What are you looking for in a wedding photography?

[wdwpluto]

What are the most important things? Pictures, sure. But what then - price? Personality? The style of the album offered?

Curious!

 

[dmslush]

Things that were important to me:

I wanted someone that would work with what I wanted in a picture and not just what they wanted.

I wanted someone who would capture the whole day, our personalities and all. Not someone would would just get the basic shots.

I needed someone with a down to earth personality that would put me at ease (randy chapman was wonderful in this aspect).

I needed someone familiar with disney weddings that could take the lead.

As for price, I wanted someone reasonable. I also wanted someone who gave me reprint rights to all of the pictures. I have no desire to have to pay an arm and a leg everytime I wanted new pictures.

 

[GlobalDiva]

Hey wdwpluto

Good question =)

I haven't gotten married yet, but am very much looking forward to working with the photographer with whom we've consulted.

The most important things for me and DF when finding a photographer were:

1.) photojournalistic style...pictures that catch not just the action, or the candidness of the moment, but evoke the mood and feeling of the moment.

2.) Stylish pictures...edginess and fluidity, as opposed to stodginess.

3.) The rights to our pictures. While I intend to get photo books/albums from our photographer after the wedding, we want to be able to print off pictures without paying a lot of money per print. Ownership of the files, to me, is gold.

I know the line "a picture is worth a thousand words" is totally overused, but it's SOOOO unbelievably true. I know myself--I LOVE and treasure pictures, and I love albums and books, and these pictures are going to be what I refer to throughout my life when I think about my wedding, so for me, the photography takes precedence over videography. I'm going to look at my pictures way more than I'm going to watch my wedding footage.

 

[wdwpluto]

Good thoughts ladies.

So GlobalDiva, getting the rights to print your photos wouldn't deter you from getting an album from your photog?

 

[GlobalDiva]

Hey wdwpluto

Nah, it wouldn't deter me--making professional albums is a lot of work. Doing the layouts, going back and forth with a printing company, etc, I don't wanna do that myself. I'm creative, don't get me wrong, but I DO believe in paying for peace of mind =)