Recommend a wedding photographer

Macha

Hi guys,

I'm looking for a recommended wedding photographer to work on the 8th of June in dublin/wicklow.I'm looking more for someone who will follow around on the day and capture moments, as opposed to organised photographs

Can anyone recommend someone?

thanks

Tara

stipey

http://www.angelamarini.com did my sister's wedding and I think she did a great job. Sis has some great photos from the day.

I should qualify that by saying that I know next to nothing about photography or photographers. Not to mention what makes a good one.

Instinct would tell me that, like a good boxing referee, a good wedding photographer should not be too visible and she certainly scored highly on that front.

Macha

Thanks Stipey!

The website is very impressive

r3nu4l

Have you tried asking in the Weddings and Marriage forum as well? I know you're not looking for the typical type of wedding photography but someone there may be able to help too!

PaulieC

do you mean that you want just one photographer? Or one alongside the formal photographer that will do the less formal stuff?

Oriel

I've just had a look at that site, and my god - anybody who uses that all-black-and-white-except-for-one-object-being-red (eg roses) gimmick in a wedding photograhy should be shot.
Well, not shot, but it's really, really tacky.
The girl has apparently won awards etc, but does anybody else not find that tacky in a wedding photo?

Fajitas!

I find it quite tacky...and overused...but then again, we see it a lot more than someone getting their one wedding day shot. It would appear quite special then I suppose...

Borderfox

all depends on the circumstance. It is overused as a rule though.

elven

The website is pretty annoying in that you don't necessarily see the picture corresponding to the thumbnail you clicked on - but having a look through the entire album pdf example, I'd say they were really good shots, from a bride & groom point of view rather than a photographer's - but even so if it was mine I'd be fairly happy.

The selective colourisation thing is often overused and done badly... but I think those who haven't seen it a million times would like it in their wedding album (until you look back in ten years time and it looks as cheesy as those mad prism/starburst filters from the 70's)... but who's thinking about that just now?

melekalikimaka

the rose selective colouring may be overused, but its very nice

Merrion

Richard Gavin.
Does the standard (crowd control) and impulse shot stuff

Benster

Our photographer was under strict instructions not to do anything "fancy" to the pics he took last September. He was a bit of a whizz with PS and liked to show off but we warned him. It didn't stop him from taking one pic and utterly fecking it up by only CHANGING MY BLOODY HEAD to one he thought looked better from another shot. I soon sorted him out...

That was the only PS naughtiness he got up to though. All the rest were really good, mostly because we were in a forest for the main shoot and the sun broke through for just the right amount of time, looked magical and he captured it well.

And I detest those mixed B&W/partial colour photos...

However, to get back to the topic, he was more of a trad photographer so I wouldn't really think he be what you're looking for.

B.

magicbastarder

sinecurea wrote:

I've just had a look at that site, and my god - anybody who uses that all-black-and-white-except-for-one-object-being-red (eg roses) gimmick in a wedding photograhy should be shot.
Well, not shot, but it's really, really tacky.
The girl has apparently won awards etc, but does anybody else not find that tacky in a wedding photo?

people do, but wedding photographers are catering to a market; so if the client wants it, the client gets it. and if you want to drum up business, you have to show yourself as capable of tackling the cliches as well as the innovative stuff.

localchap

downloaded wed.album, didn't like it at all.Can't believe it's pro level of a person with so many awards.Most of pics like someone mentioned here with overused saturation, there was a photo collage with BLACK(!!!!!) roses, very good for wedding though:D Overall, setup shots, composition are quite poor, IMHO.

DotOrg

feel free to have a look at my website: www.AAAphotos.org myself and my wife are wedding photographers

Gwenneh

www.devotedimages.com