Christian wrote:
John Celio wrote:
The wedding I'm shooting draws closer every day, and I get more and
more nervous every time I think about it. It's just under a month
away now. I'd like to ask for a little help:
What are your favorite wedding photos? Photos you've shot, someone
has shot of you, or photos someone else shot that you've seen online.
Thanks, everyone. I cannot believe how nervous I am just writing
about this!
I hate weddings. I hate everything about weddings. I hate how
wedding photos are all so contrived and silly.
me too me too me too... but I shot a few for a small amolunt of money
for good friends or as wedding presents...
I'll post a few pictures I actually like that I took at weddings to my
smugmug site ... maybe :-)
John - the most important thing (to the bride) is that you get at least
one decent shot of EVERYONE at the wedding...
in addition to the requisite posed ones and getting all the rituals...
. The people who hired you have seen your photos
right? so they picked you because of you... but I know that my friend
whose wedding I couldn't shoot (because I couldnt
go to the wedding in Chile) was heartbroken, as was her mother, that the
local photog had over shot the local relatives
and friends of the groom, and even missed totally the brides brother
with his girlfriend and mo re than one friend of the bride's
family who had travelled at great expense to attend the event. Not to
mention that the photos were not so good for the most
part, either...
Ask the bride for a list of key things/ people, beyond the obvious...
Go for lots of candids when the reception losens up and people are less
concious of you and are having fun.
Shoot the formal stuff with your camera on tripod .
my 2 cents if it is of any help
ann
That being said, I always admired (former PDMLer) Tom Vanveen's work
for what I found as uniqueness in the field.
http://www.bigdayphoto.com/wedding_galleries.htm
Tom is definitely a super wedding photog... good to look at those...
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