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*If this is the wrong section, my apologies, feel free to move it. Wasn't sure where to go with it.* A friend of mine is getting married in the near future, and is scoping out wedding photographers. She's not quite sure where to start, so some advice for me to pass along would be great. She's not looking for anything huge and fancy, basically documenting the event, and a few prints for close family, etc.. Any thoughts on general price range, etc.? Also, she's having trouble finding people- any advice on where to find wedding photographers? I'm afraid my network doesn't have very many  *She's located in Southern California- Inland Empire area* Sep 01 06 04:01 am Link I guess she should start withthe yellow pages and let her fingers do the walking. She should find photographers that concentrate on weddings but she will be paying a great deal considering she is in Southern cal. Always preview the photographer's work and decide on her budget for one and work within those means. I have wedding package to suit all price ranges, but I'm in Tennessee. Good luck. Sep 01 06 04:09 am Link I found my wedding photographer through one of those wedding sites (weddings.com or something like that, it's been awhile). Yellow pages, referral sites and the like, that's where I would go. I do believe on some of those referral sites there are ratings/reviews posted from past customers too. Sep 01 06 07:06 am Link NyxValentine wrote: If she wants just a disc with the images on it, she can find somebody for $500 to $800. The quality will range from pure crap to not too bad. A really good photographer with a nice creative album design will cost $3000 to $5000. Sep 01 06 07:11 am Link She can just use the phone book, and web sites, but not all have web sites that do them justice. But also needs to meet the photographer. Decide on her budget for the photography, I read some time ago on one of the wedding planning sites it should be about 10% of the total wedding cost, if you believe or go by things like that. What runs the cost up are the albums, if she wants the bound book full page, heavy gauge pages it just cost. She could cover my expenses and fly me out, and I'd be glad to do it. Sep 01 06 07:24 am Link Make sure she knows who the photographer will be. Oftentimes a studio will send out a ringer who does not have the experience you thought you were hiring. Talk with friends who have recently been married and see what they were delivered. Seeing a couples album is often more informative than seeing a sample album of the photographers which will have his best work over many weddings. Seeing actual delivered albums gives you a much better idea of what the person will be able to accomplish. Be very careful about hiring someone who doesn't do weddings often. It's a very high stress job with many pressures and experience pays off big time. There's no room for failures at an event like this so the person needs to have all the backup equipment. Good wedding photographers are usually good people persons, moreso than many other photographic specialties because of the pressure and the huge number of people that need to be navigated though. Sep 01 06 10:05 am Link go to a tux shop or bridal shop they will have a list Sep 01 06 10:07 am Link Curt Burgess wrote: That's worth repeating! Sep 01 06 02:28 pm Link |
