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Hiya
I'm writing an article for one of my sites, the article will be about "How to choose a wedding photographer" and I'm wondering if you guys would have any tip on what couples should ask photographers before deciding which photography company to go with.
And any other tips and ideas you might have that I might otherwise miss.
Check your tog is insured (will the insurance cover a full reshoot if everything goes pear shaped?) and ask to see a whole wedding, not just a sample of the best bits.
HTH
Jamie.
I'd echo the above, also meet with your photographer to see that you get on with him/ her and vice versa, and that their syle is what you're after.
ask to see real qualifications , there are too many cowboys around who have run into jessops bought a cheap kit and think they are wedding togs with no real understanding of shooting under pressure, makes me shudder thinking about it. to echo Jamie`s point above ask to see samples of weddings shot in a variety of conditions , sunshine , rain , cloudy days etc.
Quote: eh? dont know why thats relevant TBH
About as relevant as qualifications I imagine ... 
Quote: Quote:Quote:eh? dont know why thats relevant TBHAbout as relevant as qualifications I imagine ...is that the inflamitary comment??
IM NOT BITING GRRRRRRRRR
Why is it inflammatory?
Let's be fair, all you need to get some form of qualification from the SWPP these days is the cost of admission. Stuff me, a shot in their monthly competition earlier in the year, that won a gold award, was of a scarecrow wedding, at a village scarecrow festival. It looked like it was taken with direct flash on a P&S. That photographer surely now has gone off to his website and added an, "award winning" tagline...
Qualifications count for stuff all, especially at "L" level. I'm sure that it's all very well and good, but I think the qualifications structure that is in place with most of the photographic bodies is there in the interests of pushing and developing the photographer, rather than providing something additional to the clients.
If I go on a photographer's website and I see a long list of qualifications and awards after their name, I think that they're trying to compensate for something. They'll start adding their GCSE results next...
Sorry, anyway, I digress...
When picking a wedding photographer:
- Check they have insurance.
- Check they have backup equipment.
- Ask if they have any reciprocal arrangements in place with other photographers in case the worst happens and they can't make it to your wedding.
- Ask to see AT LEAST a couple of weddings in their entirety.
- Make sure that you like the aforementioned photos.
- Make sure that you get on with the photographer.
- Don't ask them if they shoot film or digital.
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