| After months of planning, your wedding day seems | | | | and evaluate different photographers when you are |
| to happen in the blink of an eye and then it's all over. | | | | in a time crunch. Just a quick glance at the |
| We are so lucky to live in an age where we can | | | | professional wedding photographers' ads in your local |
| document every minute of the wedding day with | | | | LDS temple area is enough to tell you a lot about |
| wedding pictures. The fleeting memories of the | | | | them. If you see their portfolio and love it you know |
| wedding day are captured in photographs that we | | | | to check out their website and contact them. If their |
| can look back on, year after year. Because the | | | | style of wedding photography doesn't move you, |
| wedding pictures are what will last long after the | | | | move on to the next in the list. |
| ceremony and reception are over, it's important to | | | | Most wedding photographers do a good job at |
| get it right. No matter where or when your wedding | | | | capturing all the big moments of the day on film, but |
| takes place, preserving those memories in pictures is | | | | draw up a wedding pictures list together with your |
| vitally important. | | | | fiancé just to make sure they don't miss anything |
| If you have the funds to hire a professional, then | | | | that is important to you. |
| you probably want to spring for one. Hiring a | | | | Questions to ask a potential photographer are: |
| professional wedding photographer generally gives | | | | How many years of experience do you have? |
| you access to better camera equipment and a more | | | | Are you the one who comes to do the |
| experienced photographer and crew. Many | | | | photography? |
| professionals will also include additional services like air | | | | What kind of equipment do you use when |
| bushing photos or compiling the prints in a high-quality | | | | shooting weddings? |
| engraved wedding album when they're finished. Even | | | | Do you use an assistant? |
| though the sticker shock may give you heart | | | | Do you prefer to shoot weddings in black and |
| palpitations at first, realize that wedding photography | | | | white, color, or both? |
| is a very specialized art. You're paying for more than | | | | How would you describe your photography |
| just a handful of pictures. A professional | | | | style? |
| photographer carries his or her experience from | | | | What has been your favorite wedding to |
| shooting hundreds of previous weddings and knows | | | | photograph? |
| how to make yours the very best yet. The wedding | | | | Have you ever shot an LDS wedding before? |
| pictures taken by your photographer will last forever, | | | | The last question is perhaps the most important one |
| so you want to do everything in your power to | | | | for an LDS bride and LD groom to ask a potential |
| secure a good photographer who you trust to handle | | | | wedding photographer. Mormon weddings, particularly |
| your LDS wedding. | | | | those that involve an LDS temple wedding (Temple |
| It is very important for the LDS bride and groom to | | | | sealing), are uncharted waters for many professional |
| do extensive for researching and selecting | | | | wedding photographers. They require an |
| professional wedding photographers. The internet | | | | understanding of the LDS view of marriage and the |
| provides a great set of resources to quickly and | | | | temple that many photographers don't have. Of |
| conveniently without picking up the phone or leaving | | | | course it's possible to get great wedding pictures |
| your home. Use our vendor directory to look at | | | | with a non-Mormon photographer, but it makes open |
| thumbnails of work of several photographers in your | | | | communication with the LDS bride and groom even |
| local temple area. Seeing the portfolio of a | | | | more essential. You need to communicate to the |
| photographer's work is extremely important. | | | | photographer the protocol for taking pictures on LDS |
| Different photographers have very different styles | | | | temple grounds. |
| of wedding photography. Some are more traditional | | | | In an LDS Temple wedding, the photographer cannot |
| and like to shoot "portraits" of wedding party | | | | be present to photograph the actual ceremony. LDS |
| members as they pose and smile for the camera; | | | | brides and grooms need to alert the photographer to |
| others avoid staging shots and prefer to capture the | | | | this fact, because it is probably a big surprise to most |
| spontaneous moments of the wedding on film as | | | | professional photographers! Instead of covering the |
| they unfold. Neither approach is better or more | | | | actual sealing ceremony, however, there is a lot that |
| professional, just different. | | | | the photographer can do to capture the events of |
| Once you get a feel for the styles of which | | | | the big day. Pictures of the wedding party on temple |
| photographers you like best, visit their websites or | | | | grounds, the bride and groom with the temple spire in |
| contact them for their rates in your area. Most | | | | the background, and shots of the newly married |
| include pricing information on their site, and often | | | | couple coming out of the temple after the sealing are |
| they will showcase their best work in an online gallery. | | | | all great ways to document an LDS wedding day. |
| It's important to weigh the quality offered by | | | | Finally, meeting your possible wedding and reception |
| different photographers against how much money | | | | photographer in person is absolutely necessary. Even |
| you have to spend, otherwise you may find yourself | | | | if their resume looks great, the price is right, and you |
| hiring the very best and finding that you really can't | | | | love their portfolio, personal chemistry is important, |
| afford it. Use the Wedding Budget tool available on | | | | too. Find someone that both you feel totally |
| this website and stick to it, because photography can | | | | comfortable with. |
| easily become one of the most expensive aspects | | | | If your photographer puts you at ease, you will look |
| of wedding planning if you aren't careful. | | | | beautiful and relaxed in your pictures. If things don't |
| With wedding planning, things must be booked as | | | | "click" (we couldn't resist the pun)! |
| early as possible, and photography services are no | | | | Copyright (C) 2010 WeddingLDS (A Division of |
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