Tips when looking for a wedding photographer

When you are looking for a wedding photographer, you want to choose the best. This is the most important day of your life, and you want to have the photographs to remind you of it for ever.

Choose the best photographer that you can afford, and you will be well rewarded with a set of photographs that make the whole day look like a fairy tale. A good photographer will make sure that you and your guests all look fantastic, whatever the weather, and whatever disasters occur!

Firstly, check that the firm you are dealing with belongs to a reputable photographic professional body. These will vary from country to country. This will help you if you have any concerns about the level of service provided, or if he lets you down and you wish to chase him up afterwards.

A good photographer will have a meeting with your beforehand, when he will talk to you about which particular shots you want taken. He will, of course, take many shots using his own skill and judgement.

The photographer should be able to assure you that he/she will be able to get a variety of shots during the service, before the wedding and during the reception, while not interrupting the proceedings.

Find a photographer that you get along with on a personal level. This will help if there is anything amiss, as you will feel more able to talk to him/her about it.

Visit the photographer's studio, or ask him to bring a selection of his work to your house, so that you can see some of his past work. He should be able to give you the names and contact details of some of his past customers, It is worthwhile taking the time to contact these people to see if they were satisfied with his work.

Many photographers today offer a digital printing service. Ask if the photographer you have chosen offers this. A very efficient photographer will be able to take photos during the day, load them onto his computer and be able to show the shots to your guests at the evening reception so that they can choose which pictures they would like prints of.

Ask about digital enhancement. If they day is very overcast, for example, the photographer can use a photographic package to brighten up your photos. He can also take out any odd hands or balloons that cut into the picture and crop them to size. This process improves your photographs immeasurably.

Whichever photograph you choose, remember that it is your day, and that you are employing him. Don't be put off by a superior manner. Say exactly what you want you won't get another chance at this one


By Susan Hibbend

About Susan
She lives in Kent in the UK and works part-time as a school librarian. She has been writing books for five years now, and has published three. The first is The Purple Butterfly, and is the diary she kept when she was undergoing treatment for Thyroid Cancer. The second is called The Little Book of Collectable British Pyrex. Her third book is The Butterfly Book of Kentish Recipes and was published in May 2008. She has also written a children's novel called Abigail Flynn, which was printed for a local school.