Life has calmed down a bit for us. My little guys is starting pre pre school soon and my health issues are starting to resolve. Thank goodness because I booked this wedding some time ago. It's for the couple whose engagement photos I shot way way back when. I wanted to share them here along with some other tips I learned while doing this wedding:
Here are just a couple of my favorite shots in a slideshow...
Some things I learned:
1. Always have a ton of batteries and more memory cards than you think you will need.
2. Shoot in RAW as much as possible especially if you aren't sure of the lighting or have a fast paced day.
3. Make a kit with double sided tape, sewing needles and white thread, deoderant, breathmints, small scissors and whatever else you may think the bride may need. Sometimes you have to jump in and save the day. I had to fix a flower bouquet and a dress.
4. Have a game plan (and a back up game plan). Visit the church, where the after shots will be taken and the reception hall ahead of time. Get an idea of what shots/poses you want to take and when. I would have been lost without doing that. The church was extremely dark so I had to rent a faster lens, the reception hall had a mansion attached to it with one of the coolest fireplaces that otherwise I would have never known existed (and produced some of the best pictures of the day). I had 20 minutes to shoot at the house ahead of time (when I thought we would have an hour) and 25 minutes between the church and reception. I had a game plan as to what shots I was taking, had everyone lined up and ready to go. Had I not had a game plan, I would have been sunk.
Once my laptop is back from the shop, I will do some screen prints of photoshop processing (easy) for this volume of photos. I took 1600 pictures. 1200 of which I decided were keepers. I'll also share how I did my workflow too. I think that I took the long way around but it's a learning experience for me. I have never taken and processed that many pictures before.
Here are just a couple of my favorite shots in a slideshow...
Some things I learned:
1. Always have a ton of batteries and more memory cards than you think you will need.
2. Shoot in RAW as much as possible especially if you aren't sure of the lighting or have a fast paced day.
3. Make a kit with double sided tape, sewing needles and white thread, deoderant, breathmints, small scissors and whatever else you may think the bride may need. Sometimes you have to jump in and save the day. I had to fix a flower bouquet and a dress.
4. Have a game plan (and a back up game plan). Visit the church, where the after shots will be taken and the reception hall ahead of time. Get an idea of what shots/poses you want to take and when. I would have been lost without doing that. The church was extremely dark so I had to rent a faster lens, the reception hall had a mansion attached to it with one of the coolest fireplaces that otherwise I would have never known existed (and produced some of the best pictures of the day). I had 20 minutes to shoot at the house ahead of time (when I thought we would have an hour) and 25 minutes between the church and reception. I had a game plan as to what shots I was taking, had everyone lined up and ready to go. Had I not had a game plan, I would have been sunk.
Once my laptop is back from the shop, I will do some screen prints of photoshop processing (easy) for this volume of photos. I took 1600 pictures. 1200 of which I decided were keepers. I'll also share how I did my workflow too. I think that I took the long way around but it's a learning experience for me. I have never taken and processed that many pictures before.
