Love Images - Wedding, Family Portrait and Commercial Photography, Auckland New Zealand

10 tips for Choosing your Wedding Photographer

Tip 1 - Describe your vision

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The very first thing you should do when you start out trying to find the right photographer is to sit down with your fiancé, have a glass of wine, relax, and talk about what you’d like to be presented with by your photographer after your wedding. Think in very general terms at this stage.

What would you be disappointed not to see in your pictures?

Do you want an album? If so, what will it look like? Have you seen something you really like before?

Do you have some spaces on the wall that you’d like to fill with images of the wedding? If so, how will they look? Will they be close ups of the two of you, pictures of little details from the day, family groups, or wide vistas with the two of you featuring in a landscape?

Do you think your parents will want copy albums?

Do you want photos for your invitations? Will you be giving out thank you cards to your guests after the wedding? Do they need to have an image or three from the day?

Don’t worry if you can’t answer all of these questions. Just start the creative juices flowing! Have a look at magazines – not just wedding magazines, but anything that excites you visually. It may be a fashion magazine, a food magazine or a home and garden type magazine. Don’t be too restricted at this stage in where you draw your inspiration from.