Meeting With Your Wedding Photographer Soon? Don't Forget To Discuss These Issues
When you're planning a wedding, you want every detail to be perfect and nothing left to chance. That should include your wedding photography so that you don't have any major surprises when you get the final albums. You've got to think about what you really want to see at the end of the process, and if there are extenuating circumstances that could change what might normally be done. If you're about to meet with your wedding photographer to discuss how photos will happen during the wedding ceremony and reception, be detailed. You want to ensure you and the photographer have the same goal.
Did You Have Specific Shots in Mind?
Along with your perfect dress code, cake, and flowers, you also likely have your perfect photos in mind. If there are specific shots you want the wedding photographer to take, tell them now. Do you want particular groups of people (e.g., a photo of the people at each table)? Do you want particular backdrops at the reception (e.g., close family and the couple in front of a particular section of a garden)? Get that all straightened out now so that you know if lighting will prevent a certain shot or if the group you envision in a photo is so large that you might not see details in the photo.
Also be sure to tell the photographer if you want photos of the cake, of various parts of the venue, and more. While wedding photographers are very good at finding unique places to take photos, they do need your input if there are specific images you want to have.
Will Anyone Be at the Wedding or Reception but Not Both?
Is anyone showing up to only one part of the wedding? If you want a photo of that person, make sure the photographer knows when that person will be there (and be sure the person knows you want a photo of them when they're there). The photographer might need a list of guests, too. You don't have to provide that now, but you might at the wedding and reception.
Is There Anyone Who Does Not Want To Be Photographed (for Safety Reasons)?
Unfortunately, sometimes people do not want to be photographed, and it isn't always because of self-confidence. A guest might have security concerns, such as a friend or relative who has been harassed. They might be okay with you having a physical photo but not want their face put online at all, which means keeping the shot of that person out of the normal online album of photos that many photographers keep for you to browse through.
Your photographer might have comments about what's possible and what's not possible given layouts, lighting, timing, and more. Listen to these and take them seriously. When you and the photographer are in agreement about what the final albums will look like, your wedding-photography dreams can very likely come true.
For more information, contact a wedding photographer in your area, such as Love Long & Prosper Photography.