How To Photograph A Wedding

You should know the do s and don ts of wedding photography before shooting any weddings.

How to photograph a wedding. The shutter speed of 1 60 or 1 80 prevents blurriness while the aperture that is in between f 1 8 and f 5 6 can accommodate various types of portraits. Flick through a wedding magazine at a newsstand for a little inspiration. More of the photo will be in focus and you will capture the vastness of the scene.

6 experiment with perspective when something is blocking your shot. While it s hard to recommend the best combination of aperture shutter speed and iso for wedding photography there s a certain range of settings that work well in the majority of cases. I m super excited to share this with you a full overview behind the scenes what goes on the fun stuff the stressful stuff what needs to be prepared and basically just a really awesome summary of the whole day start to end.

Learning the basics from a veteran photographer will help you avoid common mistakes. Save those for the dance. Getting used to using natural light for portraits is a great benefit to your wedding photography.

Try reaching out to a professional wedding photographer before you start your own wedding photography business. A lot of the images of the guests are photographed outside. Included in this ebook are 7 chapters covering.

7 chapters of practical wedding photography advice. For the first dance my personal preference is to set up my flash on a light stand across from my shooting location and photograph the bride and groom as a rim lit semi silhouette with the strobe flare in the frame. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to shoot wedding photography that is exactly what this photography for beginners post is all about.

Beg borrow hire or steal an extra camera for the day and set it up with a different lens. This photo was taken at 1 250 f 2 8 iso 400 35mm with the flash set to manual mode at 1 8th. They may allow you to shadow them at weddings they ve booked or pick their brain for advice.