BEST WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER IN WOLLONGONG

Your special day has arrived, and we would love to be a part of it! Cole Studios has been photographing weddings for over 20 years, working with bridal parties to provide truly gorgeous professional photography and videography. Using the natural beauty of the Illawarra as a backdrop, we know the best places to photograph on the South Coast. Being local, we have scoped the most beautiful locations to capture the perfect scenes for your wedding photography & videography. We work alongside you, helping to plan and create opportunities for us to capture each special moment. A great photographer doesn’t just take photos. At Cole Studios, we work with you to create timeless precious memories of the most important day of your lives.

CHOOSING THE RIGHT PHOTOGRAPHER FOR YOU WEDDING

There is so much choice these days when looking for a Wedding Photographer on the South Coast. When you start discussing your wedding plans with your friends, it seems like every second person is a photographer.

So how do you choose a real photographer as opposed to someone that just likes to take photos?

How do you know they are fully qualified to capture the biggest day of your life?

How do you know you will be happy?

HERE ARE FEW TIPS TO HELP YOU FIND THE ANSWERS AND THE RIGHT PHOTOGRAPHER FOR YOUR WEDDING DAY.

Search Google for a generic term like “Wollongong Wedding Photographer”.
Inspect their work closely and look at all the details.
Take your time and look at each photo. Picture yourself right there, in those photos. Would you be happy with the results?
Are their photos bright and sharp (in focus)?
Are the photos unique and creative?
Do they have other customers you can talk to for reference?

WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY PACKAGES

We have several packages to suit almost any budget.

Cole Studios may look expensive but we are not. Our pricing is very competitive and our packages have many extras.

Please contact us to discuss your wedding requirements and obtain a quote.

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MOBILE STUDIO LIGHTING – BREATH TAKING

This is the secret to creating rich vibrant punchy colours, every time, in most conditions. We were the first photographer to introduce Portable Battery powered Studio Lighting into the Wedding industry in Wollongong. Before us, no one else used this type of technology and even now, only a select few professional photographers utilise Mobile Studio Lighting. But why is that?

The simple answer is that our lighting rig is exclusive, something that only pure professional photographers would purchase and maintain.

IT ALL SOUNDS GREAT BUT WHAT IS MOBILE STUDIO LIGHTING?

It’s a lighting system where we set the camera exposure for the background; which could be a rich blue sky or a dark beautiful thunderstorm approaching… Whatever the sky is on your Wedding Day, we will capture that sky and the image clarity is simply breathtaking…

The Mobile Studio Light is like a giant flash, portable and very bright. We light you both at the same brightness as the background. So you have a beautifully lit foreground subject and a vibrant background. People often say our photos look ‘Alive’.

See some of the examples of our photography using Mobile Studio Lighting.

NATURAL WEDDING PHOTOS USING AVAILABLE LIGHT

Available light is also known as natural light. Cole Studios utilises a lot of available light as well as our award winning studio lighting. We generally do both styles and our customers are very pleased. Natural light gives the image that soft warm feeling and is a very popular style we offer. The main difference is, natural light looks softer with warmer colour tones. Studio Light looks much more vibrant with rich punchier colours and incredible image clarity.

See few examples of our Photography using Available Light.

RAIN AND STORM WEDDING PHOTOS

Just because it rains on your wedding day doesn’t mean the wedding photos won’t be spectacular. Some of our best work has been on wet raining days.

At Cole Studios we have very experienced photographers.

Our glass is always half full, not half empty and we will always find a way around the bad weather. We know under cover locations and we know the best places to get out of the storm as we are local experienced photographers. Some of our best work has been on stormy days just like the photos below. Ask yourself, if these were your wedding photos would you be happy?

For your outdoor ceremony we do recommend an undercover backup location.

NIGHT SHOTS – TO COMPLETE A PERFECT WEDDING DAY

One of the challenges for a modern photographer is low light and night shots. Cameras don’t perform as well as the human eye in low light and at night. It is up to a Professional Photographer to be able to manipulate the camera settings in Manual mode to best achieve a crisp sharp exposure in very low light. We are masters at low light photography.

CANDID – GREAT UNEXPECTED RESULTS

The Candid photos are the ones that everyone loves the most, the special or the silly moments when people don’t know they are being photographed. These are the memories that remain long after your special day has come and gone. Cole Studios has packages that utilise one or two photographers to photograph your Wedding. One of the main jobs of a second photographer on your day is to capture the candid moments.

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR PHOTOGRAPHER

Here are some very important questions you must ask your photographer before paying any deposits etc. Read our answers below.

WHO IS THE BEST PHOTOGRAPHER?

All of our photographers are first rate and do a stellar job. Regardless of who attends you are guaranteed a fun day with amazing images. We are all professionals here and all love our art. This is our passion!

HOW MANY HOURS OF THE WEDDING DO YOU COVER AND IF THE WEDDING GOES OVER WILL YOU STAY AND WHAT IS THE COST?

Each package has a different number of hours. After the time has expired, each additional hour is priced at $140 per hour per photographer. We discuss this during the consultation process and work out a time line that works best.

HOW MANY PHOTOGRAPHERS COVER THE WEDDING AND DO YOU HAVE ASSISTANTS? IF SO, IS THIS AN EXTRA COST?

You can select a package that will use one or two photographers. We use an assistant when needed, however they are not always needed. There is no extra cost if we use an assistant and this is at the sole discretion of the photographer.

WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE AND DO WE GET A COPY OF ALL THE PHOTOS?

The package includes hours of coverage (this depends on the package you select), prints and a USB Presentation set of all images in high resolution. Our USB sets have a full Colour & a full B&W set of images on the USB. You are free to do whatever you like with the images at a later date. They are completely yours.

HOW MANY PHOTOGRAPHS ARE NORMALLY TAKEN DURING A WEDDING CEREMONY / RECEPTION?

During the average Wedding we usually take approximately 1200-1500 photos.

ARE THERE DIFFERENT WEDDING PACKAGES WE CAN CHOOSE FROM?

Absolutely, we have a price list available for your perusal.

CAN WE GIVE YOU A LIST OF SHOTS THAT WE WANT? THERE ARE SOME PHOTOS I HAVE SEEN ON YOUR FACEBOOK PROFILE THAT I LOVE!

Absolutely, we are very open to input and requests from you. Many brides send us photos as they see them. We keep a file and on your special day we will replicate them (as many as we can).

DO YOU HAVE BACKUP EQUIPMENT?

Absolutely. We have backup equipment and have considered every possible failure scenario. We even run dual memory cards in our cameras in case one memory card fails. We carry at least two of everything, even the very expensive Mobile studio kit we use. We have had failures before on shoots and we have always had extra equipment to cover those failures. Failures are very rare as we use the best equipment possible. We have built redundancy into all our procedures and equipment.

DO YOU HAVE BACKUP PHOTOGRAPHER IF YOU ARE SICK?

Yes we do, We have several photographers. We all shoot the same as I do and they are trained by me. Having said that, in 21 years and over 2000 Weddings, I have never had to have a day off due to sickness at a Wedding. Even with a fractured left arm, I still photographed a wedding three days later. We have every possible contingency covered. We take our job and the faith you put in us very seriously. We wont let you down.

DO YOU BACKUP YOUR PHOTOS AND IF SO WHEN?

The photos are immediately saved on dual memory cards right in the camera. This means every photo taken actually has two copies. When the memory cards are full, they are stored in special humidity free cases and zipped up in the camera bag. On arrival back at the studio (at the end of the night) they are immediately uploaded to our computers and also backed up to our RAID 6 Synology storage device. But we go even further and then backup to a second RAID 6 storage device. Your precious photos are very secure and we have multiple copies. We even keep a back up copy in our massive Chubb fire proof safe, just to be extra sure.

CAN OTHER PEOPLE TAKE PHOTOS WHILE YOU ARE TAKING PHOTOS?

Absolutely. As long as we have taken our photos first, we then give others an opportunity to take their photos. We like to take the first photo so that everyone is looking at our camera. The only exception to this is other professional photographers. We have had issues in the past where people are starting their own photography business and basically come in after we have setup each shot, then put it on their Facebook as their own work. This is not allowed.

WHAT TYPES OF PHOTOS WILL BE TAKEN?

We take lots of photos with lots of variety at our Weddings. We use studio and natural light, we take fun and also more romantic shots. We have never had an unhappy customer. We don’t miss anything. We are very proactive.

Our contacts and socials

Cole Studios pty ltd

Tulimbar (Albion Park) NSW

info@colestudios.com.au

0402 802 321

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