| If you got into wedding photography solely for the | | | | from. Brides tend to relax when being photographed |
| financial rewards, you probably are not successful at | | | | by photographers they like and are comfortable with. |
| what you do, and if you are, you probably are not as | | | | A comfortable bride makes for awesome images. |
| successful as you should or could be. | | | | You need to be approachable as a wedding |
| Gone are the days when wedding photographers | | | | photographer to achieve greatness, this way people |
| were looked at as mere handy men, that perception | | | | will talk about you. While it is very easy to get very |
| has since changed, we now have celebrity wedding | | | | angry while shooting a Nigerian wedding one has to |
| photographers who command just as much media | | | | be in control of his emotions. Nigerian weddings can |
| attention as the movie stars they shoot. | | | | get very unruly and over crowded. |
| The advent of digital has also helped many take up | | | | 3. Self Development: You need to constantly be up |
| wedding photography as a profession. | | | | to date in your area of specialization. This does not |
| So what make one a great wedding photographer in | | | | mean going out and buying all the newest cameras |
| Nigeria? | | | | and gear the minute they are announced, but you |
| Personally I have shot with some of the finest | | | | need to be constantly be in search of new ideas, |
| photographers on the planet both back home in | | | | strategies, solutions, techniques that will stand your |
| Nigeria where wedding photography is entering a new | | | | photography apart. Nobody wants to see the same |
| phase and also outside my home country. Interacting | | | | sort of images again and again, you need to be able |
| with this great minds led me to come up with some | | | | to consistently bring something fresh to the table. A |
| key points that should be taken quite seriously if you | | | | couple of old photographers in Nigeria still shoot only |
| are to move to that next step in your quest to be a | | | | film, while this is not such a bad thing if you are |
| top, highly sort after wedding photographer. | | | | based in America, it is not the same case here in |
| 1. Consistency: Probably the most important point | | | | Nigeria where all you can get in ASA 200 films and |
| here. A great photographer needs to be consistent, | | | | bad quality development chemicals. Access to digital |
| needs to be able to turn out amazingly breathtaking | | | | has helped even the playing field to a large extent |
| pictures and albums on regular basis. You can not | | | | for the best wedding photographers in Nigeria. |
| afford to produce an outstanding album for client A | | | | 4. Concentration: To make great wedding |
| while at the same time being unable to deliver a | | | | photography, you need to be totally immersed in any |
| comparable quality to Client B. Consistency comes | | | | wedding you are shooting. As a wedding |
| from experience, consistency comes from knowing | | | | photographer in Nigeria, this is not always the easiest |
| your equipment, consistency comes from knowing | | | | point to achieve. The reason for this is that Nigerian |
| the basics of photography. You might want to pickup | | | | weddings usually have numerous wedding |
| that dusty camera manual up and give it a good | | | | photographers shooting the same wedding, try eight |
| reading. | | | | wedding photographers covering the same event, it |
| 2. Character: Successful wedding photographers are | | | | tends to get very crazy. But if your goal is to attain |
| know to have great likable characters. You need to | | | | greatness in this discipline, you need to concentrate, |
| express a lovable character not only to the bride and | | | | loss of concentrations will mean you losing those |
| groom but also to people you come across, you | | | | spontaneous images that leads to greatness. |
| never know where your next wedding is coming | | | | |