The Qualities of a Great Wedding Photographer

The Qualities of a Great Wedding Photographer

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It is now widely accepted that there are a lot of people out there who can pick up a camera and take a pretty decent picture. More and more, especially in these austere times people are asking themselves if they can find savings on everything and that includes their wedding photography. Modern DSLR cameras are affordable and especially with their advanced technology have great automatic shooting modes. The temptation is to take a chance on a friend, to take your important wedding photographs.


In some circumstances, perhaps for informal portraits of you and your family it may be okay to take a chance with a friend or hobbyist photographer and if it goes wrong you can try again with a professional photographer.
But is the risk very different when it comes to your precious Wedding Photography? There are no second chances at weddings and the opportunity for something going terribly wrong is greatly increased if you don't get an experienced specialist Wedding Photographer.
But you have seen your friends take great pictures at weddings right? We all have and after the majority of wedding photographs start appearing on social media sites. The next thing, someone says to a friend, "hey I saw those pictures you took at X's wedding and they were great, can you photograph our wedding?"
What is missing here fotografas is the experience that ensures that in any circumstances, no matter what, you can expect a full set of great wedding images throughout your wedding day. For the most part, your friends’ photo will have been taken off to the side of an official Wedding Photographer or over their shoulder. The work of setting up the photograph will have already been done. Uncle Bob has not had to manage anyone such as large groups of guests, he has not had to make decisions and he has no time constraints. He has no brief to achieve, no list of must have shots and most importantly he has no responsibility for his images to be good every time.
What you are investing in when hiring an experienced Wedding Photographer is this. You are hiring a Wedding Photographer who can, not just take the odd decent wedding photograph given the right circumstances. You are hiring someone who can produce consistently good wedding photography when the weather is bad, when the lighting is poor, when there is little or no time during the tight schedule of the wedding day, when people don't want to have their photograph taken, in bad locations with little space and so on.
Perhaps just as important as that, is that they should possess a high level of personal professional qualities.
Wedding Photographers have to be excellent managers of people and they have to be completely and utterly without question patient. A good experienced Wedding photographer should remain calm in all situations period! They must not get impatient or rude with family or guests. Their presence on your wedding day should only enhance the day and never spoil it under any circumstances.
A good Wedding Photographer needs to be a decision maker. Things change during a wedding day. An ability to problem solve in an instant, make decisions based on the information at hand is essential. A good Wedding Photographer should be confident but never arrogant. A good Wedding Photographer should be polite and respectful at all times no matter what the pressures.