When it comes to your wedding, no detail goes unnoticed; everything from the dress to the food to the flowers comes under careful scrutinizing as you work to create the wedding of your dreams. And when the day has passed and you are left with your memories of it, nothing helps to bring you back to that special day like the photographs bound into a keepsake album and available at any moment to whisk you back to the day you said “I do.” Modern brides and grooms, however, often will not settle for the traditional wedding photography that graced the weddings of yesteryear. Instead, today’s savvy couples expect creative wedding photography to capture their day.
Creative wedding photography really amounts to taking the traditional and adding your own special twist. Photographers have long had great reserves of talent and creativity to draw upon; but traditional wedding photography was stifled by formally posed pictures and cookie cutter expectations. However, today’s photographers – given the freedom by the couples that hire them – are able to infuse their own creative style into all the wedding shots they capture. Gone are the days of stiffly held poses and unflattering angles. Today’s creative wedding photography captures the unique personality of each wedding and the joy with which couples and their loved ones celebrate this special day.
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Firstly I’d like to say that I can’t stress enough the importance of this information, especially with wedding photography, because you don’t get a second chance!
Preparation
The wedding is probably a good few weeks away now, ideally anyone who you want to be taking photos for you would probably benefit from previewing the location, so give them a call and arrange to all go together and check out the location, don’t put it off, if you think you know a good spot to use then go there and take some friends along, take the bride, groom, bridesmaids & best man if you can, look around for good backgrounds, where is the sun? work out where the sun will be on the day when you are taking the group shots, now get your cameras out and take some photos!, use the people with you to pose as the bride and groom, and set up a group, try different backgrounds, different angles, different poses, also something to consider is the ground? It may be ok now, but what if it rains the day before, will the ground still be ok for the bride to stand on in her beautiful long white gown? Find a couple of locations, one with hard standing, like a pathway in front of the grass, or even on the edge of the car park, preferably with no lines, though these can be airbrushed out later.
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Once in while I receive e-mails or phone calls from aspiring or beginner wedding photographers asking me for advise on how to become successful in the wedding field. My first question is always what their motivation is to become a wedding photographer. Some will reply that they heard from somebody that it is easy money, or that they got a cool camera that takes great photos or that they would like to make some money on the side etc. While it is true that wedding photography can be a very profitable business achieving success in the wedding industry is not just a matter of getting a camera and start shooting. Wedding photography involves artistic talent, human sense, complete mastery of photographic techniques, business knowledge, and a strong desire to learn and deliver the best to the wedding couple.
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