Preparation
Mailei and I wanted to make sure that we knew what we were going to face the day of the wedding. So we took the drive to the location of the wedding a couple times. We wanted to a feel of the lighting, the scene, layout and everything else involved in relation with the time of the ceremony. That's time and gas, right off the bat.
The Day Of
For Mailei and I, our day started way beyond the ceremony. Bride and groom preparation photos, photobooth preparation, setting up and more. Then... we were firing off like madmen during the ceremony. We didn't want to miss anything!
Reception
Changing settings on the camera, making sure the photo booth set up is working properly and taking time to eat are easier said than done.
Post Production
This is where the real money is made. The amount of time to go through thousands of photos and selecting the cream of the crop is the most time consuming job of the workflow. Once, the best photos are selected, then it's time to chose the five star photos and enhance them in specific photo editing software. Each photo is carefully enhanced to make sure that the bride and groom look their best.
Are wedding photographers overpaid? It really depends on the photographer. If all he or she is doing is simply showing up to the ceremony, pushing a button, downloading photos to a disk(unedited) then handing them over to you, well... I personally would stay away from those people. If you're going to want that incredible day relived forever the way you saw it through your own eyes, you're going to have to pay for it. The photographers that have the eye and take the time to make sure your photos bring you back to that special day will not charge you $500... that's a fact. It's all relative my friends.
Do your homework and save up!
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| Spencer and Kamala after 'I Do' kisses. |
