14 June 2013

Help! Non-hipster wedding photography needed

14 June 2013 | Sideshowmatt123

We’re looking for a wedding photographer. We looked at the responses to this post from 2012, and scanned the websites of the photographers referred to and many others. It seems there is a strong prevalence of a particular kind of wedding photography. It’s either contrived, or has gone right through contrived and come out the other side (hipsterland).

See for yourselves, Rioters!

She and I think we want a non-arthouse, beautifully executed record of the ceremony taking place and, afterwards, of who was there looking their best. There will be no:

jumping in the air
standing blankly amid Architecture
riding chairlifts
obscuring faces with bouquets
urban landscapes
bridal accoutrements perched in unlikely places
torsos without heads

Any recommendations?

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YPh1:49 pm 25 Jun 15

A real trained and experienced photographer can do whatever style you would like.

If they are not trained, which is more important than the style, they will be very likely to use the wrong lens, i.e. a wide angle and not a portrait lens and you will not like the way you look but will not know why.

Everyone says that are photographer these days but the reality is they are not and they don’t know what they don’t know.

I’m happy to walk you through this if you like, don’t fall for the pretty website photos.

cheeryface6:00 am 02 May 15

It might be too late, but could recommend you looking at Mel Hill from http://www.melhillphotography.com – really classic images which should stand the test of time?

beardedclam2:14 pm 13 Sep 13

OpenYourMind said :

martyo said :

putting my hat into the ring – I’m not a wedding photographer..I’m just a normal photographer 🙂 http://www.techosapien.com

While I’m not a big fan of your self promotion, I will say you take some absolutely fantastic photos. Wow!

Love the skywhale photos!

Hardly self promotion “just a normal photographer”.
Lighten up, if he takes good photographs, your evidence, then why can’t he tell people about it. Just offering to help out.

SarahPatrice1:21 pm 13 Sep 13

I’m getting married in January and I’m using Emma Hampton photography. She is fantastic and relatively new to starting her own photography business so her prices aren’t high AT ALL.
Have a look at her facebook page http://www.facebook.com/EmmaHamptonPhotography

poetix10:45 am 05 Aug 13

Padoof said :

OP – who did you end up going with?

His wife?

Padoof8:02 am 05 Aug 13

OP – who did you end up going with?

miska_chick4:12 pm 18 Jun 13

+1 for twocollins – great photos.

BimboGeek3:44 pm 15 Jun 13

HiddenDragon said :

I think we need some Commonwealth-funded ANU research on the correlation between hipster/trendoid/fashion victim wedding pics and the survival rate of marriages.

Can you also ask them if they did a “trash the dress’ glamour session?

poetix1:11 pm 15 Jun 13

dph said :

Only on the Riot Act could tacky, bogan-esk wedding photography trends be referred to as ‘hipster’.

Do you refer to Facebook wedding albums & glamour photos as hipster, too?

You forgot photos of babies in flowerpots as the latest ‘hipster’ trend.

OpenYourMind11:43 am 15 Jun 13

martyo said :

putting my hat into the ring – I’m not a wedding photographer..I’m just a normal photographer 🙂 http://www.techosapien.com

While I’m not a big fan of your self promotion, I will say you take some absolutely fantastic photos. Wow!

Love the skywhale photos!

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