Choose Your Wedding Photographer Wisely

Wedding Photographer - choices

The Wedding Photographer you choose for your wedding is entrusted with recording your special day for ever. Not only the posed shots, but also those special moments during the course of the day that will remind you of the whole experience. Your choice, therefore, is very important and more than just picking up a phone and making a booking.

You must first ask around, and enquire of any married friends what Wedding Photographer they used. Not only that, but also which ones not to use and what pitfalls have befallen others that you should try to avoid. Learn from others: either their mistakes or the good things that they did and the great ideas that they had. Don’t reinvent the wheel, and take all the advice you can get. You only get one set of wedding photographs, so make sure that they are as good as they can be.

Wedding Photographer - booking

Try to book around a year before the big day, and confirm about six months out. A good Wedding Photographer will get together with you a few months before the wedding and discuss your needs. You will have to discuss the set poses, and which are needed. Not only that, but also the order in which they should be taken. A lot depends on your venue, and whether the posed shots are to be taken at the ceremony venue or at the reception.

If your Wedding Photographer is a good one, they should know the various venues in the locality. If not, then they will visit the venues for both ceremony and reception well in advance and pick the best settings for photographs. This is where it can get tricky. You should make sure that your photographer and videographer get on well together since they are going to have to cooperate with the posed photographs. What is right for one may not be right for the other, and it is likely best that you choose the settings for these.

Wedding Photographer - venue

Frequently the reception venue is set in better scenery than that for the ceremony, and it is there you will want the poses taken by the Wedding Photographer. The order is important since you have two aspects of these to consider. You want them taken in a logical order so that the jumping in and out of the line-outs is minimized, but you might also be tight for time, since the reception will frequently have a tight schedule. That is why you need a priority list to get the major poses shot first. All the aunts and uncles can be attended to during the reception if necessary.

A Wedding Photographer that gets on well with the bride’s mother is a definite advantage, and he or she must also get on with you! Make sure that you have the photographer to yourself for the whole day, and not sharing between weddings. You should also make sure that if you have a DJ or MC, they inform the photographer of any of the important aspects of the wedding that are coming up, such as cutting the cake or the first dance. You don’t want them away developing or printing off some shots at the important moments.

Wedding Photographer - advice

Regarding printing, you are advised to check whether your shots are digital or on film. There are things to be aid for each, and a good Wedding Photographer will have both. Digital is fine so long as the resolution is high enough to allow good sharp blow-ups. The pixel count is very important, but a professional will know what is needed. That is why it is so important not to trust Uncle Tom to take your wedding photographs. What was fine for a few holiday snaps with his 2 megapixel camera will not be fine for large posed portraits beneath a shaded wedding pagoda.

Another very important piece of advice for you is to make sure that the photographer has the necessary qualifications, and is not just an ordinary guy with a flash camera that has decided to make few bucks as a wedding photographer. A keen amateur can completely ruin your big day. Also check their insurance. A Wedding Photographer must have an indemnity insurance to cover them for such disastrous events as the camera being stolen with all the shots stored in it. Also make sure that they have more than one camera. Accidents happen and cameras can be dropped and get broken.

Wedding Photographer - memories

Finally, remember that this is your big day, and your Wedding Photographer is hired to record it for you. You should get what you want, so make your needs known. If there are any special shots you want of yourself and your new husband, such as the modern popular rear view showing off your wonderful dress from behind, then ask for it and make sure you get it. You are the one that is paying for the service.

If you take all of that into consideration while choosing your Wedding Photographer, and on the big day itself, you should have a set of wonderful photographs that will record the biggest day of your life for ever.










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