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A wedding is a day to be remembered for a lifetime. It is a day where emotions are super charged and there is a feeling in the air that anything is possible. The photographer’s job is to capture this unique feeling at a wedding. Your photos should reflect that this feeling is contagious. This means that you need to have candid shots of not just your wedding couple, but also of the guests at the wedding.

Candid guest shots are proof to the couple that their wedding was a special day to remember for everyone who attended. Imagine how the couple will feel when they see a candid photo of their uncle teary-eyed, or of their college roommate who always seemed so shy but at the wedding he just tore it up on the dance floor.

The easiest way for you to capture candid moments of the guests is to be aware of everything that is happening around you. You need to begin to be aware of the normal flow of events at a wedding so that you know what is going to happen before it happens.

An example of knowing what to expect during the ceremony: when the priest is talking to the bride and groom. You should get your normal couple shots of the bridal couple at this point. Great. But for the next few minutes you know that the priest will keep talking, and the bride and groom are pretty much going to look the same. This is the time to turn around and see what the guests are doing.

But remember it needs to be candid. So what I do is I kind of take a general sweeping look at the guests behind me and face forward again. Nobody knows that I was looking at him or her, it just seems that I was looking around. Still facing forward, I have in my head the image I want to shoot of one guest in particular who I think looked to be in a moment. So I set my camera settings, then quickly turn around and get the shot before the guest realizes he or she is a photo opp.

Another example of knowing what is going to happen before it happens is when the music starts and people are still too shy to get on the dance floor. But you the photographer, because you have this sixth sense for these things, know that all the little kids at the wedding are going to go play on the dance floor. Start setting your camera to a high speed setting and get out there. And remember that kids are great subjects for candids. Know where they are during the wedding, and I can promise you some great candids.

Thanks a lot for reading, and see if this tip works for you at your next wedding.

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