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Ben posted: 14 Jun at 9:10 am
In this day and age where everyone can have a a camera photographs are just seen as photographs and are not seen as memories.
Yes you can take them yourselves but you wont get photos that are as good as if you get a professional photographer.
If you want to look back at the photos in years for the memories then get a professional photographer, if you just want the photos for the sake of having photos do it yourself.
Mikey W posted: 16 Jun at 9:10 pm
Ben is right. You really do need a professional wedding photographer for weddings, however it is fun to provide additional cameras in case guests dont bring their own.
In Puerto Rico there are many good wedding photographers, but only few that can work for destination weddings.
Jose Febus does great work and is a wedding photographer for destination and local weddings.
His website is listed in the source. Another great way to search for one is through craigslist.
*Miss_Autumn* posted: 17 Jun at 8:27 pm
At the end of the day after the food is eaten, the flowers die, etc, your photos are all you have left to remember the day by. So spending money on a good professional photographer is considered a high priority by most people because you can’t go back and recreate the day if the pictures don’t turn out.
Your best bet is to find a local photographer who is willing to travel. They are going to be much higher quality than the “pros” at your location that use cheap film and cameras.
Captain S posted: 19 Jun at 2:21 pm
As a former wedding photographer, I agree with your bride wholeheartedly. I cannot stress enough how important it is to have credible and competent coverage of your “once-in a lifetime” event rather than trying to “wing it” with disposable cameras. Disposable cameras are designed to be user friendly so there is minimal hassle to the operator. The trade off for this “ease” is shutter speed, aperture consideration, and light modification. These cameras are only suitable for a very narrow range of conditions, which means they are as likely to miss an important shot as render it well
While I’m on the subject of disposables, two things come to mind: (1) they are great for catching candids from among your guests (2) but they are a nuisance to the professional photographer you hire if his lighting equipment is slaved. (That means, he/she has sensors on his strobes that cause all of them to fire at once when the master strobe is fired). When Uncle Joe stands up to horn in on the shot the pro just spent fleeting minutes setting up, the pro’s strobes will all fire whenever Uncle Joe fires off HIS flash…thereby ruining everybody’s shots. (This causes us to talk s h i t about Uncle Joe whenever we’re off to ourselves.).
I do not know any photographers in Puerto Rico, but you can probably get good referrals from the shop that made your bridal gowns. Good luck to you and best wishes for a beautiful ceremony and a happy marriage.
Honeybee posted: 22 Jun at 8:21 am
It just depends on the quality of pics you want.
For my grandma’s suprise 80th b-day, cameras were left on the tables. So that she wouldn’t have a shoebox full of photos, my gift to her would be a scrapbook with the pics inside. I spent 2weeks making the book. A couple weeks later, my aunt mailed the pics to me.
I nearly cried when I got them. It was as though I had wasted 2 weeks of my life because the pics were H-O-R-R–I-B-L-E!!! It took a day to go through them and pick out a *few* decent ones that I could make work.
Alot looked like a 1 year old had taken them– there was no subject. In others the photographer stood clear across the room from the subject. This one woman shot about 1/2 a camera’s worth of her granddaughter.
The book turned out beautiful, but about 80% of the pictures wound up in a shoebox!
For my wedding, I’m going to leave some cameras on the tables, but also having a fw people use their personal cameras to get some good shots.
Armstrong posted: 24 Jun at 2:10 pm
I really feel like professional photography is the way to go with any wedding. The way I see it is, you’re spending all this money on all these things, big and small. At the and of the day what do you have left??? Just the photos! The dress gets packed, the cake gets eaten, the music stops and the honeymoon ends. The pics are the only part of the day you can look back on and smile at. These are also the only way to capture those small details that will be forgotten when its over.
If you can only afford one thing, get the photographer!
I would call your hotel in Puerto Rico and see if they can recommend someone.
Good luck!
daVIDica posted: 27 Jun at 10:34 pm
We had a photographer along with Kodak disposable cameras on the tables (they were left over from my bachelorette party two weeks earlier). Everyone I’ve talked to said that they had a blast with those cameras (it was very laid back wedding for us). I’ve yet to develope them; I’m scared lol.
I would say if the event is formal to not do the cameras on the table.
I luv my love posted: 30 Jun at 8:00 pm
those disposable cameras are crap. I’ve never seen a good picture taken with one of those. it’s a total waste of money to supply those for the wedding guests, because you’ll spend $$$ developing those photos and none of them will be half decent. just hire a photographer who knows about light and shadow etc, how to pose people and whatnot. you need a pro.
Luli posted: 02 Jul at 5:36 am
You are having a typical male response. My future husband is the same.
You live in the moment and can’t understand the importance of having something to look back on or appreciate the beauty in a masterfully taken shot compared to a wonky blurring image where everyone is blinking taken by Uncle Joe after a few whiskies.
Women need to be able to have that emotional attachment that can only be achieved from a well taken photograph.
They need to feel as proud of the photos as they do everything else about their day.
There is nothing special about a Kodak photo and it kind of implies that the wedding itself wasn’t very special and worth a proper photographer… Its the way our minds work.
slb1107 posted: 02 Jul at 7:39 pm
We spent almost $3000 and it was worth every penny.
The pictures my family took with the Kodak cameras were awful.
I have a cd with all the pictures the photographer took and they are amazing! I would never have gotten them with Kodaks alone.
It is def worth it.
4REEE posted: 04 Jul at 8:14 pm
A pro photographer is verrrry important. If the photographer is really good, you are going to have photos that you will treasure for the rest of your life.
Also, disposable kodak cameras aren’t that good.
I would ask you friends and family to bring their digital cameras and then e-mail you CDs of the photos they take.
At my best friend’s wedding, he had one of his friends bring his laptop. The guests were invited to transfer the photos from their digital cameras into his laptop.
He and his wife took the laptop with them on their honeymoon and they had tons of photos that they enjoyed looking through!
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Mrs. R to be posted: 05 Jul at 6:58 pm
I would suggest having one there, the kodak pics will be great to catch those moments a photographer may not however this should be in addition to the photographer… try craigs list P.R. (if there is such a thing) i put out an ad for service wanted and got many responses and we found a photography student who is in his last year and needs to build his portfolio and is doing ours for free in exchange for our pics as apart of his portfolio…or ask around someone may know someone who can help you…best wishes