Bring Out The Best In Creative Wedding Photography
October 8th, 2011 | Author: admin
How To Bring Out the Best In Creative Wedding Photography
To ask a photographer “How on earth did you get that shot” is like asking a writer to explain how he or she wrote a particular piece of literary work. There really isn’t any norm or predefined way – that’s just how it is with any creative process.
The most important factor in establishing good creative shots for a wedding album however, is getting to know the couple you’re photographing. Try to talk with them and establish some rapport so that they feel comfortable around you. Many couples are already distressed from the various anxieties associated with their upcoming wedding and you definitely do not want that to show during your shoots.
Try chatting with the couple and get to know them a little before you start shooting. Find out a little about their history, where they first met, their mutual interests, people and places that are special to them and so on. This information serves as a good source of ideas for themes and concepts of your photo shoot. The couple themselves usually have at least some idea of what they want their wedding album to look like.
As an example, one couple I photographed cited their university where they met and became a couple, as one of the most important places to them. So I suggested that they re-live their college days in our photo shoot. We walked around the university campus taking snaps of them together. They even donned old alma mater costumes to replicate the look.
When shooting live for an actual event, in my experience it’s always best to go for a candid shot where the subject is less “conscious” that he or she is being photographed. This makes for a more natural feel to your photographs and will not smack of being too “scripted” and fake.
Establishing a good relationship with the couple also plays an important part here. Once a couple is familiar with you, then they won’t feel uncomfortable or constrained (which will definitely appear in their gestures and facial expressions) when you’re seen walking around in the background taking pictures of them at their wedding.
One last tip is to make yourself at least slightly familiar with the place you’ll be shooting so you can anticipate good angles and best vantage points from which you can take excellent shots.
Happy snaps!
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