reportage photographers

*eadaoin wrote: »

thanks everyone for all the links, i finally found someone

Well done and it seems a good choice too

I've been watching this thread for a while and I have to say Pauls post is excellent. It takes a highly skilled photographer to do reportage well, it is something that people think, oh yeah I'll just go out and take a load of pics of the guests laughing' but its not that easy.

Reportage is not my style before we go any further, so I'm not trying to jump on the bandwagon, although I include natural shots I am aiming for something more edgy than the norm. There are a lot of photographers out there offering the same sort of shots and it can be very hard to choose, I know myself from when I was looking I found it almost impossible to find the right photographer for my wedding. The only one that blew me away quoted €2400 which was way out of my budget. There seems to be a lot more choice now, even though I only married a year ago.

Couples need to decide what they want from their photographer, if they want traditional go with the norm, natural go with reportage or something different they need go for someone who supplies this. Some photographers will say you need should only spend a day editing, like Paul said the guts of a week is a good time scale, I would do normal edits and come back a couple of days later with a fresh mind and then add my extra touches over the course of another couple of days, coming back bit by bit in order to give each shot equal attention rather than try to rush things.

I'm glad you have finally chosen your photographer and hope you are satisfied with the results.

*eadaoin wrote: »

thanks everyone for all the links, i finally found someone on a reccomendation who is just what i'm looking for: http://aspectphotography.net/index.html

he has offered us a great deal, yes it's over €1000 but i'm happy to pay because i really love his work, he's a high quality photographer & has great artistic talent, a unique portfolio and i actually think that it's worth it. i can't believe the prices some photographers ask for work that is much lower quality and quite repetitive! i've seen the same kind of wedding shots over and over. an relative of mine who got married over 10 years ago looked at her wedding photographers website and saw that this person was still taking the exact same photos with the wedding party or bride in the exact same poses 10 years later! i know the irish market is somewhat traditional but i think it's a bit ridiculous to be repeating the same shots over and over.

anyway, he gave us a great deal and impressed us both with his fantastic attitude and approach to his work. and he's also going to do some unusal work for me with lomography and lensbaby which makes me very happy!

Paul your post on wedding photographers is really excellent, these are all important things that should be taken into consideration and i don't think it sounded judgemental at all. it's important to make sure you're getting good quality for the price that you're being asked to pay

thanks a million for all the replies and PMs but i'm happy now with who i've chosen

Hi there,

I understand that quite a while has passed since your post re: wedding photographers. But we are in a very similar predicament at the moment. Is there anyway you could share the price you were charged by aspect photography for your wedding?

Thanks,
K