Jul

20

8 Handy Hints For Great Wedding Photography

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1. Going to have a wedding rehearsal? Why not invite your wedding photographer. It gives the photographer a chance to formulate a plan
to get the best photographs of the day. In addition, it permits you to get to know the photographer and become accustomed to being photographed up close.

2. Have disposable cameras available to the guests at the wedding breakfast. This can be a nice thought, but bear in mind that the cameras are of limited quality. Also the best photographers are not usually wedding guests, especially when less than sober.

3. Perhaps buy a couple of cheap cameras, digital if possible. Give them to certain people at the wedding and request they take informal and casual pictures. This is an especially good job for teenagers, who can find some of the day rather tedious. The role of photographer, albeit unofficial gives their day a purpose.

4. Consider carrying a miniature digital camera for you both to use, so you both can snap random images, of each other throughout the day. These pictures often do more in bringing back the feel an emotion of the day than any others.

5.Check with whoever is at officiating at your wedding irrespective of whether it is a secular or religious wedding - if there are any restrictions during the ceremony on photography. This is especially important with church weddings as sometimes photography is not allowed during the ceremony or at all inside the church itself. The use of flash is the most usually applied restriction.

6. Lighting too is of vital importance to achieve the best possible pictures of your wedding day. The light, both quality and quantity is prone to change on a daily basis. Be prepared to vary your photographic plans to be ready to accommodate the time of day and weather variations.

7. As I travel in and around Sussex, in my job as a Brighton wedding photographer, I am frequently surprised by the lack of forward thinking, that people put into organising their wedding images. Being organised and thinking ahead, will improve your wedding photographs, to the greatest extent.

8. If a shortage of money is a problem, consider advertising for an aspiring wedding photographer who might photograph your wedding without charge, in exchange for the experience and images for their portfolio. Gumtree website is a good place to start, but do not expect too much from your photographer, as it is free photography. This is nearly always to be preferable, to getting someone from your family or a friend to be photographer, as in the event of problems, through incompetence, negligence or bad luck, it can cause ill feeling and damage a relationship that is important to you.

If you follow the above hints and suggestions you should have some lovely pictures to remind you of your wedding day.

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