WHere to look Social media, personal and wedding vendor recommendations combined with online reviews are great choices to begin your search, and websites such as the Wedding Photojournalist Association, (WPJA.com), and mywed.com also have extensive wedding photographer directories. Budget For And uSe A ProFeSSionAl A bit nepotistic coming from a professional photographer i know, but bear with me. Wedding Photography is one of the most stressful and challenging forms of photography even for an experienced professional. in addition to obviously being creative you must be meticulously organised, affable, versatile and highly proficient with camera, lighting and editing to capture beautiful images under all conditions—usually under extreme time pressure. And you only get one chance. Please don’t be tempted to ask the friend with the gorgeous (and ruthlessly curated) instagram feed, the relation with the ‘nice camera’ or a less expensive newcomer—you might get a few good shots but certainly not at the level and volume of an experienced professional, and it definitely won’t be a smooth and stress-free process. in years to come these images will likely be the most treasured family keepsakes of your special day and that’s too much to risk taking a gamble. Book eArly top wedding photographers can be booked up years in advance. As soon as you’ve an approximate idea of the date and location of your special day you should be contacting your top choices enquiring on availability. 何處開始搜尋 社交媒體、個人和婚禮供應商的推薦，再加上線上評論，是 開始搜索理想婚禮攝影師的好方法。像婚禮攝影記者協會（WPJA. com）和mywed.com這樣的網站也有涵蓋廣泛的婚禮攝影師目錄。 使用專業攝影師 以專業攝影師的身份給建議，你可能覺得我會有些本位主義， 但請耐心聽我說。婚禮攝影是最具挑戰性和壓力的攝影形式之一，即 使對經驗豐富的專業人士也是如此。攝影師除了顯然要有創意外，還 必須非常有條理、善解人意、多才多藝，並且在各種條件下都能熟練 運用攝影設備、燈光和編輯技巧來捕捉美好的影像，而這通常又是在 極端的時間壓力下。 婚禮的過程對於新人來說一次即過，最好不要考慮找個Instagram頁面很漂亮的朋友，或有高級相機的親戚，或價格非常便宜的 攝影新手來記錄你的婚禮。他們有可能會拍出一些好照片，但絕對達 不到經驗豐富的專業人士的水準和數量，並且肯定不會是一個順利和 無壓力的過程。 在未來的歲月裡，這些照片很可能會成你整個家庭最珍貴的紀 念物，冒險去賭一把實在不明智。 預訂要儘早 頂尖的婚禮攝影師可能提前數年就被預訂一空。你一旦對婚禮 的日期和地點有了大致的想法，應該立即聯繫心目中的首選攝影師， 詢問他們是否能接下工作。 E L I T E G E N • S u mm E r • 2 0 2 4 45
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