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Hiring a Melbourne Wedding Photographer – Mistake #3

10 Common Mistakes When Hiring a Melbourne Wedding Photographer

“If You Pay Peanuts, Expect Monkeys”

Avoid the 10 common mistakes couples make when selecting their Melbourne wedding photographer. If you haven’t already done so, please read our previous blogs as Mistakes #1 and #2 are crucial in finding the right Melbourne wedding photographer for your wedding.

Today we will discuss a very obvious mistake, yet for some couples it’s not so obvious until after the wedding when they are disappointed with the images their Melbourne wedding photographer captured. Like most things in life “You Get What You Pay For” which brings us to Mistake #3 – If You Pay Peanuts, Expect Monkeys.

Let’s explain Mistake #3 by drawing an analogy to a product most women will know plenty about – Designer handbags. The reason Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Prada and Chanel have such expensive handbags is because the demand for their handbags are very high, whilst the supply of their handbags are low. Demand is high because they are iconic fashion labels, the quality of their handbags are great and they are trend setters. The supply is low because you can only buy their handbags from their stores – they don’t sell their handbags anywhere else. The exact same can be said about a fantastic Melbourne wedding photographer such as ATEIA Photography & Video. Demand is always high for our great wedding photographers because they have the technical skills, creative eye and professionalism that work together perfectly to create amazing wedding photographs. In terms of supply, once our great Melbourne wedding photographers have been booked, that’s it – We can’t double book the same photographer twice on one day. In both of these scenarios, there is high demand for a product/service and a low supply, which leads to the same outcome – High price.

If you see a Melbourne wedding photographer offering a deal which seems too good to be true, you need to ask yourself these questions: Is the Melbourne wedding photographer inexperienced? Is the Melbourne wedding photographer struggling to get wedding bookings? Is there a risk the Melbourne wedding photographer will not show up on the wedding day? Will the Melbourne wedding photographer forget to bring back-up equipment on the wedding day? Are there bad reviews online for this Melbourne wedding photographer? Will the Melbourne wedding photographer struggle to take great shots under pressure, with time constraints, whilst it’s raining? If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, then you are most likely not hiring a Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Prada or Chanel equivalent in the Melbourne wedding photography industry.

We hope this post has assisted you when searching for a Melbourne wedding photographer.

Our next post is “It’s About Quality, Not Quantity”

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