I have just a few words about why I’m a “believer.”
While growing up in the 60s and 70s, we always had a family member or friend of the family with a 35mm camera take pictures at family weddings. That’s just the way it was. We never even considered hiring a professional photographer. I don’t know if it was the cost, or if they were harder to find back then. But all of my experience with wedding pictures and albums was based on what I saw produced by amateurs.
Don’t get me wrong. Some of the pictures were great. But here was rarely a real album. And only occasionally an enlargement.
Then I got into the wedding business. My eyes have been opened. The combination of experience and professional equipment just can’t be beat. Yes, as I was growing up, some of the pictures were great. But photos I’ve seen taken by a professional are almost always better than the best ones I recall from my younger years.
It’s not just the formal poses of wedding parties and families. Even our family friend photographers got those. It just took them longer to take because they didn’t have the practice in directing people. Pros also know the best angles during the ceremony. They know when to use a telephoto and when to use a wide angle. And they have those extra lenses and other pro equipment. Few family friends are going to have the same, expensive, latest equipment as the pros.
As an example, I’ll post a few pictures from the recent wedding of Valerie and Ryan. I took the pictures posted in my previous blog entry about the same wedding. I thought they were pretty good, but these from Everafter Images are really a cut above. We also have a few of their sample albums that we can show you when you visit us at Angel Springs.
