Is Your Photographer Offers Online Proofing!

With digital photography, you can share pictures with friends and family online. Most true professional wedding photographers offer the option of online proofing. In the old days, it was next to impossible to share wedding proofs with relatives unless everybody got together.

Some photographers even offer this service for free or as part of a package, because they think about the increase in profits by having guests and relatives able to look at and order images without having to bother the bride and groom to see their proof album. They can be viewed in any city, state or country and shipped right away. Online proofing certainly relieves some of the financial and organizational burden of the bride and groom.

A digital camera instantly notifies a photographer of camera malfunctions, whereas the film camera is at the mercy of the photographers memory. There is many an urban legend (horror story) of film photographers who shot an entire wedding ceremony, only to discover that they forgot to load film into the camera. Or the camera that ran out of film just at the kiss or walking back up the aisle! Eeek! Talk about sweating bullets.

Above all, the best part is the instant gratification. If your photographer is cool enough, maybe he or she will let you look at a couple of the pictures as you go. He will know immediately if your eyes were closed or whether the pose was flattering or not. He will remember when, who and what was in each frame, because he can go back and refer to it and look at it as many times as he wants. If there's something that was missed, the shot can be redone before the group is dispersed. How handy is that?!

All of that said, there are always a few cons with every pro. The few shortcomings of digital, such as having an improperly calibrated camera or a bad card can happen. Then there are those three dirty words that no photographer wants to see Image file corruption. Unfortunately, it happens too often. don't let it be at your wedding.