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Some More Mistakes Made When Selecting A Wedding Photographer

Synka | Jul 19, 2009 | 0 comments

1. You Price Shop Your Way Out of a Quality Photographer

While planning a wedding, consulting with a number of different photographers may seem to be the best method for making a choice, but this is simply not the case. With other products, you may receive the exact item or service no matter who provides it, but with photography that is not likely to be so.

There are photographers who will haggle over prices and who will attempt to gain your business simply by being the least expensive, but these will seldom be photographers who make quality and professionalism a priority. These are pictures that you will cherish for the rest of your life, and if the quality is poor, it will show.

2. You Sign the Paperwork Without Looking it Over First

If you sign a contract without reading the words that are written on it, you can expect to have problems with the photographer. The price for services, the time-frame that the photographs will be delivered, the exact items ordered, the amount of time the photographer will cover the wedding, and any other agreed upon items should appear in the contract. This should be read and re-read so that you know that both you and the photographer are on the same page.

3. You Do Not Trust Your Own Instincts

A couple may get the feeling that an offer from a photographer is too good to be true, then will ignore that feeling in order to get a good deal. It is more important to trust those instincts; if something seems fishy, it probably is.

4. You Pay No Attention to Appropriate Dress and Behaviour

When you meet with the photographer for the first time, you can assume that how he or she dresses and behaves will be similar to that at the wedding. Therefore, if the photographer wears jeans and a t-shirt to meet with you, consider how that would look at your wedding. Similarly, watch his or her conduct. If it is unprofessional in a business meeting, it will likely be the same at the ceremony.

5. You Overlook Issues With the Sample Album

A sample album will tell you more about the photographer than he can tell you himself. Look over the sample album closely, asking questions about equipment and technique. Also pay close attention to the pictures in the album. Are they all from the same wedding or are they a series of shots from multiple weddings? A professional photographer will be able to show you an album from one wedding, displaying the skill it takes to repeatedly take high quality photographs.

It is also important to ask the photographer about the wedding; ask specific questions about techniques used or about the wedding itself so that you know for certain that the photographer is showing a legitimate sample album rather than one obtained from another photographer.

This advice was brought to you by Hampshire wedding photographer, Cooper Wedding Photography. These award winning wedding photographers, who have a unique and special style incorporating the traditional and contemporary, assure you that you will not make any of the above mistakes by choosing them to photograph your wedding.