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Published 01/02/2007

Personality - are you suited?

Psychological profiling ahead of making a decision to embark on a wedding photography career would be both ideal and expensive. It would not guarantee compatibility with the profession either. However, here are some personality traits that should be high on a list that describes you

1. Confident before a crowd of people.

2. Adaptable in the face of the unexpected.

3. Unfazed by outbursts of the unusual or unexpected.

4. Calm in a crisis.

5. Patient with people who are nervous and irrational.

6. Persuasive in your ability to bring people round to your way of doing something.

7. Able to communicate quickly and accurately with a group.

8. Methodical and diligent with bookkeeping, note taking and organising your diary.

9. Punctual by nature.

10. Confident and persuasive on the telephone.

11. Likeable and gregarious.

12. Fit, healthy and able to stand extremes of weather, hot or cold, wet or dry.

13. Able and willing to dress-up for an occasion.

14. Photographically and artistically competent (brilliance is only needed if you aspire to being the best in the world/ country/county).

15. Confident about your own ability and worth (should expand with experience).

16. Personable, even with people you dislike - you have no choice over the guests you are asked to photograph even if you like your bride and groom.

17. Invisible when the occasion demands, nobody should even notice you shooting candids and informals.

18. Diplomatic - make it look like an everyday occurrence that a pregnant bride has a father, step-father along with the mother's live-in lover.

The chances of a photographer this side of canonisation to sainthood having all of the above are slim, however, you will occasionally need the skills of a Relate counsellor to persuade an estranged mother and father to stand either side of a bride!

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