Booking a wedding photographer?

 

 At this time of year some people are thinking about booking a wedding photographer.  So what should you look for?

 First off get a proper wedding photographer, dont ask a mate because he has a good camera.  I've got a cracking set of screwdrivers, but trust me, you dont want me putting your shelves together.  But seriously get a pro.

 A proper wedding photographer will have back-up gear, they'll know what they are doing, and they'll know all the dodges of what and how to get the best pictures, even if it's raining.

 Dont book on price alone, theres good cheap wedding photographers and terrible expensive ones.  I saw one recently, who is seriously expensive and the team were scary bad photographers, my god I have friends who hardly use their cameras who could do better in their sleep.

 When you see your photographer look at their images, see a whole wedding ideally, it's easy to get a few good shots from each wedding, it's much harder to keep up the standard for a whole wedding, check out a previous bride if possible.

 See if you get on with the photographer, you'll be spending a lot of time with him/her, if your akward or uncomfortable, maybe look elsewhere.

 Look at the photographers style (theres lots of different ones) see if thats the style you like.  Remember dont ask them to copy photos from Hello magazine wedding, those pictures were taken by a team and set up in a posh place.  Dont expert the same results if your getting married in a shed.

 Be realsitic about time.  Photos take a little while to do properly.  Make sure you alow for this with your wedding timeings.  Having 5 minutes to do the wedding photos isn't going to work.