Steps On Becoming A Good Wedding Photographer

By Arline Bradley


Photography is an art but this can also be a career and if you want to have a good business, you must learn how to communicate with people. Communication is the first key to be successful in this endeavor. Be sure you know how to reach out to the couple so you will be able to determine their needs.

You should also know that it is your obligation to look for a good location where you could shoot. A good Connecticut wedding photographer would also carefully do all the planning and be able to put together the details. You should know when you could have the right lighting and time frame. You should also have to do testing shots before starting so you will predict what issues are present.

The next matter that you should include in your consideration is the rules that you have to following a particular location and these would be varying in each venue. There are other churches who might not permit you to take photos during the sacred ceremony whereas other prohibit photographers all together. You better approach the coordinator because you will not know this from the couple.

Moreover, you must also create a shot list of all the pictures that you need to capture because this will work as your lifeline. This will constantly remind you of the things that you have to take during the affair so you will not be missing anything since your schedule might be hectic. Review the client needs and make a checklist out of them.

One more strategy which would be very effective is to always have a back up plan in case things would not work out and one thing that you can do is to bring with you extra batteries, memory cards as well as cameras. You would not predict when your current equipment would fail and it would save you from stress if you have already prepared for it. Who know you might have file corruption during the event.

There is always an advantage when you would not have to work alone which why it is better to have an assistant. If possible, bring a partner with you who possesses the necessary skills for the job. He will really be helpful for a lot of things.

Your duty would not only include capturing pictures of the newly wed couple but also of all the people that have attended the party. This kind of event would be very exciting so you might have difficulty getting the proper pictures requested of you. When this happens, you have to be polite yet firm to ask.

It is better to keep your shots raw that processed. Keeping them this way would unload a lot of work that when you do post processing. This will also give you better chances of having good exposure of the details.

Furthermore, you still need to review all the basic skills you have learned even if people have already branded you as a professional. You must still remember the important of composition, metering, aperture and depth of field. These should be constantly occupying your mind.




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