Photographer Choice

After I narrowed it down to my top 3 photographers, I met with each individually and looked over entire albums and let them “sell themselves” to me. We ended up choosing the team (husband/wife) we thought was most professional and experienced while having personalities that we got along with. The others were nice, but after meeting, I liked our photographers the most.

I based my decision on reviews, personality, and just overall vibe. The biggest factor for me was obviously her portfolio and style. I am not a fan of super posed photos. She is more documentary style. Natural captured moments....candid and beautiful. Her pictures truly tell a story.

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Dag nab it that is genious! Yeah I am loving one right now and I have 4 (I have decided to not look for more because that is where I am finding more to make my decision harder lol) but it makes sense to meet with them and let them sell themselves. Awesome tip and I will do.

We picked ours because we didn't want a super formal set of shots, and his work was more realism with a gorgeous edge. Plus we got an engagement picture package, which we went ahead and used to make sure we were happy with him. He connected with us and got some gorgeous shots - the whole shoot was fun and low stress. I also looked at his portfolio, but relied more on meeting him in person

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Yeah I definitely feel those things are important and I have been checking the social media but I will look more at their pics. Thanks for the tips.

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Yeah this photographer I am currently excited about was super nice and I want to meet her. If my introverted FH that dislikes pics was up for an engagement shot I would test her out but.....prolly not ha ha. I promised a former student getting into photography that I would allow her to shoot my puppy for our elopement/ post elopement invites.

Ours was someone I always loved his work and he has been a photography for years as well as family friend (worked o the fire department with FFIL) years ago so with all of that combined I said yes. I am so comfortable with him, love his work and trust him (he has a partner that will be our second photographer for the day as well) so it wasn’t even a question for us

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One photographer I met while a bridesmaid in another friends wedding and she was super nice but sadly the more expensive of the other three I am looking at. Any photographers I know are no longer photographers or my former student (love her like a daughter) I will only let do my engagement pic with my puppy because I am not taking the chance on my wedding day and she has no wedding experience. I used to know more photographers but no longer really in contact with them. Oh well...that is lucky for you and I am happy you have someone that is a friend.

The best thing I did while searching for a photographer was to take the time to learn what *I* liked. It's very easy to get swept up in pretty portfolios and Instagram accounts and appreciate beautiful photography in all sorts of styles. But I think it's important to really figure out why certain things appeal to you, or recognize patterns in photos that you're drawn to.

I've seen so many people be like 'I have this great photographer, but I want my photos to look like X.' If you want your photos to look like X, find a photographer that does X.

As I browsed wedding photography, I realized that I didn't really want the dark and moody editing style that's super popular right now. I think it's absolutely gorgeous, it just doesn't feel very reflective of me and my FH. We wanted something a bit more light and airy, and actually wanted some 'fine art'-style posed shots. So we found a photographer that matched this style exactly.

The final deciding factor was her personality. I loved her website, and communicating with her via email was a dream. I actually booked her last fall and didn't meet her in person until November of this year -- on the day of our engagement photos -- and she was wonderful. We liked her so much that we upgraded our package.

Good luck!

Photography was so hard! I was so overwhelmed with all the choices on Wedding wire and the internet. It seriously stressed me out!!!! I decided the best way to hire someone for a job is on referral. I had many friends that got married before me and of course I had seen all their pics. There were two friends in particular I just loved their pics, so I narrowed it down to two specific photographers. My friends were able to give me pros and cons on each one and I reviewed their portfolios. I spoke to both on the phone and leaned towards the photographer that had an eye for detail but was also relaxed and organized! I love my pics so much and was so happy I picked who I did! Good luck!!

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LOL I dunno what those styles are. I am so lame but you are right because I look at my friends pics and some of the photographer styles match that. I just get worried some of the brides here have issues with the photographers on the day of and saying the pictures are horrible and I just hope I do not have that problem.

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Funny you say that because two photographers out of my list did friends weddings and are very affordable so I am definitely keeping them in mind too.

I considered my engagement pictures as my trial - I chose based on a phone conversation, how knowledgeable they were, a friends review and how amazing their portfolio was.

View Quoted Comment That's a great idea. Thank you so much.