Wedding Photography
Questions and Answers
Since choosing a photographer is not an everyday event, nor is your wedding, Redwing Photography can help answer the most frequently asked
questions about wedding photography.
Why should I hire a professional photographer?
A professional will be timely - arriving at your wedding promptly,
and getting the results to you on time. A professional has
just the right equipment. Having attended many weddings, an experienced
wedding photographer will be at ease at your wedding.
A professional uses a color laboratory that is in the business
of meeting high professional standards of print quality.
And, a professional is used to working with individuals,
couples, and groups to make the formal photography go smoothly.
When you think about the cost of photography, remember that the photographer's fee is only part of your investment: You, your parents,
your extended family and your friends will be investing
time with the photographer during your wedding.
Don't waste time on your wedding day with a
photographer who won't produce results you love!
After years of experience, the professional knows which
images are important, requiring the investment of
time and energy on the wedding day. And, the professional
also molds his or her style to match what the couple and
their family are looking for. The results will reflect the work
of a competent wedding photographer as well
as a "friend of the bride."
Do I want proofs? Online Viewing? A Slide Show? How Many Images? Files?
Almost all photographers are using on-line proofing, either on their own site or hosted by a company that handles the technical work.
Web proofing allows guests and family from all over the country to see the images.
However, some of us still like holding proof images in our hands,
either in the form of individual prints or in a
proof album, with about a six to eight small images per page.
Redwing Photography offers two options: on-line proofing for distant viewing,
and a proof magazine for the bride and groom.
How many is too many? Most of us are overwhelmed if we have to look at a few hundred wedding images, but if it's your wedding, you might want to see five-hundred images or more - there are so many wonderful moments you mayhave missed, and now you get to see them. The high-resolution files, as they come out of the camera, are the negatives of today. Like many forms of information storage, they are subject to physical degradation and loss of means of retrieval.
For example, you can't pop your 78s or 45s into your ipod.
By owning your wedding files, you can upgrade image storage
by always moving to the current generation of data storage.
You can also make prints, and collages once you own the images.
What is the photojournalistic wedding photography style?
The answer to that question has been debated for many years and will likely continue to be the topic of many discussions in the future! -
My views on the subject.
Photojournalistic photos: capturing the wedding as it happens...
My simple definition for the photojournalistic wedding style:
capturing the events of the day AS they happen with very little
(or any) interference from me, the photographer.
I am not the type of photojournalistic photographer that doesn't
take ANY posed photos. However, my primary emphasis
is recording the wedding as it happens.
The photojournalistic style is ideally suited to
beautifully capture the little details of the wedding.
