8 Great Questions to ask before booking your wedding photographer

Wedding photographers differ in style and experience, personality and price. You should have a handy list of questions to ask Liverpool wedding photographers once you begin your search, from discovering their photography and work styles to packages, pricing, and image delivery methods.

Here are a few questions to ask before booking a photographer for a wedding event. Using it will help you narrow down your options when interviewing wedding photographers.

1. Are you insured?

If hiring a wedding photographer, ensure they are insured against public liability. Having insurance covers them if they bump into a guest with their lens or someone trips over their tripod. It’s a must for a professional wedding photographer, along with equipment insurance. Some part-timers and hobbyists don’t have insurance because they want to save money.

What’s the deal with this? You can claim on your photographer’s insurance if they lose or damage their camera equipment. Your booking may be canceled if they don’t have insurance and can’t afford to replace it.

Before working on their property, some wedding venues require proof of insurance.

2. Is it possible to view some completed albums?

A completed wedding album allows you to see a story, not just one or two ‘wow’ shots, but the whole day, getting ready, walking down the aisle, family reactions, and expressions. Guests, bridesmaids, and close friends photos so you can relive it all.

You want it to be an incredible story, not just a set of photos. You want consistency, amazing photos throughout, and their style in each image. It’s important to consider an album as a memory of moments throughout the day and ensure every photo is beautifully captured.

3. Would you be available for our wedding date?

It would be best if you asked this immediately to ensure they are available on the wedding date and during the wedding ceremony.

Before asking other questions, ask the photographer if they’re available on your wedding date; you don’t want to waste both your time if they’re not.

4. What would an additional hour cost?

Ensure that everything you want is captured. If you plan the day, ensure your photographer is there to capture it all and check how many hours are included in a full day of coverage. Do you want them to capture photos of you and your bridesmaids getting ready? Will they be around for your first dance? Make sure your photographer covers all your needs and the schedule for your day.

If your photographer has been booked and everything agreed upon, you may have changed the timings a little. The cake cutting has been moved back a little, pushing back your first dance, so it is a little later now. Ask your photographer if they will stay an extra hour if timings are tight and you are pushed, and what it will cost.

Your photographer may be a little later, so you don’t feel stressed and rushed on the day to get everything done before they leave.  You can try save some money when booking a Liverpool wedding photographer by planning your wedding ahead.

5. Do you take certain images on request?

Please inform your photographer in advance if you want family photos taken. Please make sure they list the pictures you would like taken and know when you would like them taken. Let your photographer know if you want shots of you with your parents or family members or a large group shot. Have someone help round everyone up when the shots are being taken.

It is not necessary for you and your groom to have a long list of pictures taken, such as outside on the steps, bridge, on the grounds, and then on the steps in large numbers.

Let them do their job and show off their years of experience and creativity.

A photographer can take over 1000 pictures on the day, but you won’t see them all, so ask how many you can expect to receive once edited.

6. Is Outdoor Lighting More Comfortable for You?

It is one of the questions you should ask a wedding photographer before hiring them. You should hire a photographer who is comfortable with natural light if your wedding venue is outside.

On the other hand, your photographer should know how to work in indoor lighting if you’re getting married indoors.

But having a wedding photographer that can handle flash is very important, on the rare occasion your wedding day is wet, you’ll need a wedding photographer experienced with lighting.

7. Is it possible to receive my images electronically?

Are there prints? Can I download them? Disc? USB? A wedding photographer should tell you how they will deliver your photos via a USB pen or download link. Many photographers also provide photo versions suitable for social media and saved for the web. A web gallery may also be available for you and your guests to access, where photos can be viewed.

Talk to your photographer if you want them printed or an album made up for you, and see what options they have and how much it will cost. An album that tells the story of your beautiful wedding day is the perfect way to showcase your wedding photos.

8. Are you familiar with our wedding venue?

A lot of skill is involved in taking good wedding photos, which requires your wedding photographer to navigate a wedding venue and a sea of guests.

The ability to be familiar with a venue is an advantage. The photographer will better understand how to do things so they can get the best shots at your wedding if they have previously shot a wedding at your venue.

Final thoughts

Before booking or hiring a wedding photographer for your special event, you must ask the above questions. So there should be no misunderstanding about extra charges, hidden charges, or other replacements. Also, ask him if he is sick on the wedding day then. Does he have a backup plan? It’s the most important thing so the absence of a photographer may not ruin the wedding.