Monday, July 27, 2009

Comparing apples with apples

Choosing a wedding photographer is hard. Let me just say that again. Choosing a wedding photographer is HARD.

It's like comparing apples with apples.



You've just got engaged, you're truly over the moon, and you're diving head first into organising your wedding. You google 'wedding photographer' in your area, and you're given pages and pages of results. How on earth do you tell them all apart? They all have glitzy websites. They all take amazing photos. They all offer similar packages, with similar albums. They are all priced within the same range. There's apples, and then there's more apples.

How on earth are you going to choose? How are you going to ensure you get the best possible photos from your wedding?

No, it doesn't come completely down to cost. Just because you pay top dollar, doesn't mean you'll get the best photos. Just because you choose the wedding photographer who has won the most awards, doesn't mean you'll get the best photos. And if you choose the absolute dirt bottom cheapest, you already know you wont get the best photos.

It all comes down to how you and your photographer 'click'.

If you get along well with your photographer, and I mean really well, you'll get far and above the best photos possible from your wedding. You'll feel relaxed around them, relaxed enough to be yourself. You'll have no problems laughing, crying, hugging and smooching when they're around. So these are the moments they are going to be able to capture. If you're nervous around your photographer, you won't be able to show all these wonderfully pure emotions around them, and they won't be able to photograph them.

I think it's so important that you love love love your wedding photographer. You want a photographer who is going to share the joys of your wedding day with you. Who wants to hear about all your plans in the lead up to your wedding. Who takes a sincere interest in how you and your fiance met, fell in love, got to where you are today.

So many wedding photographer take absolutely sublime photographs, but not all of them will know the exact colour of the bridesmaides dresses, or that your grandmother has given you her wedding necklace to wear. They won't know you.

And that is what your wedding day is about. It's about you and your fiance starting the rest of your lives together. Not the photographer. You want a photographer who feels more like a guest with a camera, than a photographer. You don't want to have to think about them as your beautiful day unfolds. A great photographer will let you radiate all day, and be the privileged person who gets to capture it all.

So to sort the apples, talk to them, meet them for coffee, read their blogs if they have one. Get to know them. You'll know when the right photographer comes along and clicks with you. You'll know you've got yourself the best apple in the barrel, who will take for you the best possible photos of your wedding.



Good luck on your search!

* Meaghan

5 comments:

Grow with Kris Leigh July 27, 2009 at 9:42 PM  

Absolutely excellent post Meaghan! Gorgeous words and gorgeous images =) XOX

Narrelle McCrum July 27, 2009 at 9:46 PM  

Great post Meaghan. And so very true. It's such a momentous occasion to leave to a random photographer, and you've done a great job of explaining it. I might have to pinch this post one day soon. ;-)

Anonymous July 28, 2009 at 3:34 PM  

Nice post :D Words of wisdom in there.

Renee Bell July 28, 2009 at 4:39 PM  

awww Meaghan - perfectly said!!!

Kirsten Alana July 29, 2009 at 4:36 PM  

Ooohhhhh - this is so right on. SO well said! My FAVORITE clients are always, ALWAYS the ones who connect w/ me and I with them because they took the time to make that happen and chose me for me as much as for my images!

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