Once a firm date for your wedding has been decided, you can begin contacting photographers to see if they are available. It is vitally important that you view a photographer's work before you book.
It is a good idea to encourage a few people to come along with you when you visit a photographer, especially if they will be covering the cost. The assistance of a parent, bridesmaid, best man or close friend will certainly help you keep a clear head and offer you advice on the look of the wedding photographer and his/her work.
Decide exactly what you're after.
You need to have a certain idea in your minds of what you anticipate your wedding photos to be like, or perhaps at the very least some ideas of style or specific shots needed.
Would you like a traditional or perhaps more journalistic style of photographs?
Do you want exclusively formal shots?
Would you like portraits of special people taken at home on the morning of the wedding day?
Would you like a confetti in the air shot, and do you mind if this is possibly staged rather than spontaneous?
Do you want colour, black and white or sepia, or perhaps a section of all of them all?
