With so many wedding photographers on the market, it can be hard to know which ones will be the right fit for you. Although there are plenty of reasons why we might be the perfect choice for you, here is a list of reasons NOT to hire us for your wedding.
We find that most of our couples aren’t looking to be taken away for hours taking posed photographs. Weddings are about spending quality time with loved ones, celebrating and having fun. This is why we like to keep it as simple as possible so that you can spend the most time with your family and friends, not the people you hired. If you are hoping to spend hours and hours away taking portraits, then you may want to add this to your list of reasons not to hire us.
There will always be two of us at your wedding if you hire us for the full day. We work as a team, giving you multiple angles of everything that happens on the day. For example, the ceremony and first dance. It also gives us the ability to capture both you and your partner getting ready in two completely different places. So, if you’re looking for a lone wolf photographer, we might not be the ones for you!
Third on the list of reasons not to hire us is: we aren’t the type of photographers to take the reins and run the day. Yes, we will come in and give guidance when it’s needed such as with group photos. However, our focus is always photographing everything from laughter to tears, exactly how it happens. Shooting from the sidelines allows us to capture pure and real emotion and, generally, the less you and your guests notice us, the better.
The group photos can often be the most stressful part of the day, particularly for the bride and groom. However, we know how important family is to our couples so of course we will photograph group photos on the day, but we aren’t the type of photographers to spend hours and hours solely on capturing group shots. Our purpose is to capture the story of your day as it unfolds in a way that is authentic and honest. Capturing your family and friends as they laugh with each other, embrace and have a wonderful time always makes for the best photos in our opinion.
There are many, many reasons why we won’t deliver every single photo we take at your wedding. The main reason is we know you won’t want them all. During a wedding, we’re always snapping away and capturing as many moments as we can. However, this often means that some photographs are very alike to each other, or sometimes we’ll capture unwanted things like the back of someones head as they step in front of the camera. Weddings are busy events, it happens! But do you really want to spend hours looking through thousands of photos, trying to decide which ones to keep?
That’s why part of the service we provide is taking out all the ‘dud’ photos; people blinking, blurry photos and the duplicates too. We carefully select images that we know you’ll love and that truly document your wedding as it happened, ones that hold valuable memories that you can look back on and cherish. We may not deliver the family photo where uncle bob is sneezing on the end of the row, although you could argue that this is documentary photography at its finest! We just don’t think it’s the type you’ll want to stick in an album (although it would be a funny photo to look back on!)
If we haven’t scared you off after reading reasons not to hire us for your wedding and you’d like to see more of our work, then head over to our portfolio.
Alternatively, if you’re struggling with choosing a photographer that will be the best fit for you or simply don’t know where to start, then take a look at ‘How To Choose a Wedding Photographer.’