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may seem strange for us to give you a guide to choosing your wedding
photographer but we feel that it gives you confidence in the knowledge
that your wedding will be covered by a professional photographer providing
you with the service and photos you require.
Perhaps the
best way of selecting a wedding photographer is by recommendation, most of
our bookings we receive are from people that have used us before! Once you
have the photographers name you can look them up and make a time to meet
them. You would really want see previous weddings taken by that particular
photographer, this is also an opportunity to build a relationship with your
photographer before the wedding in that way, neither of you would be
strangers to each other on the day of the wedding and you'll be more relaxed
in front of the camera.
Most of the bride & grooms questions end up on prices, Our wedding photo
packages are very reasonable but we believe that there are more important
issues to consider to consider some of the more important questions such as:
1. Has the
wedding photographer been to the location previously? if we have not been to
your venue we will view it prior to the wedding
2. How long has
the photographer been shooting wedding's
3. How long do
you expect to be with us on the day of the wedding? Beginning at what time?
Until when? Is there an extra charge if the wedding photography runs a
little over planned?
4. Whom is included in the photographs? Where and when would they be taken?
Choosing the right setting for the photos will help ensure you receive the
photographs you expect!
5. See a whole wedding album, not just the best photographs from a hundred
weddings! Ask to see a complete coverage of a single wedding.
When looking through the album, evaluate the work by placing yourself in the
position that this could have been your wedding photo's. Ask yourself if the
photographer has actually considered the individual characteristics and
personality of each of the important persons in the photographs. Has the
photographer caught the individual's actual feelings of the moment, or are
these just pictures of people standing and looking self-conscious. Do they
look natural? Or even better than real? And, in fact, is that what you and
they really want? How about asking the photographer to look at your face to
see if he/she would know how to achieve the most flattering images of you:
6. How did you get qualified to take professional wedding pictures? What
kind of educational background and/or experience have you had in developing
your wedding photography techniques?
7. Other things
we should consider would be how quickly can our photographs be ready, How
can people who live out of town be accommodated with ordering, paying and
delivery? The Wedding Photo Company offer a great way to order your
wedding photography online through photoselection.co.uk. We also offer a
digital printing service just encase your you require any adjustment to your
photos
8. What are the costs and differences of the various styles of coverage? do
you offer reportage, black and white photography, sepia prints?
9. How much for the extras? Ask to see the style's of wedding album's
available?
10. If there are more photographs than anticipated can I upgrade my photo
package after the day?
11. How long have you been established? How long do you plan on staying in
the business? In other words, what kind of guarantee comes with my hiring
you and/or your company?
A few topics of conversation that could help you make your decision.
12. What would
you plan to do at my wedding that would make my wedding photographs unique
and personal to me? Can we choose you who we want in the pictures?
13. Will I be dealing with the same photographer after the wedding?
14. What's the payment policy? Do you give any guarantees on your services
and photographs? we take only a deposit prior to the wedding, the balance is
paid on delivery, there are many companies including a large national
wedding business that insist on full payment prior to the wedding, we are
sure that you will be choosing a wedding photographer in us, whose work you
will be so delightfull you will be just itching to pay on delivery of your
previews
15. Find out the photographer's policy if the date of your wedding is
changed. If we can book another wedding in place of a booking that is
cancelled we can give a full refund
16. What if the
photographer can not make the day? At the Wedding Photo Company we do our
best to ensure we have a back up photographer on the day.
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Negatives. After you have finished choosing your photographs for the album
we sell the wedding negatives to you, the maximum cost is £150
At the Wedding
Photo Company, after you have met the wedding photographer and you're
convinced that the packages and service we offer are worth the price...then
make the commitment and rest assured that this is undoubtedly one of the
best and most intelligent decisions you've made in planning your wedding! In
short make sure you book a
professional photographer
How much should we spend on our wedding photography?
It's difficult to pay too much for something you really like. Yet, price is
usually the one obstacle that prevents many wedding clients from selecting
the package the really want, often the difference between the price of the
photo package you really like and the one who you feel is "within the
budget" is miscalculated.
"Easy for you to say" I hear you cry When wedding plans come down to pounds
and pence, it's hard to keep spending "a little bit more here...and a little
bit more there. But hey! your wedding photographs are the only thing you
have after the day has passed, some people still feel that they have to put
the money "where it shows".
We would like you to remember the wedding day in its glory, not missing a
thing, our reportage packages cover this, The Gold package's start at £ 1400 and using
two wedding photographers so not to miss a thing, this may seem expensive to
some but for this service another wedding photographer could easily charge
£2000 or more, however many of you however may feel this seems bit much, we
offer packages starting at £210 for 12 photo's, most of our customers would
generally book between 36 and 60 pictures with the most popular size's being
8x6 and 10x8.
When considering the cost of a photographer, you may find that studios
sometimes need to charge extra make up for closing on the Saturday
afternoon, you may think you paying for a better photographer when in your
really paying for the studio to closed we our Wedding Photographers only!
You may like to consider that at the same time you're preparing your budget,
you will probably like to spend extra money for wedding albums and
photograph's for your families. In any case, you're probably going to spend
more than you originally planned, but you'll be doing it because we hope you
like the pictures so much!, The bottom line, as you know, is not necessarily
how much you end up spending on photographs. Instead, it's how much pleasure
you get from them over the years.
Wouldn't you agree, that at a time as important as your wedding day, it's
better to invest a little more money for photography than you had
planned...instead of a little less than you should?
Local Wedding Photographers
It is good idea to select
a local photographer we are base on the Surrey/Hants/Berkshire borders
Wedding
Photographer Surrey
Wedding
Photographer Berkshire
Wedding
Photographer Hampshire
Female Wedding Photographers
Lady wedding photographers add a unique style and way to
wedding photography, please click here for further info
female wedding photographer
Wedding Cameras
When choosing your wedding photographer it
is also very important to check that the company are using professional
cameras suitable for wedding photography. There is much debate as to wether
digital or film offer the best option. We actually use both formats, for an
article on choosing a wedding camera please click below
Wedding Cameras
If you would like to discuss any further
points on choosing a wedding photographer please contact us
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