Welcome to the start of a mini series I'm calling Vendor Highlights. Eventually I'll narrow this down to specific peeps, but right now I'm keeping my brush strokes broad. Let's start with a quick ditty on photographers.
I love photographers; they're a vendor's best friend because they make all of us look good. That and they tend to be pretty awesome people in general. Even if you care more about the music than the photos, be sure to put some time into booking this vendor - you're not going to be sharing your wedding playlist with your relatives and future children. So here are a few hints when your starting that process of booking a photographer:
1) Read their blog! Most photographers host an online gallery and a blog. While the gallery often showcases larger portfolios of a few weddings, the blogs are a smaller taste of more events. Add their blog to your RSS reader to get a feel of what type of work they currently do. Then let the photographer know what photos you like so they can better capture your day, your way. Not to mention, it's fun to indulge in some eye candy at work.
2) Keep searching through those blogs! Guess what else are in those photos? Venues, flower arrangements, cakes, bands, food, lighting, decor, you name it. Search for your other vendors in photographer's blogs. Maybe there's a great place for photos at your ceremony site that you never saw in your walkthrough. Or if you're trying to decide between different decor companies, get online and see the type of work they produce. Photographer blogs are the perfect place to see other vendors in action.
3) Talk to them about what matters to you. Did you know you can have a photographer at your rehearsal dinner? Or that you can have a private session with them to take pictures of you in your wedding dress weeks before the wedding? Photography doesn't have to happen between the ceremony start and reception end. Open up about the details and people you want captured so they can make a package that suites you.
Here's some blogs I enjoy to follow:
Picture This! Photographer - http://sandraandgreg.blogspot.com/
PWP Photos (corporate only now, but still fun to read)- http://pwpstudio.com/blog/
Fotographa-http://www.myfotographa.com/Blog/
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