Experienced Wedding Photographers

By Sharon Dawson

In today’s economic mess, many brides are making their wedding decisions based solely on price. Whatever is cheaper wins! Now, certainly a pair of $40 shoes will transport you down the aisle every bit as well as a pair of $800 shoes, and not spending a thousand dollars on a veil won’t kill you, but a choosing your wedding photographer based on price alone isn’t necessarily a good idea.

Unfortunately weeding out the experienced photographer from the guy who has no idea what he is doing isn’t that easy anymore. The industry is flooded with people who have gotten the idea that purchasing an inexpensive digital camera is all it takes to become a wedding photographer, and charging $500 seems like a fortune for a “little extra weekend work”. That is, however, until they realize that there is a lot more hours put into a wedding in post production than in the actual shoot and when they discover that they have forgotten critical shots, poorly exposed the ones they did get, and are now faced with hours and hours and hours of trying to salvage what little they do have, the bride is near tears when she receives the end result. But, cheap wedding photography is exactly that - cheap.

Wedding experience is not easy to come by and counts for a great deal. Weddings cannot be “re-shot” and that right there is nerve wracking to the novice photographer. Having a lot of weddings under one’s belt makes a huge difference in things. The experienced wedding photographer knows, often better than the bride, what shots she will need and want and when those shots can be taken. Being relaxed and confident in one’s capabilities means that not only will the requisite shots be taken, but lots of others.

An experienced wedding photographer looks around, notices things that the bride will likely not see. There’s a lot more to capturing your day than capturing you cutting the cake. Honestly, pretty much anybody can manage that, but only the relaxed veteran is going notice the stream of light cast briefly in one spot of the aisle and have what it takes to turn off the flash when you and your father hit that spot, getting the amazing artistic shot you will love while still managing to get the flash back on and capture the shot your father will love.

While finding affordable wedding photography that fits your budget is important, taking the guy with the cheapest package you can find is a taking a huge risk. Many top-notch wedding photographers have made enormous adjustments in their prices to compete with the Canon Rebel Gang. Don’t be fooled by flashy websites, prices that you should find suspect, and promises of glorious, award winning photography for a thousand bucks. Take the time to really talk to your prospective photographer and learn about their experience. Flashy websites can be bought; experience is earned.

To get true professional work at a reasonable cost look to the professional work first, not the cost. Talk to me at http://www.thedawsonstudios.com. Don’t take chances with your important day. Remember: We create what others copy!

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This evening, Bryan and I had the pleasure of exhibiting at the Open House for the Phillips Event Center.  Anna Flores is such a pleasure to work with and we have enjoyed previous weddings at this venue.  We would like to thank the Phillips Event Center and the HBA of Greater Austin for inviting us to their beautiful facility.  The ballroom at the PEC is very classy, elegant, and functional.  You’ve really got to check it out to appreciate it. This outdoor photograph of the venue is, of course, courtesy of Lightwave Foto and the amazing talents of my wonderful husband, Bryan.

Some of the many vendors that we had the pleasure of meeting and networking with are listed below.  We encourage everyone to check them out and inquire about how each one can make your event memorable.

Thanks everyone!  We had a great time and it was awesome meeting you all!

• Pappa’s Catering - Juliet Skipp
• Pascal’s Catering - Diana Stevie & Ivan Nazario Zapata
• Alfred’s Catering - Alfred Engstrand
• Mangia Catering - Rell Rice
• Whole Foods Market Catering - Kirsten Eadie
• Premiere Party Central - Diane Lyerly
• Mancino Custom Rental Accents - Alan Fyke
• Bartini’s Traveling Bartenders
• Buon Affare’ Events - Rachel Stepanov
• BForever by Yanire Yanez - Lilia Yanez
• Inspired Events & Designs - Nycia Emerson

I was lucky enough to have Dana Faciane Cameron with me as the new Lightwave Foto Spokesperson.   Dana has a wonderful personality, is friendly, outgoing, and she happens to be a walking testimonial for Lightwave Foto.  You can find her on the blog marrying her handsome husband, Anthony, at Vintage Villas in August 2009.  Dana is a fabulous addition to the Lightwave Foto family and we are blessed to have her.

She and I had a lot of fun meeting with many newly engaged couples, brides, and their moms.  Our booth was a big hit and we owe it to Bryan Azar with Ilios Lighting and his crew (Tony and friends) for building the structure and providing the cool red LED lights.  These pictures don’t really do it justice.  We’ll make some improvements for next year so get ready!  Also, I would like thank my fellow wedding photographer friend, Pete Wright, from Richmond, Virginia for the the inspiration and initial idea.

Austin WeddingDay awarded Lightwave Foto the BEST BOOTH award for having had “an amazing, creative, and just totally fantastic booth.”  The prize was a very generous discount on our space next year! That’s awesome!  We are very grateful for the relationships that we have built over the years.  Thanks everyone!

We recently exhibited in San Marcos at the Austin WeddingDay Bridal Events of Distinction show and had an awesome time!  But what you see at the show is merely a tease or a taste of what is yet to come.

I would like to thank everyone who has scheduled their consultations so early.  You can never plan too early for your photography.  Don’t wait until the last minute.  Be proactive and you’ll experience less stress down the road.  I look forward to meeting each and every one of you!

And, if you haven’t scheduled your appointment, give me a shout or an email.

Here’s my print and a link to the Austin PPA website where it will be featured until the next meeting.