Wedding photography requires a high level of professionalism. A photographer has to shoot in a wide variety of conditions. Before going to a wedding as a photographer, you need to stock up on good equipment. In addition, you need to know what moments must be recorded. The photographer is obliged not only to capture what is happening around, but also to direct several staged shots.
Instructions
Step 1
Before shooting, you need to prepare. First of all, provide yourself with the necessary equipment. It is most convenient to use two cameras with lenses with different focal lengths: one wide-angle zoom, the other a telephoto zoom. This allows you to shoot different scenes without wasting time changing lenses. Optics must be high-aperture, otherwise many photos will simply not work. Provide both cameras with flashes. Flash diffusers should be attached for softer illumination. Also grab a tripod. He will help you take beautiful interior photos in a restaurant. If you can carry reflectors with you, take them. They are never superfluous. An assistant can also be very helpful. He can both carry and give you equipment, and take pictures from other angles.
Step 2
Usually everything starts in the bride's apartment. While the bridesmaids and relatives are scurrying around the bride, many interesting shots can be taken. Take off how the bride is made up, her hair, how she is dressed up in a dress. At this time, there is absolutely no time to pose and everyone is thinking about wedding matters, and the bride is very worried before meeting the groom. Therefore, the photographer is here the most expanse. As a result, the pictures are vivid and touching.
Step 3
Further more active actions begin: the groom arrives. The photographer should be on the alert. The bridegroom's relatives have prepared many obstacles for the groom to go through. It is important to catch interesting moments here. When the groom breaks through the entrance, the photographer will need a flash with a diffuser. It is necessary to fight somehow with poor lighting. In general, in difficult conditions, when people are crowding around the bride and groom, it is important to choose an advantageous position for shooting. Try to find a hill and shoot from above.
Step 4
After the ransom, everyone usually goes to the registry office, where the actual registration takes place. The lighting is usually the best here and there is often very little light. Therefore, you will either have to raise the light sensitivity (do not overdo it), or use a flash (of course, with a diffuser).
Step 5
Immediately after registering a marriage, they usually take a general picture (you will have a lot of such photos that day). Try to arrange people more interesting each time. At the same time, make sure that everyone is clearly visible (for example, stand back on a hill). Do several takes of the same plot. On one shot, someone's eyes may be closed, and on the next everything will be fine.
Step 6
Be sure to photograph the moments when the groom carries the bride in his arms, when the young are greeted with a loaf, when they break glasses, when the bride throws the bouquet, the groom takes off the garter and other traditional actions.
Step 7
During the walk, you can take not only reportage pictures, but also make several staged shots. Get creative and let it be young. Sometimes they come up with very interesting productions themselves. And, of course, don't miss anything important and interesting. Do not forget that you need to photograph not only the young, but also their wedding guests.
Step 8
In a restaurant and any other place where the rest of the festival will take place, the lighting is usually very poor, the walls can be very dark and in general there are many factors at once that complicate the work of the photographer. Here you have to use the flash. Place a diffuser on it for a softer, more natural light. And now catch, catch and catch the most interesting moments again. Good luck with your photography.
