Advice from Wedding Photographer and Author, Christina Brosnan, on how to choose your wedding photographer.

1. How to Choose Your
Wedding Photographer

2. Choosing the right wedding
photographer is a big deal

3. It’s the difference between
disappointment
or
photos you cherish for a lifetime

4. • Hi!
• I’m Christina
• Wedding photographer and Author (of wedding
advice book ‘Ever Yours’)

5. Here are my tips to help you
choose the right wedding
photographer for you...

6. Find your style

7. Find your style
• Take time to figure out your style.
• Before looking for wedding photographers, know
what you like and what you don’t.

8. Find your style
• Create an inspiration board from your favourite
images

9. Find your style
• Where to look for images?
• Wedding magazines
• Wedding blogs
• Pinterest

11. Match your style

12. Match your style
• Once you have that collection of images start to
notice if there is a style that comes through.
• Maybe one of the following…

13. Match your style
• Traditional
• Photojournalistic
• Natural
• Fine Art
• Fashion
• Quirky

14. Match your style
• Look for photographers who match that style

16. Right Fit
•

17. Right Fit
• Before you pick a style
• Make sure it fits your wedding venue and time of
year

18. Right Fit
• For example
• Don’t expect a natural light photographer to produce
their best work in a dark venue or in the middle of
winter

20. Get recommendations
•

21. Get recommendations
• Ask married friends if they would recommend their
wedding photographer. Get honest feedback.

22. Get recommendations
• Most wedding suppliers will have a list of
recommended vendors, including photographers.
Usually, someone will only recommend people they
trust.

23. Blog check
•

24. Blog check
• A photographer’s blog can be a useful tool in
making your decision.
• Blogs usually contain recent weddings or
sometimes, personal posts that can help you get to
know the photographer. Be sure to check if there
are any comments from past brides and grooms.

26. Proof of work
•

27. Proof of work
• Unfortunately, there is a lot of false advertising in
the online world, such as photos being miscredited
or stolen. It’s super easy to say you’ve been
featured in a magazine or blog when in fact you
haven’t.

28. Proof of work
• Get photographers to provide proof of work
• Look for:
• Full wedding galleries
• Links to blog features

30. Get an ample sample

31. Get an Ample Sample
• Ask to see full galleries to ensure that all photos
from a wedding are to the same level of quality as
you see on a photographer’s website or blog

32. Don’t be shy, go say hi
• meet

33. Meet
• Your photographer will be a big part of your
wedding day. It’s important you like your
photographer’s style and photos, but it’s also
important you like your photographer

34. Meet
• Meet with photographers to decide if you are the
right fit for each other. If you can’t meet in person,
then arrange to have a video chat.

36. Check you’re hiring the person you
think you’re hiring
• Make sure the person you expect to work your
wedding is the person who will actually work at
your wedding and isn’t an assistant or another
member of staff.

37. Check you’re hiring the person you
think you’re hiring
• Make sure the person you expect to work your
wedding is the person who will actually work at
your wedding and isn’t an assistant or another
member of staff.

39. Protect your investment
•

40. Protect you
• Because sometimes things can go wrong a good
photographer is set up to protect you as much as
possible

41. Protect you
• they carry backup equipment in case of
emergencies.
• they save your images in multiple locations
• they have photographers’ insurance

43. Trust
•

44. Trust
• Don’t book someone you don’t trust. If you think
you’ll need to micromanage the photographer on
your wedding day it could be an indication that you
don’t completely trust them.

45. Trust
• If you trust your photographer, your day will be
considerably less stressful.

47. Sign here

48. Sign here
• Before you sign the contract, read it and make sure
you’re happy with the details

50. Thanks for reading and good luck
choosing the wedding
photographer that’s right for you

51. Read the book
• Read the book and find out how to get better
wedding photos
• Learn more

52. • If you liked this share it with your friends who are
getting married

53. • www.brosnanphotographic.com
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• Copyright © 2015 Brosnan Photographic. All rights
reserved.
• All photographs, except author photograph, by
Christina Brosnan. Author photograph by Paula
O’Hara.