Okay, listen up, brides (and grooms, but usually brides are the ones weeding through the internet for everything involving the wedding…)- there are a lot- A LOT- of wedding photographers out there. There are so many amazing ones who will definitely take care of you and love you and give you everything you have ever dreamed of. And I love them. And I hope I am seen as one of them. Then, sadly, there are “jump ship photographers”–People with nice cameras who charge next to nothing and offer the world. Except their world is more like a blue bouncy ball with green splotches on it… and the green splotches are really just the gunk that sticks to the edges of the lawn mower. POINT IS- not every ‘photographer’ is, or should be, a photographer. These jump ship photographers come into the industry for a year or two, rip off some people, undercut the industry, and then realize they hate it/ can’t do it, and they leave.
So what in the blue bouncy ball world sets a pro apart from a wannabe? Many many things. And listen, let me be up front and say that I am NOT the right photographer for everyone. It could be my pricing, my style, my love of all things Harry Potter, or my ridiculously good fashion. This, I have come to learn, is a good thing. In the beginning, I felt like I had to book every single person who sent me an email. I took it personally when people would move on or pick someone else. Now I see it as fate- maybe we wouldn’t have gotten along. Maybe I would not have made them happy. Maybe they would not have made ME happy (it is a two way street…). So if you already know I’m not your cup of tea, awesome. Move on and good luck! But for those of you who wish to learn what I feel sets a pro apart from a wannabe, read on, my friend.
