A Good Wedding Photographer Or How to Choose Competently?

Stage one. Determine the type of photography
At the first stage, decide - in what way should take photos of your wedding celebration: in the reportage style or should prevail staged shots. And in both of them there is a certain amount of truth and depends only on your wishes. Often, in one photographing, the photographer for the wedding embodies both styles, only in varying degrees.

If you want the photos of your wedding celebration to be alive and there was a greater percentage of unexpected shots - the number of production shots is reduced to a minimum. If you want to pose, then, accordingly, the situation changes in the opposite direction. But this moment must necessarily decide for yourself and designate your future wedding photographer.

Stage two. Determine with the time of photography
The duration of photographing your wedding celebration depends entirely on the saturation of your wedding program. If you are planning to limit yourself only to a modest home reception before the registry office, directly to the wedding ceremony in the Wedding Hall and a small celebration in a restaurant with family and friends, and nothing special will happen, then hire a photographer for the wedding at all stages of your wedding, in Principle, does not make much sense.

It is enough to confine yourself to the official part and a short walk after the registry office. An exception can be the fact that it is very important for you to see on the photos the moments of the wires in the registry office and the beginning of the family celebration in the restaurant. In a word, at this stage it is necessary to determine the program of your wedding and the expediency of their photographing.

Strong> Stage three. Is deep retouch necessary?
Think - do you need to look on the photos, like on the cover of a glossy magazine? Or do you prefer to look natural. This will determine the level of processing of your photos. With this you need to decide. Otherwise, the wedding photographer will make the processing to your taste and based on their preferences.

Strong> What to focus on?
You have decided on the wishes of your future photographer for the wedding. But before you start his search, you need to put emphasis on a few more important details.

Strong> First, please note that the number of photos - far from an indicator of the work of a wedding photographer. There is no need for a large number of duplicate photos.

Also, it should be borne in mind that the human brain has its own peculiarity in the perception of graphic information. A person perceives a photo in about 5 seconds, and at a time it can perceive no more than 70 pictures. And if you assume that you hire a wedding photographer for a full day, then the optimal number of pictures at the output is 500-700. This is exactly the amount that will allow you to enjoy the events of your wedding for a long time and not get tired of it.

Strong> Secondly, forget about the original photographers who offer both photo and video of your wedding at the same time. In most cases, nothing good comes of it. In no case should not it be worth the cost. If you want to capture your wedding in both the photo and the video - take two specialists - a photographer and a videographer. The chance to get good material will increase by an order of magnitude.

If you are under budget, take someone - either a photographer or a videographer. Then you can be sure that interesting moments will not be missed and the quality of shooting will not suffer. Remember the famous saying: "For two hares you will chase - you will not catch a single one"? So, this is just about universals. It is impossible to do two things at the same time and at the same time it is good.

Strong> We are looking for a wedding photographer
The ideal way to find a photographer for your wedding is to ask friends who have a wedding in your memory. Here you have a real opportunity to see the result of his work before meeting him, and also get an opinion about this wedding photographer from living people whom you trust.

If this method does not bring you results, then you can go deeper into the search on the Internet and in the media and the media. It's good that there are enough offers for wedding photography. However, in this case a live meeting with your future wedding photographer is required.

Strong> Personal meeting with a wedding photographer
Finding a photographer for a wedding, which, in your opinion, you are sure to appoint a meeting with him. A good photographer usually asks for a personal meeting himself. But if he did not do it for any reason, take the initiative and be sure to ask him about the meeting.

At the meeting, be sure to ask him to bring his portfolio. It is desirable in printed form. In this case, you will be able to fully verify the quality of his work. A good wedding photographer will bring to the meeting about 50-60 of his works in print form or in a decorated album.

At the meeting, provided that you liked the work of the photographer, be sure to ask him a number of organizational questions: about guarantees of his presence at your wedding, about concluding an agreement between you, about the possibility of realizing all your wishes for photos, about the amount of prepayment (it is not worth it To be frightened is a normal practice), about the terms of manufacturing your order, about the level of image processing.

If you are interested in the level of photographic equipment that a photographer uses, you can clarify. But it should be borne in mind that a talented photographer will take a good shot and not on the most expensive and steep camera. Here is much more important another question - on what camera did your wedding photographer brought to you as a demonstration photograph. If he was doing them on the equipment he has at the moment, you can be calm.

A good wedding photographer will also ask you a number of organizational questions in response: what is the plan for your wedding celebration, will there be a videographer at the wedding (the photographer will have to talk to him in order to coordinate and not interfere with each other), what is the bride's wedding dress and what makeup , What is the lighting in your chosen restaurant. He can even ask - who are you by profession, by education, how old are you and what did you do before. Do not be afraid of these issues. This will give him the chance to make the photos unique and will increase the chance that you will like them.

If the meeting was successful, you liked everything and did not embarrass anything, you can safely hire this photographer for your wedding.

I hope this article will enable my reader to make a choice correctly. Sincerely yours, professional photographer Leonid Starikov.