Choosing a wedding photographer is about so much more than finding a beautiful Instagram feed. This is the person who’ll be beside you while you’re getting ready, calming nerves, organising family photos, fixing little details and quietly documenting everything happening around you. In this guide, I’m sharing the advice I’d give my best friend before they booked — including why personality matters, what experience really looks like, and why you should always ask to see a complete wedding gallery. The right photographer should create work you love, but they should also make you feel comfortable, understood and completely at ease. Years from now, you probably won’t remember what camera they used, but you’ll remember how they made you feel and the story they preserved for you.