How to find the right Wedding Photographer

Recently, I’m having an informal meeting with some of friends who already get married and ask for their opinion in how to choose the right wedding photographer? It is no doubt that wedding photographer plays an important part in every couples wedding process. A good wedding photographer portfolio should include shots of the preparation, the ceremony and celebrations that take place throughout that day. Beside, a great wedding photographer can document even the smallest of details and those precious moments that are some of life’s greatest memories and the pictures will tell the story. The intent of a wedding photographer working at your wedding is to create a testament that perfectly and creatively portrays you, your friends, parents, and guests - their excitement and surprise.

After talking to some of the newlywed couples, I had summarized some tips for you guys in choosing the right wedding photographer.

Tip #1: Friend’s referrals.

Referrals from friends are great at telling you about a wedding photographer’s professionalism and how good is he/she can get the jobs done. That kind of information can take a lot of the pressure off during your preparation in your wedding process. What a referral cannot do is guarantee that the photographer’s visual style or approach is exactly what you are looking for. So, do not follow friend’s referrals blindly.

Tip #2: Don’t meet with too many wedding photographers.

Your network is superb, you have a lot of friends, all of your friends can’t wait to contribute some help to you and you get a lot of referral from them as well for things you might need or want in your wedding process including the wedding photographer. Do not meet all of them and to limit your meetings to a very short list of photographers whose work has impress you. Also, keep the meetings brief. They’re not job interviews or lie detector tests.

Tip #3: Know what you want.

Know what you want and finding a great wedding photographer doesn’t have to be the most serious task of your life.