me and h2b are on tight budget and was origionally going to pay £400 for our photographer,any how ive found one who has 20 years experience in photography but not wedding,and hes wanting to gain experience by doing it for free im not sure on wheither to have him or pay £400 which could be saved???
hes also offered us a pre-wedding shoot
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I think that you probably need to look at what work he has done in the past, and also sit with him and discuss how you want your photos (formal or informal) and what knowledge does he have of taking wedding photos he may have all the knowledge and know what to do but just hasnt got the experience side of it. I hope my babbling helps!

If he is a portrait photographer your probably ok, as he has experience photographing people for a start lol! but i would erge you to go and look at his work and get him to photograph you outside, my degree is in art and photography and i know that it can be very different photographing people outside as the light is so different and can change the whole feeling of the photograph. Taking photographs outside need to have different poses to capture the light, when as in the studio he/she can force the light to a particular area.

sounds gud! do pre shoot asap so then u can see his work and then decide??

yeh it could be very useful as chosen a really exspensive dress x