Responsibilities of a Wedding Photographer

Photographers play an important role in preserving memories of the wonderful events in our life. They take amazing shots of us with our family and friends. Keeping these photos makes us smile just by looking at them especially when we're down. Aside from birthday, baptismal and family reunion, wedding is one of the most awaited and significant events in our life. In this chapter of our life, we will tie the knot with person we love and whom we want to share our life with. For this reason, it is important that we have pictures of our wedding from the wedding preparations to the wedding ceremony and reception.

Not all photographers specialize in wedding photography. So, we have to make sure that we get a professional wedding photographer to take pictures of our wedding. It is also not enough that they know how to take picture but then wedding photographers have different responsibilities that they should be able to perform in order to satisfy their customers and gain fulfillment in being a photographer.

Below are the basic responsibilities of wedding photographers. If you plan to be a photographer someday then you should know ahead of time what your responsibilities will be and for soon-to-be wed couples you should know what the photographer's responsibilities are so you can check if the photographer you hired is doing his job.

1.) Keep equipments in good condition
2.) Know how to use different equipments
3.) Provide correct pricing for photo packages
4.) Setup lights, provide or prepare props needed for each photo shoot.
5.) Know natural and romantic poses for wedding couples and family to execute to make the picture more breathtaking and fantastic.
6.) Choose great background for the shoot
7.) Know where the right and perfect angle is.
8.) Handle customers well. Thus, Good PR is important
9.) Manage processing and editing of photos
10.) Provide proofs and keep photo negatives.
11.) Provide customers with options for editing pictures like enlarging of photos or adding borders/styles.

Getting a wedding photographer that can perform all the above-mentioned duties can surely make your wedding memorable, fun and blessed.