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Available Light?



Well sometimes it’s yes and sometimes it’s YES!

Often light is not where you’d think it is. Like in a bright field of flowers, which, while pretty, causes squinting and dark shadows. And camera flashes? I shudder every time someone fires off a flash when there is great light all around them. They have their place but not when they kill the beauty of what’s already there.

Questions to Ask a Wedding Photographer



Prepare yourself with the right questions to ask when interviewing prospective photographers for your wedding day. Knowing what to ask and why is essential in finding the right photographer for you.

Choosing a Wedding Photographer 2.0



Article written by: Apostolos Nikolakopoulos, Socal Wedding Photography and Video

At least once or twice a week, one of the brides coming to my studio for a consultation, walks in, sits on the couch, and as soon as her purse hits the coffee table, out comes the list. It’s a list of questions for your wedding photographer that she has found in a bridal magazine or website. Unfortunately, most of them contain obvious questions like do you have a backup camera (!), how many weddings have you photographed (I stopped counting after 100), how many years have you been doing this (going on nine as a full-time wedding photographer), etc. One time, after years of answering pretty much the same questions, I couldn’t hold back anymore, so I asked the bride who was in my studio…