8 Things To Ask A Wedding Photographer in Hawaii

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8 Things To Ask A Wedding Photographer in Hawaii
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What To Know Before You Hire a Hawaii Wedding
Photographer

• Sparkling sands and rich sunsets lure
  thousands of brides, each year, to Hawaiis
  shores.
• You can narrow the pool by studying the
  photographers packages, pricing, portfolios, and
  blogs, but dont make a final decision until
  youve actually spoken to your favorite
  candidates. Interview your Hawaii
  based photographer beforehand, and fish out
  additional, essential information with these
  questions

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Can you describe your style?

• You want to make sure that your wedding
  photographers eye aligns with your vision of a
  wedding in Hawaii. Of course, a solid
  professional photographer will be able to adapt
  their technique to many different styles. A good
  follow-up question might be, Have you ever
  worked on a wedding with my style? That
  photographer with a personal fetish for the
  1950s, might be able to show you dreamy pictures
  theyve taken from a wedding that matches your
  style.

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Does editing have an additional charge?

• Lets be real everyone has wondered, at some
  point in their life, how they would look if they
  were given the same beauty treatment and photo
  editing as the models who grace the pages of
  magazines. Your wedding photos are an opportunity
  to find out!
• They know how to retouch and color balance
  your photos, so that your skin is as smooth as a
  pearl and your dress is still brilliantly white,
  against that tropical orange sunset. if there is
  an additional cost, especially for something as
  important as stellar wedding photos, you need to
  know to include it in your budget.

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How many weddings have you photographed?

• Experience is one of the best indicators of a
  wedding photographers quality. If the
  photographer has shot less than 10 weddings,
  there is cause for some apprehension. An
  important follow-up question here is how many
  weddings do you shoot per week, month or year?
  Any experienced Wedding photographer can tell you
  what their average wedding count is per year.
  Because Hawaii is a huge wedding destination, 
  photographers can be slammed, especially during
  peak wedding seasons. You want to verify that
  your photographer will have room for you in their
  schedule.

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Do you carry liability insurance?

• Ok This might seem like kind of a personal
  question, and honestly it would be if you weren't
  hiring someone to do your wedding at a large
  hotel that requires your photographer to carry
  such a policy. Can you honestly think of a worse
  scenario than arriving at your hotel on your
  wedding day only to find out that your
  photographer couldn't come on the property
  because they didn't have an insurance policy that
  covered them being there?

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Do you have a back-up photographer?

• Wedding photographers while awesome are not
  superheroes. They can get sick or have a family
  crisis, just like anyone else. Unfortunately,
  when a wedding photographer has to take a day off
  work, the consequences can be disastrous for his
  clients. If they dont work with a back-up
  photographer and you really want to use them, try
  to arrange a second person of your own. You dont
  want to be stranded at the altar without anyone
  to capture the magic of that moment!

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Can you recommend a videographer?

• Photos make great mantle-pieces and coffee
  table books, but on days when you are feeling
  truly nostalgic for the sound of your newlywed
  laughter and the way that the tiki lights danced
  in the Hawaiian breeze, a video is the only cure!
• As you interview wedding photographers in
  Hawaii, inquire about videographers as well. If
  your photographer has a videographer with whom he
  regularly works, coordination will be smoother,
  and your finished products will complement each
  other perfectly.

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What restrictions do you have about sharing
photos online? 

• The first thing youre going to want to do,
  when you see your wedding photos, is share them
  with the people you love. For most of us, that
  means uploading the photos to Facebook or
  Instagram or another social media site. Remember,
  the photos are their source of livelihood. If
  youre giving away photos for free, they wont be
  in business very long. Ask if they offer a
  release or even special pricing for printing
  their images through the photographer's pro lab,
  where you will receive better quality than your
  brand X photolab.

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Do you follow a shot list?

• There are a number of iconic images in every
  wedding album the grooms reaction to seeing his
  bride for the first time, the first kiss, the
  guests tossing rice or holding sparklers above
  the newlywed couple, as they depart. These images
  form whats called a shot list. Basically, its
  a photographers must-have photos. Make a list
  your wedding photographer in Hawaii needs to be
  prepared to see, for instance there might be a
  surprise out of town guests, or a Chinese Lion
  Dance, maybe there will be a special Hula
  performed for the Groom by the Bride.

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