After your wedding day, what’s left are your memories and the photos. These photographs will be shown to your children, grandchildren, and generations beyond. It’s important to awesome Palm Beach wedding photographer that you love!
Besides your wedding party, you will spend the most amount of time with your wedding photographer, so you need to make sure you are comfortable with them. If you aren’t, it will show in your photos.
After doing your initial research online, we recommend picking 5 Palm Beach wedding photographers to meet with. This way you aren’t overwhelmed with meetings. You can start your search with our extensive list of Palm Beach wedding photographers including MIPB Family Members Blink and Co Photography, Kristin Seitz Photography, and Krystal Zaskey Photography.
Contact your top 5 contenders, confirm their availability for your wedding date, and schedule one-on-one meetings with them. Whether it’s a coffee date or phone call, you will be able to tell immediately if you get along and that will help you identify your perfect Palm Beach wedding photographer.
Not sure what to ask? We created this handy list of common and important questions to bring up during your initial conversations with your Palm Beach wedding photographer. Make sure to have the list handy so you don’t forget to ask something that might be important to you!
Pricing and Inclusions
- How much do your packages cost and what’s included? How many hours does a wedding need on average?
- Is an engagement session included? If not, how much is it to add-on? Do you recommend an engagement session to your clients in order to get comfortable with you and being in front of the camera?
- Is a 2nd shooter included? What are the benefits of having a 2nd shooter? Will an assistant be included?
- Will we have printing rights to the images? Will we have to order prints exclusively through you?
- Do you offer album printing?
- How much is the deposit to secure your services for our wedding date?
- When is the final balance due?
- How much is your hourly rate if we want to stay longer on the wedding day?
- What are the payment options (ie: credit card, check, cash, etc)?
- What is your cancellation policy?
Background Questions
- How many weddings have you photographed?
- Do you have a full wedding gallery we can view?
- Have you ever shot a wedding at my venue? If so, do you have some portrait location suggestions?
- Have you ever worked with our planner? Videographer? Florist? DJ? Etc.
Wedding Photography
- Will you be photographing my wedding? If not, can I meet the photographer that will be onsite?
- How would you describe your editing style?
- When editing, are you doing just color correction and balance? Do you offer retouching? Is there an additional cost for retouching?
- If an associate is photographing my wedding, will you be doing the final edits of my photos?
- How do you select your 2nd shooters?
- Will you be submitting images from my wedding for publication? Will you be posting about our wedding on your blog and social media?
Logistics
- What happens if you, your 2nd shooter, or assistant can’t attend the wedding last minute?
- Will you come prepared with backup equipment, extra batteries, memory cards, flash, etc?
- Will you need space to store your gear onsite?
- When do we determine your arrival and departure times for the wedding day?
- When do you need my Shot Sheet (ie: family groupings, specific desired shots)?
- Do you and your team require warm meals? How many total? Are there any dietary restrictions?
- Can you provide a “Certificate of Insurance” to our wedding venue if required?
- Is there anything else we should know about your services?
This is not an exhaustive list of questions, but it’ll get you started in knowing what to ask when you first start talking with any Palm Beach Wedding Photographers. Have fun!
