We are having a winter wedding (in 18 days!!!!) and I guess I expected my photographer to be more involved in finding photo locations.. we do have a spot but getting it organized has been a gong show. It's still not 100% at this point but I'm just hoping it all works at this point..
Did you find your location or did your photographer help/find one/ make suggestions?
Posted Nov 29, 2017, 4:19 AM UTC
It really depends on the photographer and your communication. I know some photographers are very high touch and forward in coming up with locations and timelines, where others just kind of roll with the punches. If you're looking for suggestions, I'd reach out to them and ask directly
We are having everything at one place (a hotel with a patio, ball room and a small wooded pond area for photos but same location) -she will go and scout places she thinks will be good before our final meeting with us a week beforehand and we will discuss ideas.
We asked our photographer for a suggestion for a nature setting for our fall engagement session and he gave us about five options. For the wedding, we chose a venue with plenty of photo options on site. My sister similarly asked her photographer for suggestions and she had a couple of suggestions. I think it's typical for the photographer to have some suggestions of places they shot, but not necessarily to find locations.
Yes that's what ours did as well - she gave us a few suggestions to look into. One of which we picked and booked but they required additional information from the photographer and it has been very hard to get this from her. I guess I assumed she would only suggest places that she had already shot at before or at least knew the requirements of the locations (insurance docs, notification ext. ).
I think that's a reasonable assumption and I'd be pretty irked about that too. When my BFF got married, she chose two locations her photographer suggested, and he not only knew the requirements for them (permits required), but he also knew how well those requirements were enforced and told her not to bother with the permit for one of them.