WHY YOU NEED A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THAT EVENT YOU ARE PLANNING

 When most people write budget for their events, they simply don't have plan for photography. This is not because they don't value or appreciate good quality images but the fact is that they want quality pictures on the cheap. "Photography is the only record you can take from an event". For this reason it has to be well handled by a professional. Nowadays, many advertising companies buy cameras for their staff who are unprofessional to camouflage as professional photographer for events - and guess what? They'll make you pay professional for that! Your event budget may be one million dollars and more but if its photography is not well taken care of, it simply means that the event ended with nothing tangible to show for it. I.e., Your expensive champagne, luxury hall, beautiful cake, $5000 suit, your lovely moments, friends and well-wishers can only be remembered in a picture. And how would you want to remember it? Of course in the spectacular way! Photography is a dream; Every individual has a dream; A dream is a compilation of pictures, but if you don't have someone who is professional in the act of photography, you can't have a hard copy of your dream. "Why not replicate your dream in picture?" - think as you plan your event. As you think that through, it is also necessary to ask yourself a simple question "what makes a professional photographer?" Although the definition of being a professional is pretty straightforward, for the ones searching for where they fit-into in the photography world, it can actually feel abstract in concept. As I can see from most pictures and events I have attended in Nigeria, especially Lagos, there are many photographers wondering where they fits in. To make it understandable, you are a professional at something when its your profession. And a profession in the freest sense of the word is " a vocation or business". Although in the photographic world, the word profession may have an additional austere definition - that's open for debate. Unfortunately, it is not as simple as say, being a doctor or a therapist or even a farmer. Because photography is unique in that it is a hobby or passion which can turn into a business. Simply let's value professional photographers.