Your wedding photos will be the tangible reminder that stays with you for the rest of your life, with this in mind choose your photographer carefully!

Nick from Nick Tolley Photography offers these top tips when choosing your photographer.

1) Good photographers take bookings 2 years in advance for the popular dates, so please ensure that as soon as you have booked the date for your Wedding that you book a good photographer as a matter of importance.

2) Visit your photographer at his studio and view samples of actual Weddings rather than a few one off stunning pictures. This will give you a good idea as to the quality and content of a complete Wedding coverage.

3) Tell your photographer the type and style of photographs you expect to be taken. There is a strong tendency at the moment to cover Weddings in a more informal way but you may also like some traditional, classic shots as well. So please make sure that you and your photographer know what you would like before the big day. It cannot be done afterwards.

4) If you are happy with the photographer and want to book up then a further question you should ask is, 'Will it actually be you photographing our Wedding?". So many Brides and Grooms are disappointed on the day to find that their chosen photographer has sent along an assistant as they may be at another Wedding.

5) If you are having extra guests in the evening, which is popular nowadays, and you want the evening event covered then do not assume the photographer will be there as part of the service. Many photographers charge extra for this, so please ask.

6) Arrange, if possible, a meeting with your photographer a few weeks before the day, perhaps at your Wedding venue, to finalise details and run through a timetable for the day. You would not want your Wedding Breakfast to be ruined due to the photographs going on longer than you anticipated.



7) Look out for Wedding Fayres, where you will be able to meet several different photographers and view their different styles etc.

8) Ensure your photographer is a full time professional and is a qualified member of a recognised photographic association. If he or she is then they will have indemnity insurance and will work to a high standard that has been previously examined. Do not trust the only visual lasting memories of your Wedding to a part time amateur.

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