Everyone looks towards their wedding day with nostalgia. They plan make it a bash and have every bit captured in photographs that naturally tell the story. Photographs once taken cannot be altered. For this reason, choosing a wedding photographer can be stressful. Should it be? Photographs afford us the opportunity of re-living pleasant memories which for many, none is greater than the wedding day. An anonymous quote says 'men (and women of course!) are born, they marry and they die.' This underscores the need to choose who puts this all-important event in permanent focus through photography. Every bride and groom wants to choose the right photographer; The question is how? Here are eight, by no means exhaustive tips to help do just that.

Tip #1: The venue makes the event! Hosting a great event in a shabby venue is a contradiction in terms. The venue is what is going to be captured as a background in your photographs. So think exquisite venue...