You will want to make sure that you can have at least two meetings with your Photographer.
The first meeting helps you establish if you want to book them and is an opportunity to not only discover whether you are comfortable with them but to share your plans, thoughts and ideas for your day. Then of course you want to be considering the photographic packages that cater to your needs.
The second visit will often occur in the two weeks prior to the wedding. At this point you want once more to get to know your photographer a little better. Go through the final schedule of your day and work on finalizing the photographic plan. It’s also good planning to visit the venues and locations with the Photographer or at least make sure they are familiar with where they will be shooting. It’s also very wise to consider wet day options both for your ceremony & photography.
Nothing helps a Photographer more to understand your visual expectations than showing them pictures of what you like. How-ever make sure your expectations and desires versus reality are in the right place. You will never get exactly what you see in another picture. Firstly, you are two different people. The location, light and weather conditions will be different, hence so will the result.
It’s also important that they attend the rehearsal, as it helps to plan the ceremony stage and an opportunity for them to meet the Minister or Celebrant and to check on any restrictions on photo-taking & where they will be standing while they conduct the ceremony. Sometimes they make it difficult for the photographer to get the great shots & of course you can expect them to be in most if not all of the ceremony images.
It’s also a great chance to meet the rest of the Bridal Party. All essential in getting to know you the client better and assisting the plan and hence results of the day.
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