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How to choose photography on wedding day

1, determine the style.

First, try to find out what kind of photos you like. Is it most important to wear a wedding dress to make you look beautiful? Or capture as many short stories as possible? Is black and white acceptable? Can you accept photos with cheerful atmosphere but awkward expression? Can you face your thick arms and round face? Can you accept photos to truthfully record all kinds of small flaws in the scene? Do we have to shoot the scene layout on the high building? Do I have to take a close-up of still life? Think about what kind of priority it is.

The next step is to watch the sample. Try to look at photos of media platforms such as Weibo or friends circle. Now most wedding photography teams will post long wedding photos of the whole wedding on Weibo WeChat. Although it is carefully selected, the number of dozens of sets of pictures can give you a clear understanding of the style of the wedding photography team and the shooting angle and level of the photographer. In contrast, personal websites and wedding platforms are more collections of selected photos of the whole career. If you find your favorite photos and shooting angles when looking at photos, please be sure to save them in your mobile phone and put forward your preferences when communicating with customer service or photographers.

Step 2 book as early as possible

The wedding photographer is a heavyweight who appears on the wedding day, so make an appointment as soon as possible. When couples start to determine the wedding date and find the wedding venue, they will start to make an appointment for a wedding photographer. Especially in the wedding season (April/May/June/September/65438+1October), if you don't leave early and book a good photographer, you may not be able to shoot your wedding. Some well-known photography team directors even need to make an appointment one year in advance, so we must determine the follow-up style of the wedding as soon as possible and find the right photographer according to our own preferences.

3. Pay attention to word of mouth

A good wedding team, word of mouth is very important. So the best way is to start with friends and relatives and choose a regular photography team with good reputation for their works and services through their recommendation. Nowadays, it is convenient for many newcomers to book wedding personnel online, but they must check whether the photographer or photography team is formal through Weibo, WeChat or friends, and ask to sign a contract after paying the deposit.

If you make an appointment for an intended wedding team to come to the store for consultation, you can check 2-3 electronic photo albums of different categories or levels to see if the overall style is consistent with the works you see online. In addition, through the environment and service, we can judge whether the team is formal and whether we can maintain happy and effective communication after booking.

Step 4 communicate effectively

Effective communication is very important. Some guests didn't keep good communication with their wedding team from the beginning, so how can we ensure the smooth progress of the wedding? Therefore, when choosing your own wedding photographer in the early stage, you should also consider whether you can ensure good communication with this team (customer service or photographer) and whether you have professional and patient service.

Half a month to a month before the wedding is the best time to communicate with the couple for the second time. Generally, the customer service of the wedding photography team will contact the couple in advance, ask about the wedding preparations of the couple, and provide some effective suggestions (clothing details preparation, shooting props, etc. Before the wedding, the photographer will personally confirm the wedding information with the couple to ensure the smooth shooting.

Finally, we suggest that the couple give enough trust to the wedding photographer on the same day and guide some processes during the wedding. When you are at a loss that day, the wedding photographer is the one who can save your scene.

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Reasons for choosing photography on the wedding day:

1. The value far exceeds the price?

The wedding is only one day, but the photos that record memories can be used for a lifetime. There is no more meaningful investment. "Like photography" is completely different from professional photography. Amateur relatives and friends, or cheap but inexperienced photographers, can't grasp the rhythm of the whole wedding, and the value of the finished product is naturally different from that of professionals. ?

2. Good times are fleeting.

Missed pictures can never be returned. Only professional photographers know how to use the correct strategy to record a complete picture when the light is complex or unstable. They have the experience and the ability to capture those fleeting moments and details and help you save those pictures full of laughter and tears. Wedding photography is not only not simple, but also full of challenges. All the wonderful and unforgettable precious pictures are fleeting, and once they are missed, they will never come back. It's like entrusting a task to the wrong person, even if you regret it afterwards, you can't make up for it. ?

3. The emphasis is often on the details?

The most moving pictures are often hidden in the details. Professional photographers not only capture the big picture, but also have a keen eye to accurately capture the small details, even the feelings that the couple themselves have not discovered on the wedding day. Every step of carefully planning this wedding will eventually turn into details in the photo and become a proud commemoration. ?

What is needed on the wedding day is help, not resistance?

The wedding day was busy enough. What you need is a helper who can independently control the field in his own professional field. A professional photographer's experience, skills and self-cultivation make him know the direction of the wedding, know how to deal with emergencies, and have full confidence in giving him the job. In addition to doing his best in his own field, he can also provide good advice on various details that will affect the wedding picture according to his own experience and become the most competent and good helper. ?

5. Friendship belongs to friendship, and specialty belongs to specialty?

Many newcomers will leave wedding photography to relatives and friends in order to save money, but it is easy to bring unnecessary embarrassment and unhappiness to find relatives and friends to shoot. When shooting, we should take into account face and relationship, but I am embarrassed to ask; If the shot works are not satisfied, there is no position to say anything more. Professional photographers themselves are the guarantee of quality.

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