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5 things you should be looking at when you see a photographers work!

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Exposure: A brides' dress is one of the most important features of the wedding day!  When you look a photographers work, look at the dresses!  Are the dresses blown out, meaning are they so white and bright you can no longer see any detail on the dress?  If that is the case, then you don't want that photographer!

The example image to the left shows a bride on a bright sunny day. As you can see, at D. Becker Photo we know how to compensate for bright sun and lovely white dresses so you can still see all the details in her dress. 






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Posing: For formal posed images, look at how groups are posed.  Are they all connected if they are family? Can you see Uncle Harry way in the back clearly?  Do the people in the posed images look happy?  In a formal posed image, the people should all be standing similar to each other. Meaning, all the ladies should have their feet the same, feet together, toes pointed slightly toward the center. Or leg closest to the middle slightly stepped back, forward foot pointed toward the photographer. Men should have feet shoulder width apart turned slightly towards the center. Remember this is only for formal posed images.

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Samples: Ask for samples of work! Ask to see a completed product exactly like you will receive that shows you one wedding from start to finish? Ask is this sample from the actual photographer who will be at your wedding or someone else on the staff? D. Becker Photo can show you a full wedding from start to finish. We would even be happy to show you an unedited wedding if you would like! When you come to visit with us, the images that we show you will belong to the photographer who will be present at your wedding...we will not show you another persons work and switch people!

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Style: What is the photographers artistic style? Do they shoot traditional poses, or have a more photojournalistic approach, or is it mixed? Do they like to shoot in the studio or at different locations, as well as on the wedding day? Ask to see examples of an entire wedding day shoot to see how you might tell a wedding day “story”?

D. Becker Photo will happily show you a full wedding. We know how the day flows better than the bride and groom! At D. Becker Photo, we are all trained to take classic traditional poses and portraits. Many photographers are not.  We are also trained in a photojournalistic approach to weddings. This gives images a very different feel from the traditional poses. D. Becker Photographers are so unobtrusive many times you have no idea we just took an image of you! D. Becker Photo strives to give you a beautiful mix of Classic, Artistic and Photojournalistic Images on your wedding day.

At D. Becker Photo, we have a professional photography studio in the office. And we always love to photograph on location.


 
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Lighting:  Are images in the reception properly lit so you can see the entire room, not just the people on the dance floor.  Some venues have are very dark inside to give you beautiful ambiance from candles, and up-lighting. This can be tricky for an inexperienced photographer. At D. Becker Photo, we bring the lighting with us. We carry external lighting to give you a 3D lighting effect at your wedding. The backgrounds should not be black or dim, they should be properly lit so you can see every corner of the room.




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