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Hiring a photographer should mean finding someone able to always have your best side forward, whether you're getting your makeup done, having a drink with the guys or snuggling with your Mr. We've included some things you might want to consider when hiring a professional.

“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you?

Not much.” ~ Jim Rohn

8 Tips For Hiring Your Professional

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Face to face:Wedding planning is fun, but it is filled with many decisions, vendors to book, best friends and sisters to ask to stand up with you. Some of these decisions can be better made in person, and your photographer is one of those people you should meet before you book. You can't make a decision without meeting them and seeing what they have to offer (both work wise and personality).

They better match or EXCEED your own creativity:They better match or EXCEED your own creativity:You're going to spend the next few months designing, decorating and planning your wedding at all different angles, you need to be sure that your photographer can match your creativity and capture your day the way you imagine it and have spent many hours putting together.

Personalities:You'll be working together to document your engagement session as well as (for many of you) You'll be working together to document your engagement session as well as (for many of you) the biggest day of your life, so your personalities must jive! When you tell them about ideas you have for your day do they sound irritated? Are they willing to listen to you? Do you feel comfortable with them? The more comfortable you are with your photographer the better your photos! Having someone who can be fun, but still courteous and professional is invalu-able, the only thing worse than not getting along with your photographer is having bad photos of your day.

Regret:Quite possibly the biggest thing overlooked. You don't Quite possibly the biggest thing overlooked. You don't regret your images until AFTER you've received them, so if your photographer doesn't have a portfolio you love and isn't willing to share an entire wedding gallery from a previous wedding you may just be walking towards the path of regret.

Posed vs candid:The oldest question there is.... will you pose me? We The oldest question there is.... will you pose me? We

don't want to look 'posed'. While looking at your potential photographers work it should be seamless... of course there are always 1 or 2 of the posed group photos but their work should all look candid. Can they pose you but still photograph you in a natural 'candid' look?

ARE THEY LOOKING OUT FOR YOUR BEST INTEREST?

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We know that planning can sometimes be overwhelming and you're hiring people We know that planning can sometimes be overwhelming and you're hiring people who work in departments where you may or may not know a great deal about, we also know that there are probably many other creatives who you’re checking out to. We hope that we've given you a bit of knowledge on the photography front so you're well equipped with the expectations you can have and set, it’s only fair that you know and can trust the people you’re hiring, so why not know the right things to ask! Be sure they have your best interest in mind... and not their own.

Happy planning!Happy planning!

DO I NEED AN ENGAGEMENT SESSION?There isn’t a better way to connect than withan engagement session, you can see how your photographer works and how they workwith you... and really, it’s an awesome opportunity to practice for your wedding day infront of the camera!

“ Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things thatyou didn’t do than by the ones you did do.”

~ Mark Twain

8 Tips For Hiring Your Professional

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Nothing to hide, everything to show:Quite possibly one of the biggest things you can do is ask your photographer to view an Quite possibly one of the biggest things you can do is ask your photographer to view an entire wedding gallery from one of their past weddings. While this may seem strange, every vendor, baker, florist or jeweler always shows off their best work in their front window. And the buck doesn't stop with photographers, we all display our best work, showing off an entire wedding shouldn't be something to be ashamed of if there's more to show behind the scenes then what you see on their website.

Documenting the things I don't see:This will set apart your photos from most, can your photographer capture the things you This will set apart your photos from most, can your photographer capture the things you never knew happened? When you look through your images will you find your niece sleep-ing on your sister in the church pew behind you, your mom sticking your dad with his bouton-niere, your grandma and grandpa holding hands while watching the vows? These are all things that are part of your days story that all can make remembering your wedding so much more special.

Are they able to work in poor lighting?Part of planning should not be asking your photographer if there's enough light during the reception for them, your photographer should be skilled when it comes to lighting. A dark candlelit room should not mean that you get less than quality (or better yet creative) work because of the decor you've chosen.

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