Finding Your Ideal Wedding Photographer

Choosing the wedding photographer for your ‘big day’ is no easy task. Type ‘wedding photographer’ into Google and you’ll see the choice is endless, but if you take on board a few of my pointers below, you’ll find that you can be far more effective in your decision making.
1 – Don’t get too hung up on location
All too often people arrange a venue for their wedding and then think that the photographer has to be a local to the area, but today this isn’t the case. I’m based in Cheshire, and while it would be great to get local work, I understand the need to travel. My work takes me all across the UK, so don’t limit your search to photographers within a five-mile radius.
2 – Make sure you know a bit about the photographer
Essentially, the visual memories of your wedding day are in the hands of your photographer, and so you need to be fairly sure that you know a bit about him or her. A good way of doing this is by going on to their website (they should have one) and reading their ‘about me’ page or ‘reviews’ page. On my ‘About me’ page I wrote about my hobbies and how my father was also a photographer. I wanted to be open with readers and earn their trust – that’s important when you come to choose your photographer.
3 – Decide on a theme or style for your shoot
All photographers will specialise in different styles, some may prefer contemporary while others more traditional, and it’s important for you to decide a format for your pictures. I prefer to shoot stylish, contemporary weddings, and you’ll normally be able to get an idea of where a photographer’s speciality lies from their website gallery.