Rex Photography

Does anyone know anything about wedding photography?

I'm might be doing someones wedding but need advice on what pictures to take. Does anyone know of a good website or have any advice of their own. thanks. i'm using a 10.5mp canon eos 400d. Its my dad and his girlfriends wedding and its in july 2008 but they wanna know soon so they can stop trying to book someone else.

Public Comments

1. Why don't you sit down with the couple and ask them what they want. Make a list and work from that. I know that when I got married we had a friend do the pictures, and had been to the venue to have a look before hand. He then knew what we wanted and it went smoothly enough. Of course there's no stopping you from walking around photographers near to where you live and have a look at the traditional wedding posses, and I would certainly recommed that you go to the venue before the day. The traditional posses that I can think of are: - Bride before arrival with bridesmaids etc. Same for groom. - Groom with Best Man at venue. - Bride arriving at venue. - Entry of bride into venue. - Bride and grrom coming down the isle. - Family groups outside venue. -Cake etc etc etc Just relax into it. You'll be fine, and enjoy. By the way I'm doing my sisters photos in August. I must remember to read this again, and follow my own advise !! :)
2. * Couple comming down the isle * Bride throwing the bouquet * Confetti being thrown over the bride * Couples first dance * Groom putting ring on Brides finger * Groom and brides first kiss * Best man speech * Other speeches * Cutting of the cake They are the main highlights of a wedding - MAKE SURE YOU "SNAP" THEM UP I took pictures for my friends wedding, cheaper and the photos came out really well aswell! Hope that helped Best Wishes Have a lovely time.
3. I have been a pro since 1989 but shoot advertising work, ONLY doing weddings for close friends because weddings give me nervous breakdowns:) Anyways, I believe if you go to the website call www.theknot.com they even have a list of photographs for you to look at. c
4. Hi, unless you're a very confident and competant photographer I suggest you don't even think about shooting weddings yet. What I do suggest is you do some work experience with a professionals- ring them up and volunteer to be their assistant for the day for free. Wedding photography is high pressure + really really stressful - even if it is for friends. You need to have x2 of everything in case your first kit fails on you etc etc. If you're up for it good luck! Otherwise go out and get some experience on the job first.
5. My recommendation is that if you are asking these questions, then you probably are not ready to shoot a wedding. You might want to reconsider and back out.
6. please be careful when taking wedding photos they are once only photos so if you mess them up you have lost their day are you using digital or film? what time of the year? these are important because you need to know what type of films to use. because of light. with digital minimum 8 million pixels with at least 1x 2 gig cards or a 2gig card you will need a computer lap top so that the guests can see them virtual right after the meal. you need to take the booking of how many deposits and who wants what becareful with some they get carried a way ordering then bauck at paying the most impotant thing is not to get side tracked by any of the guests its not their wedding it doesn't matter how well you know the people they wont be very happy if you ruin their day a public libilty insurrance is always a good option if anything goes wrong
7. I reccommend that they book a working professional wedding photographer and you take pictures as a family member.
8. Look for ideas on other peoples websites and on www.deviantart.com Don't go for posed ones - i mean of course have a few of the usual ones..... the 'old fashioned' ones -they are timeless.. but non posed ones show the ' real ' image if you know what i mean... Zoom in on the hands when the rings are being put on... Make the photos ' clean ' and ' fresh ' 'Sweetie' up there ^^ has some good ideas.. Just take as many photos as you can... its often the random ones which can turn out the best.. Just try your best - find good angles and lights and it's all good =) But i also agree with everyone else - let them hire someone professional... but go and take the photos anyway, if purely for your own practice =)
9. If you are doing portraits, you will need a lighting setup...consider the packages at AlienBees. Do a lot of studying on portrait photography. If you are doing candids, get a good diffusion tool such as Joe Demb's "Flip-it" (large), or a Gary Fong Lightsphere. This assumes you have a good pivoting flash unit. Avoid using the flash directly on your subjects. If you are shooting the ceremony, consider something like an f/2.8 zoom that goes to at least 200mm. If you cannot use flash in the ceremony, the fast lens will be helpful. Also, don't be afraid to shoot in higher ISO (assuming you have a dSLR) since you can take out the noise later in Photoshop.