5 top reasons to hire a professional birthday photographer

Birthday parties are special. For parents, they are most certainly one of the most important milestones and therefore full of emotion. Birthdays are a time for families and friends to come together, make memories and celebrate the achievements of the past year! During this special gathering, you want to be involved in the gathering as much as possible and be part of the memories that you will cherish forever; the last thing you want to be doing is missing the action because you were taking the photos yourself. 

With that said, you may still be doubting whether you should hire a professional to take care of all the photography and perhaps videography whilst you celebrate your special day with your loved ones. Here we give 5 top reasons as to why you should consider hiring a professional for your next birthday party:

1. A huge part of your family and friends’ memories is YOU

The biggest reason behind a birthday party is probably to create happy memories for both the child and parents! Even if the child is too young to remember all the details of the party; this is where quality photographs come in. Photographs will live on and you will cherish them forever! Having a professional photographer during your/ your child’s birthday party means you can expect stunning photographs that will tell a story without any words - visual storytelling is powerful and certainly crucial.

2. You will be too busy dealing with other things on the day

Planning/ hosting a party is a lot of work and with no doubt, you will be busy setting up things, welcoming your guests, pointing them in the right direction in the house/venue, making sure no-one sticks their face in the cake and not to mention the foremost - ultimately trying to enjoy your company! Whilst all of this is happening, when/if you remember to pick up your camera and capture the day, it’ll probably be too late. The cake will probably be cut by then, the balloons have flown away and the presents are opened. You may think you could have picked up the camera earlier but then you’d easily miss on the little moments of the party. Hiring a professional photographer means you can easily forget about all of this and enjoy your day whilst the professional deals with all the photographs and documents every little moment of your day!

3. Your birthday party will be cherished!

Photographs are great little things! In fact, they are probably the best things that were ever invented. Everyone loves keeping photos of their loved ones - to look back in time and remember the old times, the family gatherings and the crucial moments of our life. The trouble of blurry smartphone pics, selfie fails and missed moments can easily be forgotten about by hiring a professional to take care of the visual storytelling of your important day. Well, if you are going to host a party - why not host it properly and have professional photographs to keep forever? Hosting parties can be difficult and a lot of work goes into preparations. You want photographs of every little thing - the laugh out loud moments, decor, food, drink, the atmosphere you spent so much time creating and many more! AD Media offers professional photography and promises to capture it all and deliver the stunning photographs to you in less than 5 working days. 

4. You can’t be everywhere capturing everything at once

You can probably only photograph what you see and while you're handling a lot of things or watching the fun over in the sprinklers, there could be a hilarious moment happening that you'd completely. Hiring a professional doesn’t mean just a bigger camera with higher quality but a watchful eye that takes years to come to a person. You can’t be everywhere all the times and will want to interact with your friends and family on the day - hiring a professional photographer means you can take the stress of documenting the day out of your busy mind and focus on your family and friends. 

5. Professionals know what they’re doing!

Hiring a professional doesn’t only mean a person with a good camera but with finesse, an eye for composition, knowledge of lighting and colour-casting especially indoors where light can be dim or outdoors where sunlight can be harsh. A professional knows how to handle everything and in the best light and composition, no matter how harsh the sunlight is or how dim the room is.