Three Tips for Hiring a Vancouver Wedding Photographer

where do you start when hiring a wedding photographer? Finding a photographer is not hard, but finding the right photographer who understands your style, and personality. A photographer who has the technical skills and creative mind. This video shows three quick tips to help you in hiring a wedding photographer that is the right fit.

This is the first in a series of videos directed at couples planning a wedding, but is useful for anyone searching for a family photographer, portraits and events. Here is the Video: Making the connection with your photographer!

#1 Use any internet search engine, type in your location plus words ‘wedding photographer’. An example: Vancouver Wedding Photographer. Next filter the search results, with the ‘images’ option, you will see this menu along the top of the search result window. When you select the ‘images’ option, only images will be displayed in the search results. You can quickly browse without navigating to individual websites.

Vancouver Wedding Photographer Image Search

#2 What details to look for in a photograph? Observe the photo with the wedding dress, check closely if it has detail or is it all without definition? A good photograph is a balance of highlight and shadow, where shape and form are defined. Watch out for the blob, it is a disaster in the making. So much time and money spent on to the perfect dress, you want to preserve the every detail in the photographs.

#3 Does the wedding photographers portfolio have signature images that stands apart from other photographers? Look through 5 to 10 images of each photographer, you should come across three or more photos you like. A great photographer will capture great images not just the ceremony or the portrait photos. Most wedding venues are not set up for photography, it is one of the most challenging parts of the day especially when available lights are turned down during speeches. This is why many photographers avoid showing wedding reception photos or offer very limited images.

Here is a simple exercise to understand the basic principals of lighting: Think of pointing a flashlight down a path to a far away distance. The light will illuminate for small distance, till anything beyond the reach of the flashlight will be in darkness.  To light a room where you will photograph the activity, a photographer will require additional lighting to be setup. Otherwise, you can end up with images that are only lit close to the camera, and the rest of the image fades away into darkness. Or the reverse, where the foreground, is too bright, without detail (as discussed in the wedding dress) and the remainder of the image is well defined.

With the time, effort and money invested in the dress, the tux, the venue, you want the whole picture to be captured. It would be disappointing to miss any of the drama of this once in a lifetime event.

Three easy tips, for hiring a wedding photographer. The basic rules will get you started, if you want more research for selecting a wedding photographer please subscribe to my Video Channel. There are plans for a series to review wedding venues which will my personal experience having worked these locations to shoot photography and video.

Stay tuned for more great tips!

#3 Does the wedding photographers portfolio have signature images that stands apart from other photographers? Look through 5 to 10 images of each photographer, you should come across three or more photos you like. A great photographer will capture great images not just the ceremony or the portrait photos. Most wedding venues are not set up for photography, it is one of the most challenging parts of the day especially when available lights are turned down during speeches. This is why many photographers avoid showing wedding reception photos or offer very limited images.

Here is a simple exercise to understand the basic principals of lighting: Think of pointing a flashlight down a path to a far away distance. The light will illuminate for small distance, till anything beyond the reach of the flashlight will be in darkness.  To light a room where you will photograph the activity, a photographer will require additional lighting to be setup. Otherwise, you can end up with images that are only lit close to the camera, and the rest of the image fades away into darkness. Or the reverse, where the foreground, is too bright, without detail (as discussed in the wedding dress) and the remainder of the image is well defined.

With the time, effort and money invested in the dress, the tux, the venue, you want the whole picture to be captured. It would be disappointing to miss any of the drama of this once in a lifetime event.

Three easy tips, for hiring a wedding photographer. The basic rules will get you started, if you want more research for selecting a wedding photographer please subscribe to my Video Channel. There are plans for a series to review wedding venues which will my personal experience having worked these locations to shoot photography and video.

Stay tuned for more great tips!

How to create an elegant cinematic style at the Vancouver Public Library for the wedding. Understanding the requirements, and making plans to use additional flashes to fill the space with controlled lighting that captures the mood and aesthetic of the event.

You can view Waynes World Studio 2015 Vancouver Wedding Photographer Demo Reel Photo + Video here.