Wedding photos are like visible and tangible wedding memories - beautiful wedding photos arranged in photo album , is a gift with added value for yourself, children, grandchildren... Looking at the wedding in photographs, will evoke memories of this magical day - feelings, smells, tastes, emotions and events. Wedding the photographer is the section of the wedding where the choice is recommended to be made especially thoughtfully.

To understand whether the chosen wedding photographer is the right and the best wedding photographer just for your wedding, it will not be enough to look at wedding photos Instagram or on the photographer's website. This is the perfect first step to select which photographers' work appeals to you in general - who resonate with your style, taste and understanding of visual aesthetics. With the chosen professional or several potential photographers need to meet in person and feel if this is your person or if you are on the same page. More what a great practice to make sure you are compatible, get to know the photographer and let them get to know you so getting rid of the barrier that (may happen) in communication is to organize a pre-wedding photo session. However, before get to organizing a pre-wedding photo session , ask your potential wedding photographer these 15 questions to understand if he is the right one:

1. Where can I see the full photo sessions you have taken?

Instagram is a great source to explore what's on offer and get inspiration, but the photos posted there selected as the best of the best. To get a full impression of the photographer's work, you need to study full photo shoots.

Wedding photo session views here: WEDDING STORIES

2. Are you available on our wedding date?

If you've chosen a photographer you really, really want to work with and you're not even considering another option, maybe it's worth change the wedding date?

3. What is your workload during the week of our wedding?

You have to make sure that the photographer is not overworked during the week of your wedding, thus not devoting so much time to your wedding enthusiasm, as could and would like.

4. What is your wedding photography experience?

However, wedding photography is nuancedly different from private, family or sports event photo sessions, so ask how much the wedding photographer has taken the picture. A wedding photographer must know how to be a bit of a psychologist of couples, and he also mostly learns it with experience.

5. How much experience do you have in working with lights in specific places - in the forest, in dark galleries (another option that scheduled for your wedding)?

The photographer must be technically knowledgeable and experienced in order to be able to create a quality and enjoyable picture in the forest, where there is natural light games.

6. What kind of photo compositions do you prefer - standard or creative?

If you are more artistic and creative and want your wedding photo shoot to be an adventure, it is important to explore and find out how open a potential wedding photographer is to non-standard solutions.

7. What solution do you offer if it rains on the wedding day?

If outdoor stops are planned on the wedding day, you should think about plan B in case of rain. Ask the photographer upon recommendation. They can be hangars, museums or other spaces in which to create near the place of ceremony or celebration wonderful wedding photos with a mood. Perhaps the place of celebration itself is perfect for a photo session.

8. What are the terms of the contract and payment procedure?

Carefully study the conditions and payment procedure before concluding the contract. Find out all about additional costs and action if the wedding is postponed to another date.

9. Service price and hourly rate if the photographer's services are not used throughout the day.

The price of the service can be for piece work, but can also be adjusted if the service is needed for a short time a period of, say, three hours.

10. What is included in the price?

It is necessary to find out how many processed pictures are included in the service, whether the price also includes the photographer's travel expenses, as well as whether there are any additional costs.

11. What are the conditions and what happens to the security deposit (if any) if we move the wedding to another the date?

A deposit may be required to reserve a time. Find out what happens to the money deposited if the wedding is postponed to another date or even next year. There may be a situation where the security deposit is not returned and this is perfectly acceptable as the photographer may have declined other offers along with booking your wedding. If the postponement of the wedding date is related to the general restrictions in the country, everyone is hostage to the situation, therefore also conditions are negotiable.

12. With which means of transport will you travel on our wedding day, driving from the ceremony site to the stops and celebration place - your own or with us?

this is important to clarify in order to be sure that your car will have enough space for everything if the photographer travels with you, as well as planned transport management.

13. Do you match your clothes to the wedding style on the wedding day?

As a rule, there are no problems with wedding photographers' clothes - after all, they are professionals and know where they are coming from. However the photographer's dress code can be important if it plays into the wedding concept.

14. How long does it take to produce photographs?

It should be taken into account that the processing of wedding photographs takes months, but you will want to know what the guideline is photo production time.

15. Would you like to publish our wedding photos on social networks or on your website?

You may want to keep wedding photos for private use only. On the other hand, from the photographer's point of view In hindsight, wedding photos are a great addition to a portfolio, especially if they're different from what you've done before. Therefore, about this must be agreed in advance.

Choose your right wedding photographer together with the LĪGAVĀM wedding planner! In it, you will be able to not only describe the answers in detail to questions, but also to find out what else you need to know when choosing a wedding photographer.

See here: WEDDING PLANNER

Find your right wedding photographer here: WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS

Author of the article: IEVA KRASTIņA

Photo: ARTIS SUPE , MIKS SCHELS , CLYDE LIEBKIS , ILZE OSE , LIVA SLOKA

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