3 Ways I Take Care of You As Your Wedding Photographer | Arizona Elopement Photographer
3 Ways I Take Care of You As Your Wedding Photographer | Arizona Elopement Photographer
As your intimate wedding or elopement photographer, I do a lot more than just take photos.
There are a ton of things I do throughout the process, from the first email to the gallery delivery and beyond, in the attempt to make this as smooth and stress-free as possible for you. You aren’t just “clients” to me… you’re people I want to see happy, people I want to serve as best I can, people whose story I want to tell, to help you create a legacy for future generations.
Here are just a few of the things I do to take care of you as your wedding photographer:
#1. Before the Wedding: The Questionnaire
A few weeks before your wedding (not so early that you don’t have all the info, but not so late that it’s cutting it close), I send you a detailed questionnaire. It goes through basically all the important information I need to make your day as seamless as possible photo-wise.
There are sections on logistics (times, locations, guest count, ceremony progression, etc.), specific photos (group shots, people to focus on, other must-haves), contacts (your peeps in case I can’t get in contact with you, your other vendors so I can send them photos), and how I can best serve you (what’s most important to you, what do you like about my style, etc.). Yeahhhhh it’s a lot, but it’s all important for me to know! For instance, I explain in this blog post why it’s important to know your family members’ names. Everything I ask just helps the day go by more smoothly and happily!
#2. On Wedding Day: Helpful Tidbits
What does that mean, you ask? Nothing weird, I promise. It just means that I carry around some helpful items during the day that could come in handy, not just for me, but for you! Things like…
bobby pins (you can never have enough on hand, am I right?)
Band-Aids (you never know)
snacks (in case you’re starving while waiting for your partner to arrive)
hand lotion (so you don’t cringe at your ring shots later)
tissues (don’t waste all your tears before you even see your future spouse!!!)
Aaaaand so on! I know these might be things you have on hand yourself, but it can be a whirlwind of a day and you may forget to take them along or where you placed them. That’s why I’m there to simply pull it out of my bag like your fairy godmother! I got you.
#3. Post-Wedding: Turnaround Time
A lot of photographers put in their contract that it takes… even up to 12 weeks to return your photos (90% of the time it’ll be way sooner, but it can be helpful to overestimate). Nothing against these photographers! If that’s what works for them, that is absolutely what they should do and it doesn’t make them any less worthy of your business.
However, I choose to promise a turnaround time of within 30 days of your wedding (or session). I put that in the contract, too, so I am bound to it. If it were me on the other side, I would HATE to wait for weeks on end to receive my wedding photos, so I’m just going by the good old golden rule here. If I would hate to wait, why would I make you wait? I want you to have them as soon as I can get them to you, while still having done the best job I can on them. And of course… the sooner I get them to you, the sooner I can hear you gush about them! Hehe. :D
