- Will you be taking the photos at our wedding? (Ask this if your photographer is part of a larger photography studio; we didn't have to ask this since all of the photographers we inteviewed worked independently.)
- Do you have an assistant/second shooter?
- What styles do you specialize in (i.e. photojournalistic, fine art, etc.)
- Do you bring back-up equipment (body, lenses)?
- What is the back-up plan if you get sick or have a family emergency and cannot shoot my wedding?
- What is your rate for overtime (if our event runs late)?
- When can we expect to receive proofs (both digital/online and paper)?
- How many proofs can we expect to see? (This really can range quite a bit! I've seen anywhere from 100 to 999!)
- Are you willing to work with a shot list (this is a list of specific shots that you want the photographer to take--i.e. groom's family, groom's expression while bride is walking down the aisle, etc. Many photographers do not like them or work with them because it hampers their artistic freedom, so make sure to ask this question if it is important to you.)?
- Will we receive full rights to the images for printing, etc.? (In my opinion, it is incredibly important to make sure that you have rights because it can really add up if you have to print through your photographer. A 4" x 6" would be $3-4!)
- May I view a full wedding online? Try to see a wedding that is similar to yours (i.e. large wedding, small-budget, etc.) so you know that they can shoot more than just intimate fancy weddings. If you're meeting with the photographer in person, you can ask them to bring sample albums.
- Will you guarantee these rates until our wedding? Will we be able to upgrade if we choose to at a later time (they usually won't let you downgrade)?
- How do you decide what to photograph at a wedding? What is your favorite thing to shoot (i.e. details, portraits, expressions, etc.)?
- Are there any additional charges not mentioned?
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Finding a Photographer, Pt. II: Questions
As promised, here are the photography questions that we asked when interviewing photographers! You might not want to ask all of these via email, since it's kind of a lot of questions, but maybe when you meet with your photographer in person (should you choose to do that). There are certain questions that I didn't ask, mainly about experience, because 1) I didn't really care whether they were published or anything like that, and 2) all of the ones I contacted had blogs, so I already knew a fair amount about them already. Just as there were certain questions that didn't really apply to me, there will be some here that you don't really need to ask. I'm just trying to give an example. I got some of these questions from searching "questions" and "photographer" and "wedding" in Google, and some from the book Bridal Bargains.
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