Ask to See It All
So you are shopping around for a photographer (thank you for following Part 1) but now you have no idea what to talk to the photographer about. Hmmm... How about their work as a whole. The Professional Photographers of America continue with advice on your Interest Appt...
There are some photographers who can take one great amazing portrait. You see it on your friend's Facebook and you are speechless. That is one great photograph. Yup, one. So did the photographer take more than one portrait? If so, how did the rest turn out?
As you shop around, be sure and ask for samples of entire senior photography sessions (like an entire album). Ask if you can look at one Senior's entire catalog of images. Why wouldn't you be able to? Aren't most of them good? This will help you see if a photographer lacks consistency in the quality of the images… and if the images suddenly start to look alike. You will be looking for great pictures and a lot of variety.
“Photographers can shoot 150 images, but only display the three that are good,” explains a fellow photographer. You don’t want to be limited to just three choices, do you? That’s why you need to see an entire session, so you can tell if the photographer is consistently good…or just lucky every now and then.
In addition, seeing more image samples can show you how creative the photographer is. “You don’t want to see everybody standing by the same tree,” says Kent Smith, M.Photog.MEI.Cr., who runs Kent Smith Photography in Pickerington, Ohio, with his wife Sarah. “You want a uniqueness in the images so yours don’t look like everyone else’s.”
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Would you like to come and view our work? You can see entire albums of Senior Portraits, walls of photographs, and literally tens of thousands of digital photographs (if you have a couple of days haha). You will be allowed to view our studio, and our outdoor property as well (as long as you aren't a photographer, sorry). If you aren't ready to commit to us as your Senior Photographer yet, then call us to set up an Interest Appointment to get to know us! 608-847-2436
Pam Kastner,
Portrait Artist
Timber Creek Studio
Mauston, WI
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