In order to be happy with the results, you have to go to someone you are confident in. That’s true, but! I can be sure of my wife, but she only takes black and white portraits, she’s really cool. Except that I need wedding photos, and not just any wedding photos, but in a certain style.
You may not realize it, but wedding photography is different too. I want to believe that you can see the difference in the work of different photographers. Some have more staging, some shoot everything as a reportage, and some know how to mix it up. Some people like to take brighter shots, some like to shoot with a film, and some like to shoot with a film. One retouches to a glossy finish, and the other hardly removes defects, and so on with everything.
So in order for you to get what you want, look for intersections with your idea of wedding photography in each photographer. You should not choose another one and ask him to shoot it the way you like. Nothing good will come of it. Skoda won’t make a Mercedes and vice versa, even if you give Skoda money, she just doesn’t have that mindset and level.
Also photographers, some know how to shoot hard light and some are afraid and go into the shadows, they just don’t have that skill. If you have ideas or certain photos you want to incorporate into your wedding outing, look for a photographer working in that style. Parodies, as a rule, do not lead to anything good.
It will turn out that the person has to work not in his own way, to do things that he is not used to and maybe not really able to do. You may be told in words that everything will be done, they know how to do it and it is not a problem at all. But will it be so? A wedding is the kind of day where you can’t make a slip-up. I can not afford to make a mistake, knowing that this day for the newlyweds is very important, it can not be repeated tomorrow, the day after tomorrow.
Also the newlyweds have to make the right choice, to choose someone who matches the idea of wedding photography or completely like, inspires confidence in the portfolio and gives confidence in the result.
I believe that a wedding has room for experimentation, only at certain moments when there is time and opportunity to do so. I think you don’t want to guess what the end result will be. What kind of result you will see in your photos. So, try to imagine yourself in the photos of this or that photographer, if you can do it, then the result will be quite predictable.
