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About Artography Weddings
When
you have said your vows, eaten the cake, danced the night away and
enjoyed celebrating the most important day of your life with family and
friends, what will you have left to evoke the special memories of this
great day? Your photo album, of course!
Ensuring you find the right wedding photographer to capture the images and mood of this special occasion takes time and patience but is well worth the effort. It’s best that you begin your search early as many of the best photographers become fully booked very quickly.
As you begin your search you will probably hear about people who have friends of friends who have taken wedding pictures. Some of these photographers may do it for a hobby and may well have done a good job. If you are considering this as an option remember you often get what you pay for. It is worth spending that little bit more to find an experienced, professional photographer capable of delivering the goods. After all in years to come you want to be able to look through your album and reflect on what a great day you had. Only a truly professional photographer is able to produce the images that can bring alive how you felt that day.
Wherever you get the name of a potential photographer always arrange to see them personally, interview them and check whether you feel you can actually get on with them, do you feel some kind of `chemistry` in your relationship with them. It’s an indefinable quality but is vital if you are to feel confident that they can produce the photographs you need. After all, your photographer is going to be encouraging non-professional models, your family and friends, to become stars in your show using whatever environments and conditions are available and relying on you to sometimes help to stage manage the activities. A good relationship is crucial. They should be patient and calm and have experience of working under pressure. You will get a feel for these things during your initial meeting and any subsequent meetings.
Chris Odell is a specialist wedding photographer based in Woodley
near Reading in Berkshire. A mix of contemporary, innovative and
traditional photography is offered but the key to Chris’s photography
are the shots that capture the essence of your wedding day. We mainly
work in Berkshire and the adjoining areas of Hampshire and Surrey but
occasionally go further afield!
Weddings can be chaotic, noisy affairs where emotions are displayed
publicly; they can also be a nightmare to organise. Being a wedding
photographer means we’ve gathered a lot of experience and seen most
things so we know how to take them in our stride.