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No matter what your wedding budget is, some expenses are vital. Especially, a professional wedding photographer. Eirik Halvorsen is one of them and he found a brilliant way to prove why specialists like him are essential to every ceremony.
“I recently came across a thread in a wedding group on Facebook where a bride-to-be said they wanted to save money by not hiring a professional wedding photographer and let the guests be in charge of the photos,” Eirik told PetaPixel. “I mean, they will take pictures, right? You just have to get everyone to dropbox you the photos after and you can make your own album and look back on those special moments forever.”
Not quite. Eirik married his wife almost four years ago and hired his dream photographer to capture all the precious moments. So he took the photographer’s images and compared them with actual photos from the same wedding, taken by the guests. Composition, lighting, image quality and other features differ dramatically. “All I know from the experience of getting married is that all that is left today is the photos,” Eirik said. So if you want those photos to look great, they should be taken by someone who knows what he’s doing.
More info: eirikhalvorsen.com | Instagram (h/t: petapixel)
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“[These] photos are actual photos from our own wedding taken by our guests,” Eirik said
The couple came up with this idea while scrolling through a wedding photography group on Facebook
“A bride-to-be said they wanted to save money by not hiring a professional wedding photographer”
“I mean, they will take pictures, right? You just have to get everyone to dropbox you the photos after…”
“… and you can make your own album and look back on those special moments forever”
Can you though?
Luckily, the couple haven’t followed this advice and had hired a photographer instead
Image credits: Jeff Newsom
Quite the contrast, right?
Image credits: Jeff Newsom
“Me and my wife <…> cut cost everywhere possible to be able to hire our dream photographer”
Image credits: Jeff Newsom
“All I know from the experience of getting married is that all that is left today is the photos”
Image credits: Jeff Newsom
What do you think ?
AcousticGString 7 years ago
I have photographers who could cut me a deal, but I'd rather spend my money on the honeymoon, and my future with that person. I feel like the more pricey the wedding, the more stressful.
Yugan Talovich 7 years ago
Studies show that the pricier the wedding, the sooner the marriage breaks up.
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Just a Purpler 7 years ago
I don't really care about photos, I'mma just spend my whole budget on the cake tbh.
Amanda Panda 7 years ago
hahaha, you have my attention ... i need to know what sort of cake would require the bulk of your wedding budget!
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Just a Purpler 7 years ago
I agree, those photographer's photos are a thousand times better, but it kinda seems like the point of this post is to explain that photos are the most important part of the wedding. They are a nice plus, but to some they are more important than others.
Ianthé Baeyens 7 years ago
As a photographer, I think the point is to show people the difference before they ask their guests or grandfather to take some pictures instead.. if you put all that money/effort in your wedding, it would be a shame if you only have bad quality images, right?
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AcousticGString 7 years ago
I have photographers who could cut me a deal, but I'd rather spend my money on the honeymoon, and my future with that person. I feel like the more pricey the wedding, the more stressful.
Yugan Talovich 7 years ago
Studies show that the pricier the wedding, the sooner the marriage breaks up.
Load More Replies... Just a Purpler 7 years ago
I don't really care about photos, I'mma just spend my whole budget on the cake tbh.
Amanda Panda 7 years ago
hahaha, you have my attention ... i need to know what sort of cake would require the bulk of your wedding budget!
Load More Replies... Just a Purpler 7 years ago
I agree, those photographer's photos are a thousand times better, but it kinda seems like the point of this post is to explain that photos are the most important part of the wedding. They are a nice plus, but to some they are more important than others.
Ianthé Baeyens 7 years ago
As a photographer, I think the point is to show people the difference before they ask their guests or grandfather to take some pictures instead.. if you put all that money/effort in your wedding, it would be a shame if you only have bad quality images, right?
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