So this is your first time to hire a creative documentation professional. And you think hiring the services of these people is as simple as singing Do Re Mi. And what’s more, you place this item almost at the last in your list of budget expenses for your important date. You take into consideration first and foremost the elegance of the venue, the luxury of the food and entertainment and of course the number of guests you would like to share with that most memorable day of your life.
Each one has different wishes and dreams – a most gorgeous wedding dress, a lavish feast for the guests, luxurious reception venue – so they will put priority on those.
Although, these are important for the day’s celebration to make the affair a truly enjoyable one for everyone, especially for the bride and groom, these are going to be gone the day after. But the extravagance on these trappings can be avoided by careful planning; focusing on themes and creative elegance, rather than opulence.
However, in the end it is not the food and cake that was already eaten, the flowers that have withered nor the dress now in the storage that is the measurement of your special day but the memories that was created and must be preserved for all times. What stays forever are the photographs which hold each memorable moments of the wedding day. Truly lasting mementoes that are worth sharing with friends and even passing on to the next generations.
You and your wedding photographer have one objective in mind: amazing photographs that is able to capture each fleeting moment and joyful mood of the wedding day. This is where you have to build a special relationship with the photographer. How the two of you were able to build a relationship on your initial meeting will have a great impact on the mood of each photograph. Aside from discussing the business aspect, it is imperative that you discuss more the creative aspect – a general idea of how you would want the event to be documented. Photographers should be more than willing to discuss with you how their creative process works.
They have different styles and patterns on how they do the task they have been contracted to do. So it is important that you take a look at a complete portfolio of the projects they have done, not just those that were assembled into an album. Remember, that these set of pictures do not truly represent a complete work of the wedding photographer on a given project– how he or she had captured the moments as they unfold. And it is possible that these pictures have been heavily processed just to enhance the images.
Give more weight to the images that will resonate deeply in your heart for years to come - images of emotions that will bring back those special memories of the event as they have unfolded. Try to peruse the style of the photographer how each images were captured and determine if you will be comfortable with that shooting style.
Another way of assessing a photographer is through how they organize their workflow. Each has different sets of procedures after the shooting day. This is what you call the post production process where each images are inspected and retouched if necessary. Remember that it is in this phase of the project where the output or finished product is to be delivered to you, first in digital format and then possibly assembled in an album.
Among all the people who will be working with you to make your most special day a truly memorable one, the longest you will be working with is your wedding photographer. Long after your venue coordinator, your florist, your dressmaker and your make-up artist have gone; your creative documenter will still be working with you until all the photographs have been organized, selected and assembled into a book. It is your wedding photographer who will make sure that you will have a long lasting memento of that special day in your life.
