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Frequently Asked Questions

If you’re interested in booking me for your wedding, please fill out the contact form on my website or email me at hello@mariosifides.com. I’ll get back to you within 48 hours with more details and availability. To secure your date, I require a signed contract and a fixed deposit.

I recommend booking me as soon as possible, as I tend to get booked up quickly, especially during the peak wedding season. Ideally, you should book me at least 6 to 12 months before your wedding date, but feel free to contact me anytime to check my availability.

Yes, I love to travel and explore new places. I’m available for local and destination weddings, both within the island of Cyprus and internationally. Travel fees may apply depending on the location. Please contact me to learn more.

Yes, I edit all the photos that I deliver to you. I carefully select and enhance each image to ensure consistency and quality. I apply basic adjustments such as exposure, contrast, color, sharpness, and cropping. I don’t do extensive retouching such as skin smoothing, body shaping, or background removal, unless requested for a specific image. I don’t provide the raw files, as they are unfinished products that don’t represent my final work.

It will take around 12 to 18 weeks for you to receive the final edited photos from your wedding date. I often spend time getting creative as I always shoot with the post production in mind and I want to make sure that every single photograph I deliver is something I am proud of. I want to make sure you get the best of me and not something I have to rush in order to meet some crazy fast deadline.

I like to document the love and the sparkle in your eyes, call it documentary, artistic or reportage my ultimate aim is to capture moments as they unfold, anything that moves me. Think something bold, raw, honest, romantic, moody, ethereal and simple.

Like you, I don’t like forced or posed photography so most of the day I am in documentary mode, capturing moments as they happen and the day as it unfolds. For the portraits, I will direct as I see fit but not too much so you feel comfortable and the final image doesn’t feel forced.

The number ranges between 50 to 60 per hour so you get the idea. Every occasion is unique and has its own story waiting to be told. My aim since day 1 is to capture plenty of photos for each moment of the day the tears, emotions, the vibe, the details and everything that moves me, if they move me, I can only imagine how much they can and will move you. There is no cap at a certain amount of photos, you will receive all the images that will tell your story. I am a firm believer of quality over quantity – with that being said I always underpromise and overdeliver.

No, I do not. I eliminate duplicate images, test shots, missed focused shots, shots with bad expressions and other images that may dilute the overall product delivery. For example, because I shoot with low apertures, sometimes I take a few extra shots to make sure I nail focus. I don’t expect you to have the expertise or the time to zoom into each image to select the one with the sharpest focus, so I spend hours doing that on my end.

Your photos will be delivered via an online private password protected gallery that will remain available for the period of 6 months. You can share the link with friends and family if you wish so they can see your wedding day all over again and you can also download the whole gallery to your computer. In addition to that a USB stick along with your fine art printing bundle, in case you are not printing you will still receive the USB.

Yes! I absolutely love to see photos get printed and made into albums – it brings them to life. I offer amazing custom designed albums and custom framed prints. For smaller prints and products, your online gallery will have a store attached which makes the whole process very easy.

LOVE LETTERS

“We are so happy we chose Marios to be our wedding photographer. He was very professional, punctual and polite throughout the day, managing to capture so many beautiful natural moments which we will cherish forever.”

He somehow magically managed to capture everything at the same time! His photography style is stunning and the final photographs we received exceeded all expectations. Thank you for safeguarding our memories for life!

MARIA & GUSTAVO