You may not have thought of it before, but there is an important difference between your wedding photography and other wedding services like catering, decoration and entertainment. You can “see” or “taste” or “hear” all these other services, which you can’t do with your wedding photographs until you get them after your wedding is over. Another important difference is all other wedding things won’t remain with you, while wedding photos will remain with you for life! Naturally, careful selection is important for your wedding photographer. So, are there things you can do for this? Yes, there are.

Choose a Style

You might have seen traditional wedding photos by now; but times have changed and today you can get a variety of wedding photography styles. If you choose one of them, it will be easier for you to choose a perfect wedding photographer.

Documentary: Documentary style of photography offers you candid or impulsive photos rather than the traditional posed “say cheese” photos. These photos are more natural and people hardly notice that they are being photographed and so, a beautiful story unrolls before you in the form of photos.

Fine Art: Fine art is similar to documentary style, but offers a lot of scope to the photographer to infuse her/his own artistic outlook in the photos. These are gorgeous photos with a dreamier, grainier and more of muted appearance.

Portraiture: Some wedding photographers specialize in portraiture photography. This is posed photography of you two, your family and friends on a variety of backdrops.

Edgy-Bold: Edgy-bold style of wedding photography is marked by unconventional framing and titled angles (known as “Dutch angles”). So, the photos may be tilted or may be taken from above, etc.

Research

Reviews by earlier couples are important. So, look for them while browsing a photographer’s website and check photos of other weddings and reviews left by their previous clients. Even the website structure may give you an idea of the photographer’s personality and emotionality. You can also check their social media accounts and how people are responding to them.

Meet Your Chosen Photographers in Person

This is important to check how you can get tuned and bonded with your photographer which is important though you might not think so initially. It’s possible that the photographer you want the most may not be available on your wedding date. So, you have more options who have similar style and level of friendliness and cooperation.

Find Your Photographer

You might find a large photo studio where there are multiple photographers at work. In that case, unless you mention it in your agreement, the lead photographer may not come to shoot your big day. You should ensure that the photographer whom you met and whose style you liked will come to shoot your wedding. Also, check specific clauses in the agreement about unseemly situations and also if the photographer would bring assistants.

Know about What You will Get

It often takes minimum one month to get photos from your photographer. It’s because your photographer shoots huge raw files much larger than your usual JPG. This offers her/him a better ability to rectify the photos; however, it also takes a longer time to upload and edit the files. There are many ways your photographer can process your photos like retouching (all or only selected), special effects like white balancing and beauty retouching, stylized art effects such as saturated colors and more. Discuss with your photographer about these various options and know about their additional costs.

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