BRENT FOSTER
BRENT FOSTER
PHOTOGRAPHY + CINEMA
BRENTFOSTER.COM
KEY QUESTIONS
Is this your full-time job?
Make sure your
photographer is a full-time, established
professional with a great reputation. Ideally,
they should have a photographic education, or
an experience level that equals that.
Will I be getting YOU on the wedding day--not
somebody else?
It is SO important to connect
and feel comfortable with your photographer.
You will spend more time with your
photographer on the day of the wedding than
with your bride or groom.
Do I receive printing rights to the images?
Make
sure you are able to access the high-resolution,
edited files from your disc or USB and print
them where you choose after the wedding.
With that being said, please, please, please use a
professional lab when printing pictures, if you
don't go directly to your photographer to order
albums, large prints and canvasses.
How do you protect/back up the images on site
and after the shoot?
Ask your photographer
how they prepare for worst-case scenarios.
Cards corrupt and hard drives can crash. Make
sure they back up their image in at least two, if
not three, places from shooting to delivering
the final product. Do the same when you
receive the images.
How long will it take to receive my images?
Turnaround times from professional
photographers vary from a few weeks to several
months. Make sure you know what to expect
from your photographer.
MISTAKES
Hiring a friend who is a photographer! We
regularly get calls from clients who had a
friend shoot their wedding and now want to do
a second shoot in their wedding attire as
they've either been heartbroken about the
quality of the pictures or haven't received
anything back.
Often couples want to recreate other
wedding images they've seen on Facebook,
Pinterest, etc. rather than living their day
and allowing their own special moments to
unfold in front of them. Let your
photographer do the job! If you have invested
in a good photographer, then trust that
person to do the job...this allows the
photographer to create Facebook and
Pinterest images that other couples will want
to copy for their weddings!
What are workflow, timing and setting
expectations?
Get a clear indication of how
the process will work, before and after
the wedding.
Does the photographer have legitimate
accreditation, for example, the Professional
Photographers of Canada designation?
This is a
demanding process where images need to be
submitted for critique and grading by a panel
of PPOC peers, proving the photographer's
expertise in many areas.
Make sure you are comparing apples to apples
when reviewing/interviewing more than one
photographer.
For example, what one
photographer sells as "edited" may not be the
same as another photographer. What about
albums?
There are so many different types--
be sure you are comparing like products.
MISTAKES
Don't choose a photographer based on the
sales pitch. Were they "cool"...so you think
you are going to get "cool" images?
You need to have a fully qualified
professional who takes the job you have
entrusted to them very seriously. And make
no mistake here, you are entrusting a very
important assignment to them--
undoubtedly the most important
photographs you will ever have taken. Allow
plenty of time to select your wedding
photographer. Start the process early...very
professional wedding photographers
book up early.
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