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Tips for Choosing the Right Photographer
Know your photography budget
This is the first step in narrowing down your options for a professional photographer. When planning your budget, keep in mind the length of your event.
Ask friends and family for references
Word of mouth can still be one of the best ways to learn about well-respected professional photographers.
Is Photography their full time job?
With prices of photographic cameras coming down over the years you will find there are a lot of "wannabe" professional photographers. Make sure photography is their full time job. Most respected photographers will be incorporated, work with contracts, accept major credit cards and might offer financing options.
Look through their portfolio before hiring.
These days most photographers have at least a portion of their portfolio on their website, which makes it easy to review their past work. When looking at their portfolio, take note of the types of shots they take and how well they photograph the event venues.
Find out their experience with events of approximately the same size as yours.
Let them know how many people you are expecting at your event, and ask if they have a lot of experience handling events of this size. Feel them out to make sure they can handle your event.
Get a feel for the industries they have the most experience with.
If you’re considering a photographer to hire for your event, you'll want to be sure they have at least some experience handling similar events. Their portfolio should be enough for you to determine this, but if not, just ask them how many similar events they have covered.
Ask how quickly they can develop the photos and produce results.
Unfortunately, a lot of photographers may take great photos, but when it comes down to retouching digital images, they take too long to produce results. This is why it is critical that you ask your photographer how quickly they can re-touch your digital images.
Make sure you have good chemistry with your photographer.
Finally, it’s important that you feel a good chemistry between yourself and your photographer. Do you trust the photographer's artistic skills? Are they easy to talk to and do they freely answer all your questions? You’ll want to be sure they are generally a friendly person with good social skills. Once you have all of the above information, it’s time to hire your photographer!