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Wedding Photography Guide for BridesI'm sure you already know that choosing the right wedding photographer is just as important as choosing the right groom. Just kidding !! Make sure the photographer is fun as well as sensitive. Getting the right photographer is important ,they have also to be a people person, but there are lots of things that you can do to ensure that your wedding photos are as good as they can be. Having a pre-wedding photo shoot can improve your wedding pictures more than anything else you might do. Think about it, your photographer is very comfortable on his end of the camera. The time you spend with your photographer in front of the camera will help you become more comfortable being the subject, pre wedding meetings are a must to it all helps. Give time for yourself when family and guests would like your attention, time to relax and feel good its your day, a good wedding planner is a good idea or be sure a hand full of guests know the day's events, it stops people asking you what next! Remember, your wedding day is all about you. Many times complicated backgrounds in your photos distract the viewer's attention away from the bride and will take away from your photographs. Keep backgrounds as simple as possible. Interesting angles are what keeps the images of a professional photographer from looking like the images of "Uncle Bob". Everyone knows what a wedding looks like from 5 feet 6. You may see your photographer lying on the ground or climbing trees. Don't laugh at him. That's why he gets paid well for doing a great job it's the perspective. Wedding photography is a day of beautiful moments ,the formal are nice , detail photographs are so important and the big shoots showing the whole picture , artistic photographs often have more feeling it's a mixture of all, candid moments it's the ones you don't see taken that you will relate to they are real that's the moment and these need a photographer whose prepared to work hard…..if you have seen it you have missed it how many times as that happened to you. Have a professional photographer, we all have a friend who can take a few good shots but not the whole day ,as even the best friends loose interest after a while. After the wedding day all you have is the memory which fades with age, photographs don't, as years go by they have a greater value. Backup EquipmentOne thing that you should always ask about, and insist on, is that your photographer has sufficient backup gear should something stop working. Cameras do fail unexpectedly, flashes do short out when you least expect them to, it'll happen to every photographer sooner or later. One of the first weddings I booked was due to a photographer that only had one camera and it broke down the week of the wedding. Any good photographer will have an absolute minimum of two camera bodies, and preferably three or more. And I don't mean one good camera and a cheap point and shoot as a backup. I mean good, sturdy cameras designed for wedding use. I've heard numerous stories over the years from brides, who had a budget photographer with no decent backup gear, and sure enough, something broke and the bride ended up with very few photographs or very poor ones because the photographer didn't have any backup gear or cheap gear not up to the task. |