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I've heard it so many times. "Why should I hire a photographer? I can just set up a tripod and do them myself!" That is VERY true. But there is also a HUGE difference between doing your photos yourself and having someone else do them for you. I'm telling you this from experience!!! I'm a professional photographer and even I hire someone else to do my family photos!!! When I first started doing photography, I used to think, "Oh I can just set up a tripod and do my own! I know what I'm doing!!!" Or I would have a friend or family member take the pictures and I would edit them later. Then I actually hired someone to do our photos. And OH MAN!!! It was such a HUGE difference!! And I am NOT going back to the tripod! So what is the difference? Okay, so first and foremost, there is a HUGE difference in the quality of the picture!!! This first picture I'm almost embarrassed to share! haha It was taken 4 years ago when I was still figuring out what I was doing with photography. So it is a good representation for this blog post!! This was me setting up a tripod- with my "nice professional camera" on auto mode. The second picture is one from our family session when I hired Taylor Jay Photography to do our pictures. Notice the difference!!!?? In the picture that I took on the tripod all those years ago: eyes are closed, not everyone is looking at the camera, not everyone is smiling and those of us that are.... super fake smiles. How can they not be? We are looking at a camera on sticks and trying to be genuine! The settings in the camera are not super great. The photo is very flat without a lot of dimension. But that is what you get with auto mode. But when I hired a pro to do our photos, they turned out SO MUCH BETTER!!! The photographer had a better knowledge than auto mode when it came to how to use light and adjust the settings on the camera to get a beautiful picture. Plus, a person can actually move around and get better angles that are more flattering and create better depth and dimension in the photo. If you want beautiful, genuine family photos- photos with great quality and dimension- then you need to hire a pro. Their knowledge and experience will allow them to capture much more beautiful photos than auto mode on a tripod. They are a pro for a reason right? Secondly, when you hire a professional photographer you are going to have a much better experience!!! I used to get so stressed out trying to do our family photos! Trying to make sure everyone held still and looked at the camera while we waited for the timer to go off... it was a nightmare!!! And getting a remote for my camera didn't make it any better. No one enjoyed themselves. Everyone just wanted to be done. And it showed in our photos. Even when I had family members take the pictures for me- it still wasn't super great. They did a great job considering what they knew! But they didn't know manual mode. They didn't know lighting. I still found myself running back and forth between the camera and my family. I couldn't enjoy the experience. It was so dang stressful! When I hired a pro, my daughter was sick, but we still had a much better experience!!! I was not stressed anymore. I didn't have to be in charge of getting the picture. I didn't have to tell people what to do. I didn't have to make everyone stare at the camera (which is REALLY hard with little kids especially). We were able to play and interact with each other. Our photos were so much more natural and beautiful!!! I could flirt and play with my sweet husband. We could run and jump and play with our kids. We could just be ourselves and I didn't have to worry about getting the picture. I hired a pro!!! I knew they would deliver and I didn't have to stress about it. It was the first family photos I actually enjoyed. And the overall experience of a photo shoot is just as important as the pictures you receive. Lastly, you are able to get photos that mean more to you. When I look at these photos from our session with Taylor Jay Photography, I don't just love the quality of the photo. I love the memories of us laughing and playing together. I can feel the love we have for each other in them. They are emotional and heartfelt pictures that I am so happy and proud to cover the walls of our home with. Some of the photos make me cry because it perfectly captures the relationships we share together. It is our memories in art form, and I will always treasure them. There is so much more depth and emotion connected with them than any of the pictures I took on that tripod all those years ago. So that is it. I'm a professional photographer. And even I hire another professional photographer for my pictures. I get better quality photos than setting my camera up on a tripod or having a family member take them for me. I get a better experience on the shoot. And I get more beautiful, emotional, memory-filled photos that I will treasure forever. ****** Photo credit for all of these photos (except for the first horrible one from my tripod) goes to Taylor Jay Photography. ******
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