Choosing the Right Photography Style for your Chicago Wedding
Your photographer for your wedding day is truly one of the most important vendors that you will hire for your wedding. If nothing else, your photos are the only thing that lasts forever from your wedding day and you will spend the most time with your photographer, so it’s really important you choose a person and a style that you really love. When choosing a photographer, here are the things that you should keep in mind.
Their Editing Style
This is the first, crucial step for choosing your photographer - understanding the editing style that you like the most. many groupings are things like dark and moody, light and airy, or more true-to-color photos. There are also mixes of photographers that do really warm, orange-y tones or cool, bluer tones throughout their photos. When searching for a photographer, make sure to look at their work with a variety of times of day, locations, and weather to really get a feel for how the photos themselves might look on your wedding day. We also recommend asking a photographer for an example gallery where you see an entire wedding album from start to finish to get an idea of the look of the album as well as the typical photos they might get for your wedding.
Their Methods
Traditional, editorial, documentary, are all buzz words to really understand how you would like your photo “sessions” formatted throughout the day. Do you want magazine-worthy, heavily-posed shots, do you want something where the photographer is mainly focusing on candids and not pulling you away for posing or giving any direction? Or do you want something more traditional with some posing help and formatting for formal photos and documentary style mixed throughout the day? It’s important to ask your photographers how they normally work to know if it’s going to be something you like and enjoy for your wedding day.
Their Personality
Besides maybe your wedding planner, your photographer is going to be spending the most hours with you so it’s really important you choose someone that you love. If you get any bad vibes or you’re unsure about a photographer’s personality, we highly recommend looking elsewhere for a similar style, because you don’t want to end your wedding day thinking about how rude or obnoxious your photographer was!
We know that it’s a huge decision when choosing your photographer for your wedding day. There are so many things to think about even with a single vendor! We highly recommend having consultations with at least 3 of your favorite photographers that have a style you love, and make sure to get to know them as people and hear more about their methods of photography for your wedding day. If you’re not sure where to start looking, go ahead and check out this blog post that has our top 9 best photographers in Chicago and the Chicago area. And if you need more help planning your wedding, you can reach out to us at our contact page and we would be happy to help you plan a wedding that you can enjoy!
