Choosing the right wedding photographer
1 - Knowledge is Power
Get to know your photographer, check out their website and ask around to see if there is any of your friends have used them.
2 - Are they experienced?
Is photography their profession or just a weekend hobby?
How many weddings have they photographed?
What equipment do they use?
Do they carry back up equipment in case anything fails?
Have they photographed a wedding at your chosen location?
Even though this is not that important because any good photographer will go and check out the location in advance.
Ensure they are confident so that they can produce top quality images no matter what the weather throws at them.
Do they have public liability insurance?
Many wedding venues require that the photographer has insurance.
Always use a professional photographer - you wouldn’t consider using a dentist to cut your hair, would you?
3 - View their portfolio
Photography is an art, so it’s important that you like the style the photographer adopts to capture your day.
Look at their portfolio and finished wedding books. Websites can give you the wrong sense of the photographer’s capabilities. If possible, you should ensure that the quality and range of work is consistent no matter what the conditions or time of year.
Check the time photographer will be with you on the morning of your big day, this will allow you to arrange the correct times for hairdressers and make-up artists.
Read testimonials of former clients so you can contact them and make sure the images and books you are shown are taken by the photographer that will be at your wedding; some companies employ more than one photographer.
After the wedding, when will the images be available for viewing?
Will they be online?
Can your guests buy the digital files?
4 - Personality is key
Always make an appointment to meet face-to-face to see if you get along.
Chemistry is very important if you find them or overbearing at the first meeting it will not work under the pressure of your wedding day.
You may like the photographs but if you do not like photographer don’t book them.
Remember you have to spend the whole day with this person and if you don’t get on well your wedding day could be ruined.
Remember life is too short to work with pretty people, always go for people who want to make your day go with a bang.
Money matters always get the best photographer you can afford because as the old saying goes you always get what you pay for.
At the end of the day when the wedding cake has been eaten you have drunk all the wine, the dress packed away in the box and your flowers have died. All you have left is your photographs to remind you of the one for most important days of your life.
Most photographers will offer you a package outlining what you will be getting for the amount of money you are paying. Ensure you can customise the coverage of you for wedding so double check that you are getting what you want in writing and insure there are no hidden extras.
5 - Deposits and cancellations
Make sure you are clear how much deposit is required to confirm the date as normally this is not refundable.
You also need to know when the final balance is due.
Get to know your photographer, check out their website and ask around to see if there is any of your friends have used them.
2 - Are they experienced?
Is photography their profession or just a weekend hobby?
How many weddings have they photographed?
What equipment do they use?
Do they carry back up equipment in case anything fails?
Have they photographed a wedding at your chosen location?
Even though this is not that important because any good photographer will go and check out the location in advance.
Ensure they are confident so that they can produce top quality images no matter what the weather throws at them.
Do they have public liability insurance?
Many wedding venues require that the photographer has insurance.
Always use a professional photographer - you wouldn’t consider using a dentist to cut your hair, would you?
3 - View their portfolio
Photography is an art, so it’s important that you like the style the photographer adopts to capture your day.
Look at their portfolio and finished wedding books. Websites can give you the wrong sense of the photographer’s capabilities. If possible, you should ensure that the quality and range of work is consistent no matter what the conditions or time of year.
Check the time photographer will be with you on the morning of your big day, this will allow you to arrange the correct times for hairdressers and make-up artists.
Read testimonials of former clients so you can contact them and make sure the images and books you are shown are taken by the photographer that will be at your wedding; some companies employ more than one photographer.
After the wedding, when will the images be available for viewing?
Will they be online?
Can your guests buy the digital files?
4 - Personality is key
Always make an appointment to meet face-to-face to see if you get along.
Chemistry is very important if you find them or overbearing at the first meeting it will not work under the pressure of your wedding day.
You may like the photographs but if you do not like photographer don’t book them.
Remember you have to spend the whole day with this person and if you don’t get on well your wedding day could be ruined.
Remember life is too short to work with pretty people, always go for people who want to make your day go with a bang.
Money matters always get the best photographer you can afford because as the old saying goes you always get what you pay for.
At the end of the day when the wedding cake has been eaten you have drunk all the wine, the dress packed away in the box and your flowers have died. All you have left is your photographs to remind you of the one for most important days of your life.
Most photographers will offer you a package outlining what you will be getting for the amount of money you are paying. Ensure you can customise the coverage of you for wedding so double check that you are getting what you want in writing and insure there are no hidden extras.
5 - Deposits and cancellations
Make sure you are clear how much deposit is required to confirm the date as normally this is not refundable.
You also need to know when the final balance is due.