Photographers Name……………………………………………………
Photographers name:
/Photographer contact details:
The Photographer and taking the photographs
1)Find out a bit about your photographer:
- Check the photographer's qualifications and ask if they were gained in wedding photography (if this is important to you).
- Ask how long they have been a photographer, and how long they have been taking photographs of weddings.
- You may not need to ask these question, the following website will help you search photographers with qualifications in photography in your area:
2)How do you spend taking photos after the ceremony and/or at the reception?
3)Have you worked at our event locations before? How did it work out?
4)Should our event last longer than scheduled, will you stay and would there be an extra charge?
5)How do you cope if the weather is not as beautiful as we hope
6)Are you the wedding photographer who will actually take our pictures? If not, can we meet the person who will be? Is there an additional charge for an assistant for you?
7)What’s your primary style? (ie: Posed and formal, relaxed, photo-journalistic, creative, artistic, candid, traditional) (It would be helpful for you to have identified what style you are keen on before asking this question)
8)Do you shoot in colour or black and white or both?
9)Do you shoot in a digital format that can create both colour and b/w versions of the same picture?
10)What kind of input can we have on the direction of the photographs? Can we give you a photograph list to work from?
11)Can other people take photos while you are taking photos?
12)What happens if you are ill?
13)Do you have liability insurance?
The photograph package
14)How long after the event will the proofs be ready?
Photographs in an album
15)How many photographs with each package?
Photographs on a CD
16)If the photo’s are copied onto a CD for us will there be any watermarks on the cd pictures
17)If the photo’s are copied onto a CD for us will we have reproduction rights for the pictures on the cd
18)How many pictures will go on the cd
Reviewing the photographers work. Tips to look at as you review to samples:
19)Be cautious if you are offered a selection of good photographs from a number of weddings this is not representative of what you will be receiving from your wedding. It would be good for you to see a number of albums of different weddings.
20)Do you feel that the album tells the story of the whole wedding?
21)Are the pictures of the couple different from each other: some close up, some mid distance, some full length?
22)Can you see a selection of tidy, well-organised group shots? Are all of the groups positioned in the shot, or have people been missed off at the edges?
23)Do you feel yourself looking at the subject of the picture or a distraction in the background?
24)Can you see detail in the pictures: of the dress, the cake, the flowers, people's faces in shots taken from a distance?
25)Do the people in the photographs look relaxed, happy and comfortable?
26)It is helpful to check not only the bride and groom but also the friends and relations in the photos.
27)Would you feel happy owning your version of the pictures you are shown?
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