Advice for Brides

[bcap]

Good morning everyone!

I am working on an article for a local wedding planning website, and I am reaching out for all of your help. I want to feature a section in the article, where I can share advice that other wedding photographers are giving for bride-to-bes.

What I am asking for is a paragraph, sentence, quote, etc, of words of advice for a bride-to-be, about to start looking for wedding professionals (especially photographers). Anything, whether it be "don't cheat out on the photographer" or "the photographs will remain timeless", yada yada yada.

I also am asking your permission, in posting this advice, that I can use it in my article, accompanied with your name and link. So please provide your name + link with the paragraph/piece of advice you "submit".

Once I'm done the article, I'll post it here to all to see.

Thanks in advance!

[jessiper]

Good morning everyone!

I am working on an article for a local wedding planning website, and I am reaching out for all of your help. I want to feature a section in the article, where I can share advice that other wedding photographers are giving for bride-to-bes.

What I am asking for is a paragraph, sentence, quote, etc, of words of advice for a bride-to-be, about to start looking for wedding professionals (especially photographers). Anything, whether it be "don't cheat out on the photographer" or "the photographs will remain timeless", yada yada yada.

I also am asking your permission, in posting this advice, that I can use it in my article, accompanied with your name and link. So please provide your name + link with the paragraph/piece of advice you "submit".

Once I'm done the article, I'll post it here to all to see.

Thanks in advance!

I've actually started one of these, so let me go back and look at it and edit it some, and I'll contribute.

[bcap]

I've actually started one of these, so let me go back and look at it and edit it some, and I'll contribute.

Thanks Jess!

[sblais]

Make sure that you get along well with your photographer. Unless you have a wedding planner, your wedding photographer will play the role of the planner to ensure that your day runs smoothly. You wedding photographer will also be the one person that will follow you throughout the day, hence the importance of finding someone you are comfortable with.

[bcap]

Thanks Sebastien. Very great advice!

[sblais]

It's something common, but I'd thought I'd try to word it properly ;)

[Banbert]

I wrote an article for one of our weekly newspapers earlier this year on this sort of thing, they contacted us after googling for local photographers and up we popped at the top, whats funny is that we had only shot 2 weddings when they got in touch with us to write the article :)

I will link it rather than embed it because its wider than 800 pixels.

http://www.boundlessphotos.co.uk/wip/kenilworth_weekly_news.jpg


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[bcap]

Thanks Banbert!

Do you mind if I use some of your quotes/information in there?

[Banbert]

Thanks Banbert!

Do you mind if I use some of your quotes/information in there?

No worries matey, happy for you to use whatever you can from it.

[thebrewer]

Meet with the photographer and do a reasonable check list of 'must get' photos and provide a relative to act as a guide.

i.e. If you want to get a photo of aunt Sue who traveled from the other side of the world then somebody needs to tell the photog who she is etc...

[Andrushka]

From my wife, Jaimee Joye Langeland: (not a photographer but has coordinated weddings, and drawing from our own negative wedding photo experience)

"Skimp on anything but photography, otherwise all the hard work and money spent on a wedding is only good for that day, but with a good photographer it's good for a lifetime."

[MrsOpie]

As a recent bride I now understand what you get to keep after the wedding is done and over. I think brides should invest in what they will keep after the wedding. So here is my quote.


How many things do you get to keep after the wedding? The Dress. The Ring. The Photographs.

[MrsOpie]

Banbert thats a great article.

[Ronald S. Jr.]

Just make sure it appears to be "all about them", or they'll think you're whining. :-D

Very nice article, indeed.

[Big Mike]

Here is a little something that I like to mention to people when I can...I might have picked it up somewhere...but I wouldn't remember where.

When the wedding is over, all you will have are your memories, a bunch of kitchen appliances and your photographs.

[picturecrazy]

feed your photographer or he/she will be grouchy and take bad pictures of you.... LOL joking

ok, seriously....

Find out what the photographer's attitude towards the shoot is. Do they think it's YOUR day or THEIR day? Some do a great job at collecting amazing imagery without disrupting the flow of the day at all, ninja style. And some pull you away from what you are doing every 20 minutes to set up a staged shot, perhaps at a better angle and pose, but not truly representative of YOUR day. Both styles can work, just as long as it matches what kind of flow YOU are looking for.

[Rick Rosen]

Every wedding is different with a potential set of different challenges. The two critical issues that every bride should look for in her photographer are the two things they never inquire about: the photographer's experience level and his backup equipment.

Digital has created a new mindset among many new photographers that they do not need to have a solid understanding of the craft of photography because these newer cameras will "think" for them and create beautiful images with minimal photographer control. I can put a plane or my sailboat on auto-pilot but my biggest challenge is to know when to use it and when to trust my own skills.

Rick

[dsc_1972]

Interesting read, banbert, thanks!

Bizarrely, I was in Kenilworth last week! at the Chesford Grange.

[JJacula]

How many things do you get to keep after the wedding? The Dress. The Ring. The Photographs.

The husband.

[liza]

I don't really have any words of wisdom, but I do have this link on my own website. It answers a lot of questions that brides may have.

http://www.wedfog.com/faq.html

[meatbag]

The husband.


nice....

[Dellboy]

Make sure the tog has a list of all the formal shots the couple wants. On the day shots will be forgotten and the couple may regret it - sometimes you ( the tog ) will get blamed.