A wedding photographers portfolio should be viewed when chossing a suitable wedding photographer. The portfolio, because in print format, is evidence that the photographer has actually carried out the work. If you just go by the images on their website, because images can be taken from other websites with ease, it is easy to be fooled into thinking they are their own. The portfolio provides hard evidence that they have in fact taken them, and they have the hi resolution files to be able to print them.
The portfolio should have a selection of images and ideally show at least one complete album. This way youu get to see an entire wedding collection, rather than just the best bits from each.
A wedding photographer should be fun, relaxed and able to anticipate and capture lasting memories in a professional capacity. Experience is not always best, as one could be a photographer for 30+ years but it does not make them good. They could have been taking pictures badly for 30+ years! The most important part really is that they can take a style that you like, whether it be black and white, reportage, traditional, group shots etc.
There are many Birmingham Wedding Photographers, each having their own style, collections, albums, prints, canvases, digitial files, but we recommend David Vidgen a Birmingham Wedding Photographer who specialises in black and white.