YORKSHIRE TODAY
WEDDING GUIDE 55PHOTOGRAPHYMost people these days own a
digital camera and it8217s all too easy
to think you can save money by
getting a friend or relative to come
along and shoot your wedding.
But when you consider the word
photography means playing with
light, it8217s easy to see why the
professional would be able to do a
much better job than a lay man 8211
as one Yorkshire Today
photographer once said, most
people own a pair of pliers too, but
you wouldn8217t dream of asking
them to remove your teeth!
The bride and groom need to
know they can rely on a mixture
of good quality shots that are well
framed, reproduced to the highest
quality, tell the story of the whole
day and be presented in a
beautiful album that will stand the
test of time.
It is all too tempting to ask a
friend or relative to do the job,
and you will undoubtedly get a
couple of nice shots, but a good
professional photographer has a
natural instinct for the perfect
shot, will know how to read his subjects and
react accordingly, can handle tricky situations
like a sudden change in the light and know how
to put people at ease in front of a camera. If you
are getting married in the winter time, for
instance, would your uncle Albert know how to
use the lack of natural light to his advantage? A
professional will also know how to use low level
lighting, if necessary, to remedy things.
What you are buying, when you engage a
photographer, is his or her years of experience.
Knowing when to jump in and when to hold
back is essential and comes only with experience.
As does knowing how to create and capture
those romantic moments that will make you
smile when you look through the album twenty
or thirty years from now. You will also benefit
from his or her investment in superior equipment
as well as their expertise in processing standards
and digital manipulation of the photos for added
effect.
Yorkshire-based wedding photographer, Stewart
Randall, says, 8220Wedding fayres are a great place to
meet photographers as you get to meet them as
well as see their work up close. It8217s vital that a
wedding photographer has good people skills so,
if you find a photographer through their website,
insist on meeting them before booking.8221
Of course, wedding photographer8217s packages
vary enormously, so once you8217ve found a
photographer who you feel you can get on with
and who8217s work you like, don8217t forget to ask howPHOTO COURTESY OF DEBENHAMS56
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