How I work There are several styles of wedding photography. Mine is most commonly described as reportage, photojournalism or documentary. Weddings shouldn’t be stressful. I won’t boss you around, tell you where to stand – and I certainly won’t make you shout out ‘cheese’. The result is pictures that are relaxed and natural, capturing...
photo credit: Conor Keller | fortysixtyphoto.com 1. Don’t overdo it By this I mean don’t give every picture from a wedding shoot a retro-touch, not all photos suit this kind of treatment. Transforming every shot for the sake of it can look gimmicky – instead be selective. 2. Recognizing the shots So how do...
lyndseygoddard.com shows off her Wedding Reportage work with some great shots of getting ready and the details gallery does just that – the little things on the important day in some great shots I concentrate on telling the story of your day through pictures. I don’t intervene in the proceedings of the day, I won’t...
10 tips for better wedding reportage 1. It’s the background, stupid A press photographer once told me, “Make sure you look after the background, and then the foreground will take care of itself.” This is very true. If you get a nice background, the fore you can kind of control to a degree. If...
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Color concerns anyone interested in making engaging (not to even mention captivating) color photographs. The reason for this is simple – color contributes to what our images say and to what emotions they convey and evoke in the people who look at them. Color is as much a part of visual communication as composition...
WPB Mini Course Part 1. Why Do You Want to Shoot Weddings? 1. Money? 2. Passion? 3. Recognition? 4. The thrill of it all? To be honest, if you answered yes to any of the above that is good enough as long as you have number 2..passion! Without the passion to work hard, improve,...
digital-photography-school has a great post about wedding insurance for the photographer. There aren’t many things more stressful for a photographer than shooting a wedding. So many things can go wrong. What if you’re rear-ended on your way to the wedding and you had your camera in the trunk of your car? What if you...
Some great tips from tutsplus Look Professional This bit of advice varies greatly from region to region, country to country so I’m not going to give any specific advice on what to wear. A suit may be required in your area or maybe a sport shirt will suffice. The key here is to look...
