How did you pick your photgrapher?

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I agree - I think there's a lot to be said about the initial communication when looking for a trusted vendor to work with!

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That's great that you were able to find someone you are so happy with!

We were originally going to ask a friend to take photos with my Canon but I actually found a new photographer from a Facebook ad where he was offering free engagement photo shoots! So we’ve got that scheduled and after those, we’ll see if we book him. He’s offering 1 pm to 6:30 pm for $250.00 which is amazing!

Our photographer was featured of our venue's website, and we loved her photos so we reached out to her

I googled photographers in Ottawa/Gatineau, went through their portfolio online and requested their prices/availability if I liked what I saw.
The initial email definitely helped me identify who I'd want to work with, as some of the responses I got were just cold, late or straight up nonexistent lol.

From there, it was based on price and friends' recommendations. We ended up picking the photographer who did most of our friends' weddings.

We looked at only 5 stars on weddingwire.ca and then contacted them and then made our own package which was a lot cheaper to do!

Quality of pictures, the package, and of course price.

I knew we wanted Engagement pictures, so we needed a package where that was included.

Having a great package where you get pictures edited, all your wedding pictures etc, was a big thing for us. Some people charge by package and based off how many pictures you actually end up with.

Price was also huge for us. We wanted to keep everything as cost effective as possible, and got a wicked deal from our photographer because they were a preferred vendor of our venue!

I picked our photographer who is someone I have known for many years. She is new to photography but I like her work. I'm not too concerned about wedding photos no matter what you are going to end up with a handful that are your favourites and a bunch you'll look at once in a while. The price was within our budget and she will be with us for the whole day. I'm not concerned at all with 2 photographers. I don't need the same photo from different views.

I spent a few weeks scouring the internet. I honestly think the Facebook algorithm found our photographer for us! I was scrolling on a lunch break and there was an ad they had posted for a sale. I checked their Facebook page and website and loved their work. They came in pretty close to our budget, which made me so so happy.


We did our engagement photos last weekend and I cannot recommend Glow Videography and Photography from Fredericton, NB, enough! She made us so comfortable. The time flew by and we have genuine emotions in every photo.

I called the two photographer companies that worked with our venue the most and then I went with the cheaper company but I also thought their pictures were more our style.


I did look at their online reviews which were phenomenal and got me really excited to work with them.

We looked around but ended up going with a friend of mine that had done a wedding or two prior and was willing to help us out

Most important thing to us was the budget and liking the way they edited the photo's.

I find the same in what you said, local and availability of being there to know they will provide the best service. I found that within kijiji site and amazing guy that did the job for our day and engagement pictures too. Price, service and product hand delivered was absolutely phenomenal.