Again and again in the planning discussions, the question arises how much time should be planned for the wedding couple shoot. Basically, the first question is whether we have to change the location or even have to go to several locations. If everything takes place on site at the location (this is the case in 90% of cases), then you should allow 1 hour for your planning. It already contains a buffer - the actual shooting usually doesn't take longer than 30-40 minutes ... I have various variations in my head that let you interact with each other in a natural way, so that the type of recordings that you make here are created my page finds. If the bride and groom shoot takes place in the middle of the day, I will also take you outside for 5-10 minutes in the early evening (when the sun goes down) so that we can conjure up some wonderful shots in the backlight - the mood in the evening is usually unbeatably beautiful and I therefore recommend it to every bride and groom.

Again and again in the planning discussions, the question arises how much time should be planned for the wedding couple shoot. Basically, the first question is whether we have to change the location or even have to go to several locations. If everything takes place on site at the location (this is the case in 90% of cases), then you should allow 1 hour for your planning. It already contains a buffer - the actual shooting usually doesn't take longer than 30-40 minutes ... I have various variations in my head that let you interact with each other in a natural way, so that the type of recordings that you make here are created my page finds. If the bride and groom shoot takes place in the middle of the day, I will also take you outside for 5-10 minutes in the early evening (when the sun goes down) so that we can conjure up some wonderful shots in the backlight - the mood in the evening is usually unbeatably beautiful and I therefore recommend it to every bride and groom.

Again and again in the planning discussions, the question arises how much time should be planned for the wedding couple shoot. Basically, the first question is whether we have to change the location or even have to go to several locations. If everything takes place on site at the location (this is the case in 90% of cases), then you should allow 1 hour for your planning. It already contains a buffer - the actual shooting usually doesn't take longer than 30-40 minutes ... I have various variations in my head that let you interact with each other in a natural way, so that the type of recordings that you make here are created my page finds. If the bride and groom shoot takes place in the middle of the day, I will also take you outside for 5-10 minutes in the early evening (when the sun goes down) so that we can conjure up some wonderful shots in the backlight - the mood in the evening is usually unbeatably beautiful and I therefore recommend it to every bride and groom.

This question is asked in about 90% of my preliminary talks and it is understandable as we unfortunately can no longer "rely" on the weather. I even had weddings between June and August that fell completely into the water - so it's justified to ask this question. ;-)

The answer is: we still have a lot of fun and enjoy the day! Every wedding photographer - who takes his job seriously and works with a professional standard - has weatherproof equipment and replacement equipment with him if something should get wet or break. In my view, it doesn't matter what the weather is like. I still take beautiful pictures and have the experience to work with the bride and groom and the guests even when it rains. Of course, in this case there will be no pictures in the great backlight and the sometimes breathtaking sunset mood in the evening, but that's just the way it should be and we should still enjoy the day and make the best of it. In any case, I have transparent umbrellas with me in case of an emergency - so you don't need to buy any extra ...

There are the spontaneous who sometimes find a wedding photographer 1-2 months before the wedding, but this is definitely a rarity and usually only works if you don't want to get married between May and September and your wedding doesn't take place on a Friday or Saturday .

As a wedding photographer, I am usually booked at least 6 months in advance - most of them even book about 1 year in advance. Appointments such as 19.09.19 are of course very popular and often booked out several times (I can only assign appointments once, but sometimes get more than 4-5 inquiries for certain appointments).

The procedure for me would be that you first send me an inquiry with your appointment and I will provide you with a price list with my prices and services if the appointment is still free. If a booking would then basically be an option for you, we will meet in person before making a binding offer or arrange a video call (if it were too cumbersome from a distance). Since we spend a few hours together on the day of your wedding, I find it important that we understand each other and that the sympathy fits. At our first personal meeting we also talk through your wedding roughly and I can give you (mostly) helpful tips for your planning, since I already have a lot of experience.

Every wedding is planned and calculated individually (together with you). On request (and if your appointment is still free) I will send you my current price list with my basic package and the options that you can book additionally. My basic package includes a photographic accompaniment of 6 hours, approx. 300 selected and edited images on a USB stick, 10 prints and the delivery in a beautiful wooden box.

As options, I offer, for example, a wedding trailer, a pre-shoot, all pictures (unprocessed) additionally and of course additional hours (up to 12 total hours can be booked).

Basically, I can say at this point that wedding photographers are not cheap, but that the prices are (mostly) justified. As a wedding photographer, I am not only there to press the shutter release of my cameras for 6 hours, but plan your wedding with you, accompany you through the day with advice and action, and ensure a relaxed and fun atmosphere with the photos and put a lot of work into your order before and after the wedding.

For rough orientation and for you for information: I have to do a total of at least 14 hours for a 6-hour wedding reportage. 1-2 hours of preparation / preliminary discussion / planning, 6 hours of reportage including usually at least 1 hour of arrival and departure and at the end of at least 6 hours of selection of the pictures, post-processing, creation of the online gallery and prints as well as packing your wooden box. All in all, a lot of effort that you don't necessarily notice. ;-)

As a professional wedding photographer, I don't want to leave anything to chance and make sure that I have everything in my pocket at least twice! In addition to my two main cameras, I even have an alternative in my pocket that I could also use if both (!!!) cameras fail on your day - so there are definitely photos! ;-) As additional security, I make sure that there are always 2 SD cards in my camera and that the images and videos are always backed up in parallel on these 2 cards - so even if an SD card breaks, I have I still have a full backup on the other card. There are wedding photographers who come to your wedding with just one camera and have no replacement with them - that can work well, but it doesn't have to. I find something negligent and too risky. The moments of your wedding are unique and irretrievable - there is no second chance and therefore the equipment simply has to fit.

Since I have been present at over 100 weddings and have also planned most of the weddings to a certain extent, I can give you a few points from experience that will be forgotten in the planning.

Most of the time it starts with the bride and groom not planning how to leave the church. I always recommend that the guests should first leave the church and then position themselves outside so that we can walk through the guests together ... this creates beautiful pictures and in the end you can stop and then congratulate the guests accept. ;-)

That brings us to the next point - the congratulations phase! Depending on the number of guests, it can take a good 20-30 minutes here until all the guests have fallen around your neck and your groomsmen may have put the presents down and received them (I always recommend that you communicate directly where and when the gifts should be handed over - if possible not at this time, as it means additional organizational effort for you and your groomsmen).

These 20-30 minutes and often the trip to the location, which can take longer depending on the traffic, are often planned too short, which means that all subsequent activities will take place a little later. So always plan 20-30 minutes buffer for the important things. If you have groomsmen or parents who are probably planning games or something similar, I recommend that you give these people a time slot in advance in which they can let off steam. ;-) This has the advantage that you can plan better and still be surprised, because you don't know exactly what is going to happen.

I probably cannot answer this point to your complete satisfaction, but I also want to be honest. You book me as a single person for your wedding, which means I am not a team that can compensate for a breakdown. You have to be aware of this and unfortunately you have to live with this risk.

On the other hand, I have never had a breakdown in which the bride and groom no longer had a photographer. There was a case where I canceled a wedding because it was supposed to take place during the period in which the birth of my second daughter was predicted. However, I had directly recommended alternatives to the newlyweds and had already asked these photographers beforehand that they would be available on that day - it was "half as bad" for the newlyweds and they still got beautiful pictures - but from another photographer . ;-) I would do it again and again - if I should fail, I always offer you alternatives, which of course is not a guarantee if your wedding takes place on a popular date. In the case of a "normal" illness, I would always stuff myself with enough medication to be at your wedding - so I will always do my best so that you do not have any problems.