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Don't cut out the Photographer at a Wedding!
Hi my name is Lee and I am the head Photographer at Life through a Lenz Photography. I decided to right this article, as I received a telephone call today from a bride that had just received her wedding photographs from her resent wedding. Now she had decided to ask a friend who had a good camera and who did some photography as a hobby.
Where is this going I here you cry!
Well she was calling me to ask if I could fix her digital files that her friend had provided. I asked her what was wrong with them; at this point she burst into tears. Then as she calmed down, she told me that although her friend had done his best. A lot of the images were out of focus or well over exposed or badly composed. He had also missed big parts of the service and made a bit of a hash of the group shots.
Remember your professional photographer is not just another guest at your wedding. The job of a professional photographer is to remain discreet and professional at all times. Alcohol is a big no for any Photographer, so asking a friend or relative would mean that you are asking them to abstain from drinking and from a lot of the fun.
Now who is to blame? The amateur photographer or the bride and groom for not hiring a professional photographer?
You see a lot of people try cut costs by not employing a professional photographer; they ask a friend or ask family to take snap shot of the big day. What I say to you is please; please don't overlook how important your photography is for your very special day. Wedding couples will pay massive amounts on the venue, the dress, the cake the cars and then try and cut costs when it comes to the photography. At the end of a wedding what's left? The dress is in a box, the cake has gone, the cars are gone and the venue is gone. What you are left with is your wedding images. The images that if done correctly you will treasure forever.
Now remember the bride that called me asking if I could help her with her images, well I did take a look and hand on hart I could not offer any help. The images were all jpegs and not raw files. When an image is out of focus, the image is dead. Over exposed images (Loss of detail in the highlights) can be pulled back a little in Raw however as the friend had used jpegs there was nothing I could do. I did manage to crop some of the images and recover some, however is it worth the risk?
Please learn from this story as its one that many professional photographers here more and more.
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