Hiring a professional wedding photographer for your wedding day has so many benefits. Skip the stress and hire trusted pros that will MAKE your wedding day dreams come true. I have provided 10 reasons to hire a professional wedding photographer.
10 reasons to hire a professional wedding photographer:
1. Professional Wedding Photographers Bring Expertise and Skill
Lighting
We pride ourselves on being experts at lighting. With hiring a seasoned professional, you will have the confidence in knowing that your photographer has experience in shooting in different lighting conditions. You will want a pro that knows how to operate flash because some venues will be very dark.
Technical Proficiency
Professional wedding photographers have a deep understanding of photography techniques, composition, and equipment.
Creative Vision
They bring a creative eye and artistic approach, creating visually stunning images that capture the essence and emotions of the moment. Also, we take pride in our creative eye and uniqueness.
2. Pros are ready to photographer in any weather condition
Seasoned professionals like us take pride in being ready at a given moment for changes in the weather. With working in places like Lake Tahoe and Yosemite, we must be ready to embrace the changing weather. Some weather can bring rain and thunderstorms finishing off with a rainbow, and you want to make sure you have a professional wedding photographer to capture it! The photo above is a rainbow that popped during a downpour, I already saw it happening before its peak, so I was able to navigate my couple to the best spot. This photo gets A LOT of hype!
3. Pros have High-Quality Equipment
We will have cameras, lenses, and lighting equipment, that ensures we capture stunning, high-quality images with exceptional detail. Professionals are likely to have equipment that is leaps and bounds better than an amateur. Eventually, over time, equipment can crap out, sad, but true! Seasoned pros carry back up equipment (we do!) in the event of equipment failure. Obviously, we don’t want that, but its better to be prepared than not!
4. Consistent Quality, Consistent Editing
Setting up the shot and clicking the shutter is just the first step! The next step is image processing and editing. Professional photographers tend to have more consistency with editing compared to amateurs. Generally, you will want the photos in your wedding gallery to have the same edits, same colors, not a mixture of edits. You want to know what you are going to get! Each image goes through a fine tuning process of adjusting exposure, colors and contrast. As a professional wedding photographer, I do take extra steps with my editing to produce a top quality image.
5. Professionalism and Etiquette
Pros who are running a reputable care about their customers, therefore we are dependable and arrive on time. As a professional wedding photographer, I always arrive early to wedding venue locations I have never been to scope out areas for potential shots. Seasoned pros want the best for their couples and want to utilize every location possible for photos.
Easy Communication
We take pride in our streamlined communication process. As professionals, we want to make sure communication is easy and smooth sailing for our couples. Don’t worry about chasing a pro down and wondering when you’ll hear from them because pros will be constantly in touch with you! Pros interact respectfully with couples and guests ensuring a smooth and pleasant experience.
6. Professional Wedding Photographers have more Experience with Posing and Direction
We’ve been doing this a long time and I’m sure I can say that for a lot of professionals out there. Pros offer expert guidance on posing, ensuring that subjects look their best and are comfortable in front of the camera. This goes for all body shapes and sizes, we want everyone to look their best.
Candids
Candid photography is another world since it takes A LOT of experience to know when moments are going to happen. After photographing so many weddings, you start to learn people behave the same, so you know when those candid moments will unfold. This is not a skill that can be obtained overnight, candid, photojournalistic photography is a skill acquired over time.
7. Pros Provide Comprehensive Coverage
Wedding Photography Professionals are skilled at covering the entire wedding, from the big moments to the small details, ensuring nothing is missed. Another thing is.. we have the energy to do so! It’s A LOT of work! With the use of multiple cameras or a second shooter, we can capture different perspectives and angles of significant moments.
8. Trusting a Pros brings less Stress for you!
Let’s face it, no one wants to be stressed. Truth be told, your wedding can be a stressful time just because that’s how it is for everyone. Having a team of vendors who you can trust to get the job done can definitely lighten your stress load. Couples who hire amateurs tend to want to make sure the job is being done vs. just letting it be and letting the pros take care of you! Knowing that a professional wedding photographer is handling your photography allows you to be present on your wedding or elopement day.
Elopement Photography and Planning
With my elopement photography and planning packages, you don’t need to stress at all! I will take care of everything and guide you through your entire elopement planning process. No stress!
9. Professionals can have an artistic approach
As pros, we can bring our artistic vision to your wedding, creating images that are not only high-quality but also creatively and emotionally impactful. You know those photos you can feel? Photographers who are able to bring out emotion in photos, didn’t just learn it overnight. Getting comfortable with getting creative takes time and is a skill that comes only with experience. Photographers who are artistic and creative bring a ton of value as their uniqueness sets them apart from other professional photographers.
Storytelling
Obviously the hype right now is “photojournalistic” or “editorial” style photograph. These fancy words mean nother other than “storytelling.” Couples looking for an “editorial wedding photographer” want a photographer to tell the story of their wedding day. Pros will capture the essence of your wedding day, telling a story through images that reflects your personal style and the mood of your wedding. Photographers who are excellent at putting together a story-telling wedding gallery have a lot of experience in doing so because again, this is a skill learned by doing it a lot!
10. Pros Offer Legal Protection and Rights
No one wants to talk about the legal mumbo jumbo, but there are some things that do matter, so let’s talk about them:
Copyright
Professional photographers owns their raw files. This is why pros will not provide RAW files to their clients. Yes, you have the retouched images from your wedding, but your photographer still owns them. For copyright reasons, we do not want our work altered. Pros will provide clear statements on copyright and usage rights, ensuring you have legal access to your photos and can use them as you wish.
Contracts
Pros offer formal contracts that outline all terms, conditions, and deliverables, protecting both parties and ensuring a clear understanding of expectations.
Liability Insurance & Licensed
Seasoned professionals are serious about their business and take the proper steps to protect themselves and everyone involved. You will want security, so hire a professional wedding photographer that is licensed and insured like us! Venues will require your vendors to be licensed and insured as well. You want that protection and you want the confidence that your pro takes their job seriously.
10 Reasons to Hire a Professional Wedding Photographer
One more thing..
Lastly, hiring a professional wedding photographer will ensure that you receive high-quality, well-composed images that capture the essence of your wedding day. Our expertise, equipment, and dedication to our craft provide significant advantages over amateur or hobby photographers, offering a peace of mind and beautifully preserved memories!
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