How to ask if a wedding photographer is good with diverse skin tones
It is difficult to find and evaluate a wedding photographer who is genuinely skilled at capturing diverse communities and darker skin tones. Without reliable ways to test their capability beyond looking at general portfolios, couples struggle to ensure their wedding photos will turn out well.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Asking to see full galleries of events with POC representation
- 2Checking tagged photos on Instagram to find and message couples with darker skin tones directly
- 3Getting recommendations from people you know and asking bridesmaids to reach out to their friends and relatives.
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“It’s important to me that my photographer is capable of capturing great photos of people with darker skin tones. Other than asking to see albums, is there a helpful way to ask them if they’re capable of doing this? And what would be a suitable answer from them?”source ↗
“Its really hard to find one that’s good at doing diverse communities of people.”source ↗
Where this came up
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