As you may already know, photography comes in various shapes and sizes and each different genre of the art comes with its very own unique challenges as well as its very own benefits and rewards. As you might suspect, wedding photography is of no exception to this rule. The numerous challenges faced by wedding photographers may initially scare enthusiasts away from the profession, but when mastered and done correctly the rewards reaped are nothing less than fantastic. This article will explore my top 5 wedding photography tips that I've learnt from the numerous weddings and various other formal functions that I've professionally photographed in the past.
1. Prior Preparation Prevents Poor Performance: You should try to ensure you have everything prepared by the very least a few days before the event. This includes making sure you know the best and the quickest route to the venue, exactly who to meet and where and at what time to meet them. Also make sure you prepare spare: batteries, lenses, cameras and memory cards to cover yourself incase of faulty or broken items on the big day.
2. Construct Shot Lists: Some clients know exactly which shots they want to be captured, whereas some clients don't have the slightest idea. Either way, it's always a good idea to ask prior to the event if there is any specific photo('s) that the couple would like taken on the day of the wedding. You can then construct a shot-list depending on the feedback you receive. This shot-list can also contain any photo(s) that you're thinking of taking, ensuring you don't forget in the sheer excitement of the event.
3. Bring More than One Camera: Unfortunately, there is never any guarantee, however consistently reliable it usually is, that your trusty camera isn't going to let you down on the day of the wedding. For this reason, I always bring at least one spare with me.
For shooting the wedding, I always recommend using a wide angle lens' camera for the most part, but also to always bring a longer lensed camera along with you to isolate and truly capture the most intimate of moments between a couple.
4. Be Brave... But Not too Brave: It's true that if you're not assertive as a photographer you will end up missing a lot of extremely good photos on the day and the true mood and atmosphere of the event will not have been captured as well as it could've been. For this reason, don't be timid when it comes to getting into good viewpoints and positions to take the perfect photo. At the same time and just as importantly, NEVER interrupt or obstruct the ceremony in any way. This includes turning off the flash (when possible) and minimizing any noise that your camera may make until the formal part of the event is out of the way.
5. Capture the subtle details: Traditional wedding photographers usually limit themselves to just taking photographs of the couple along with group photos and pictures of the ceremony itself. While this is obviously a very large and necessary part of wedding photography, I think it is ignorant to neglect capturing the more subtle moments of the day.
For example: Taking photos of the rings and subtle facial expressions etc...
Shooting the smaller and more subtle details will help give a certain sense of quality to the end album that most wedding photographers simply couldn't offer.
As you can see, alot of different aspects go into creating a successful wedding photographer, but hopefully these wedding photography tips will help to improve your grasp on the subject, with any luck you'll get just as much fulfillment out of wedding photography as I know I have.
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