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Quick way to tell if your photographer is "Any Good"

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SO here is a quick way to tell if your photographer is any good or not.... wait for it.... its mind blowing.... LIGHT. What? now you confused, well a quick way to telling if your photographer is any good or not, is by the way they use light. There is 2 main styles, but the principle is the same. We have natural light photographers, these amazing photographers use the sun as their main light source and a selection of modifiers to manipulate the sun around them. This helps them get dynamic photographs with out all the bits and pieces Stobists use. Stobists are the others that use artificial light to enhance their photographs and subject via varioues different lights and modifiers, In most cases, your professional photographers are well versed in both ways of lighting their subject to get the absolutely best photograph. So you asking, that still doesn't help me in any way? Well, true. But the proof is in the pudding... the photographs they produce. You may not be ...

So Whats The Rush?

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This is a peeve of mine, especially at weddings, but don't get me wrong... it doesn't only happen at weddings. What is the Rush!!! It seems to be a common occurrence that weddings are rushed, honestly; in most cases I haven't a clue as to why they are rushed. In some cases, and believe it or not, less than most, the rush is due to time delays, but its not as common as we may think. I understand that there is always allot of stress and nerves involved, believe me I know, I am married... got that T-Shirt. So I understand nerves. I am also so nervous at every wedding, this is my only chance to get great photographs, I don't get a second chance at this, so I am also nervous; But rushing everything is only going to make it worse; and you are not going to get all the photo's you want, and they probably not going to look the way you want them. If your wedding is planned properly and a realistic time-frame is in place, everything should be awesome. Yes, ther...