Choosing a wedding photographer

Please please please get a Photographer that takes pictures in focus.
I clicked on the Tomas Kornas site and I want to kill him.
 
Anyway, when it comes to choosing a wedding photographer this is a very very personal choice that should matter only to you and your bride to be. Nobody else. These are YOUR photos and your way of remembering the day.

So best bet is to look at websites and portfolios to find a guy who shoots photos how you both like them.

When you've done this, make the contact. See how long they take to reply. It should be pretty quick. Ask to see examples of a full wedding and not just their portfolio. They should not be afraid to show you a full one. If they do, then I'd avoid. But that's just me personally.

Meet them in person, do you get along with them? Are they friendly and likeable? Are they approachable? Will your guests be ok approaching them etc?

You're basically looking for someone to cover this as you see fit. THEN make your decision :)
 
Look at a full album and ask yourself if you get the feeling "I wish this was my wedding photos".

That's the bar I set.
 
Phate said:
Ignore this. The photos are in focus.
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WTF is that on the right then?
Come on, that is bloody awful.

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It is just generally a crap picture though. Why would you want a picture of the bride adjusting her boob with her tongue hanging out, with some womans blurred face taking up a quarter of the shot?
 
I agree with the fact it's not a picture I like due to the bride's action and face but that's each to their own.

To say the photo is out of focus though is incorrect. As Mondo says, our eyes work in the same way.
 
Phate said:
Anyway, when it comes to choosing a wedding photographer this is a very very personal choice that should matter only to you and your bride to be. Nobody else. These are YOUR photos and your way of remembering the day.

So best bet is to look at websites and portfolios to find a guy who shoots photos how you both like them.

When you've done this, make the contact. See how long they take to reply. It should be pretty quick. Ask to see examples of a full wedding and not just their portfolio. They should not be afraid to show you a full one. If they do, then I'd avoid. But that's just me personally.

Meet them in person, do you get along with them? Are they friendly and likeable? Are they approachable? Will your guests be ok approaching them etc?

You're basically looking for someone to cover this as you see fit. THEN make your decision :)
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Appreciate the advice! Thanks
 
Acme said:
It is just generally a crap picture though. Why would you want a picture of the bride adjusting her boob with her tongue hanging out, with some womans blurred face taking up a quarter of the shot?
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However that is one of 5 pictures the Photographer has shown to showcase his website so he must love it.
 
I think there's something a little off with the focus too, not sure if it's either the layermask or they've not had the autofocus calibrated, it's not out by much though.
 
Acme said:
It is just generally a crap picture though. Why would you want a picture of the bride adjusting her boob with her tongue hanging out, with some womans blurred face taking up a quarter of the shot?
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This is the real problem. Focus is fine but most of the photos gave a terrible composition or are just plain bad photos.
 
Focus is fine, the photo is terrible! If I got this back as one of the good ones I'd be very disappointed!

More research needed on depth of field and aperture!
 
You can see what he is intending to do but I wouldn't call it a portfolio landing page photo. The general feeling of that photo is awkwardness which is not what you want to give, if such photo is used, you want to aim for fun or elegance in the dressing part.

Fun

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And a bit more elegant.

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Back on topic:
OP, the best wedding pictures I've seen are those taken by the guests on cheap cameras given out at the start of the wedding. I've seen at least 5 like this and was impressed by them all.
Just remember within a year that very expensive wedding album will be put in the attic and in five years time you might be fighting who gets custody of it.
 
SexyGreyFox said:
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OP, the best wedding pictures I've seen are those taken by the guests on cheap cameras given out at the start of the wedding. I've seen at least 5 like this and was impressed by them all.
Just remember within a year that very expensive wedding album will be put in the attic and in five years time you might be fighting who gets custody of it.
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What you end up with is a lot of old rolls of film or Polaroids and all start at the wedding breakfast with little to no photos before.
 
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