Charles Bishop of Pompano Beach, Florida on the Importance of a Wedding Planner to Your Wedding Photographer

Charles Bishop of Pompano Beach, Florida is a professional wedding photographer who has been immortalizing couples' most precious moments in photos for over ten years. For him, you only get one shot at creating a magical and memorable wedding album for your clients, so you've got to make those photos count. And for Charles Bishop of Pompano Beach, Florida, the wedding planner can help photographers take the best possible photos. Why? Mainly because the wedding planner can 'clear the way' for you, allowing you to freely take photos of the couple, their respective families, friends, and other invited guests throughout the event, from the ceremony to the reception.
If you've had the pleasure and privilege of taking photos of a couple's wedding as their official photographer, you may have noticed that there are a lot of wedding paparazzi—guests and family members whipping out their own cameras to take photos. While they have good intentions, it does the official photographer no good since they're going to be in the way of your perfect shot. This is where the wedding planner will become your ally, says wedding photographer Charles Bishop of Pompano Beach, Florida.

Charles Bishop shares below other ways that a wedding planner can help a wedding photographer during the actual event.

Ensure that you take the shots that you need
Before the big event, Charles Bishop of Pompano Beach, Florida recommends that you coordinate with the wedding planner about the photos you want to take: before, during, and after the event. You may discuss the flow of the ceremony and the reception so you'll know where to find the subjects for your various shots.
If you wish to take a 'first look' photo (that moment when the bride and groom see each other for the first time in their wedding attire on the day of the wedding), the wedding planner can help you accomplish this, too.

Help you stick to your schedule
At weddings, everything goes by rather quickly. The ceremony could be over in less than an hour, and the reception, while it could last for hours, may not have everyone present from beginning to end. Some may have left early, while others may have had one too many drinks and are now sound asleep at the table. All of these can affect your schedule. You may have to stay longer than initially agreed upon (in which case, you'd have to decide if that means you charge an additional fee) just so you can take album-worthy photos. You can let the wedding planner know which shots you still need to take, and of whom, so they can gather your subjects for the shots.


They can refer you to other clients
When you build a good relationship with a wedding photographer, you may become their top-of-mind choice for the next potential clients. In this regard, wedding photographer Charles Bishop of Pompano Beach, Florida recommends that you also take photos of the wedding planner's "labor of love;" their work, in other words. You can go about this in two ways: take photos of the backdrops, decorations and table setups on their own, or make sure photos that you take of the couple and their guests also clearly show the wedding planner's work.
In the end, you can build a good and solid mutually beneficial relationship with the wedding planner, adds Charles Bishop of Pompano Beach, Florida.