Best Wedding Photography of 2017 – ISPWP 1st Place Contest Winning Images The International Society of Professional Wedding Photographers (ISPWP) holds a members-only wedding photography contest four times a year. Each contest has 20 different categories, so over the four quarterly contests in 2017 we awarded 80 First Place winners for the entire year. When we say this i...
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Many sites on the internet will provide plenty of inspiration for your wedding photos. Part of the fun of wedding planning is looking through beautiful photos and looking forward to your photos of lasting memories of the day. Or, maybe you’ve had friends or family members get married in recent years, and you’ve loved some of their photos. So, should you give your photogr...
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As wedding costs increase, more couples are seeking destination weddings to spend their wedding budget. Because destination weddings tend to have plans for several days, couples get to spend time with the people they love over several days, rather than just over several hours. Destination weddings tend to be much less formal, but they have different logistical problems than the &ldq...
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Even if you’ve been dreaming about getting married for a long time, when it’s made official and when you start planning your wedding it can be overwhelming. Where do you start? Who do you hire first? Here are some insights into which wedding vendors you should hire first after you get engaged. 1. Wedding Photographer Any vendor who cannot do more than one event per d...
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You’ve probably heard friends who have been recently married say that their wedding day went by in a blur. After months of preparation, the day is upon you, and it really does go by quickly. For this reason, professional wedding photographers rely on wedding timelines to work out the schedule for their clients to be sure that there is sufficient time for wedding photos on the ...
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Everyone dreams of having beautiful photos outside on their wedding day. What do you do if mother nature has other plans and the weather is scheduled to be inclement on your wedding day? Discuss Plan B with Your Photographer You might take some solace in knowing that you’re not the only couple who has had rain, snow or wind on your wedding day. A seasoned experienced photo...
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You’ve found “the one,” you’ve got engaged and started planning your wedding, and you’ve done your due diligence by meeting with several photographers. Now you’ve found the “the one” who you both agree is the perfect choice to photograph your wedding. Congratulations! Before you sign on that dotted line, ISPWP wants to give you some ad...
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When you’re searching online for advice on how to look great in wedding photos, you’ll probably find a lot of information on how to look your best by watching your diet, working out, and getting enough sleep. While this is all solid advice, we turned to our ISPWP photographers to find out what they feel really impacts how people think about their wedding photos. What do ...
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There are so many things to consider when planning a wedding. One of the things that engaged couples are often concerned about is what the right etiquette is for feeding their wedding photographer. Should you feed your wedding photographer, or is it OK to assume they are responsible for their own food on your wedding day? Wedding Days are Long Days Unless you are having a very s...
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When you get engaged, it’s normal to immediately think of all the fun parts of a wedding. The planning, the buying of gowns and tuxes, seeing everyone you love on the wedding day and getting back great photos that capture the day from your photographer. What you might not have given as much thought to is how much time you will need to invest on the wedding day to get those pho...
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