hill Country, Palm Springs, San Miguel de Allende, Antigua and further by the weekend. Travel is written into the proposal.

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No. IV · For planners

Dates and proposals by request.

Full-gallery access after the wedding, never a vendor cut, and a credit wherever the work runs. Write with the date and the room and you'll have an answer on availability.

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No. V · Asked often

Before you write.

By Appointment · MMXXVI

Request a date.

Tell us about the day. The venue, the date, what you're hoping the room remembers.

Inquire A small Houston practice. Nothing rushed.