Choosing a Photographer

You seem to know your best choices and either one seem to be lucky to be your photographer. Your decision matters for what you like best between the two and get the best value.

The more weddings photographer being busy doesn't take away from you as the time will be given for the services your getting from that person and 2 extra hours is a great bonus.

The less weddings photographer will be giving more detail though they are still as good in the time you will get for your day.

Go with the one you like the best deep down inside. Write it all down if you have to. Photos are the one thing that you can't redo if you don't like them. We wish we had chosen a different photographer for our daughter's wedding but we went with the one that was a little bit cheaper and it shows in the final product. The edits aren't as good and yet she was friendly, funny and took some amazing photos, but something told me to keep looking and we didn't. Never underestimate your "gut" feeling. Keep looking if you have to, and they say a rule of thumb is to meet with at least 4 to 6 photographers in all price ranges to get a feel for what you want. Hope this helps. Good Luck!

I would pick #2 pending some details. The personality aspect and the fact that they're closer makes them the viable winner but there are a few factors that can make me sway the other way.

1) What's the 2 hour difference? If they both offer 8 hours of more, then I think it's negligible but if it's 6hrs vs 8hrs, I would lean towards option #1 because unless you have a tightly packed day, 6hrs barely cover everything and even with a tight schedule, they'll likely miss out on something during the reception.

2) What made you love #1's photos vs only "liking" #2's photos?

Also, shooting more weddings in a year doesn't make them less attentive unless they double book your day (which is very unlikely). They might take extra time to edit and send your photos but I'll take great photos after 8 weeks over passable photos after 4 or 6.

I would also suggest looking at the reviews and portfolios of other weddings that they've done. More wedding's they've done also means more experience! That helped with my fiance and I's choosing of our photographer since we don't live in the province where we're getting married and couldn't get together.

Hey Kristin,

What are the reviews and rating? I feel like you can get a better picture on which option to choose by what kind of reviews are left on their page. Also another thing to look at is since option 1 is further will they be charging a travel fee. With option 2 how much extra does it cost if you were to add the 2 additional hours. My fiancé and I went with the photographers that we felt more comfortable around. When we had our zoom meeting it felt like we were talking to long time friends as apposed to a very distant relative that we have never met. We also splurged a little more with our photographer just because we don't want any issues with how our pictures turn out. A lot of our friends tried to save money so they opted for the cheapest photographers they could find and unfortunately their pictures didn't turn out the best. Hope that helped =)