Wedding Photograph Checklist
There is no other day like your wedding day and it can be over so quickly but by having photographs means you can treasure each moment of it forever; with digital wedding photography you can capture all those amazing moments for everyone to see. DVD’s have made the wedding day come alive but still images always win the day because they capture a ‘moment in time’.
If you want to take photographs of your friend’s or relations wedding then you will have to do it on your own because you won’t have an assistant like the professionals have. So, if you need some help for a wedding you are to attend and you are going to use a digital camera, then you may find some useful information in this article.
Many amateur photographers make the mistake of taking pictures with a boring background which is not something you want in a wedding photo. Don’t worry too much if you can’t get a full body shot of the couple as you can get around this problem by taking a portrait shot of them which will solve the problem.
Although you don’t always think about it at the time, try to ensure those wedding guests wearing spectacles either take them off or provide you with a semi-profile shot. To avoid people in the shot coming out dark when the sunlight is behind them, unless you know what you are doing, move them so the sun is behind you.
Some of the best pictures you will take will be those where the subject(s) do not know the shot is being taken and the best way to do this is by using a zoom lens. With digital wedding photography always remember to be ready for the shot as it saves people posing.
Digital cameras rely on two things, memory and power and the last thing you want when you take your shots is to run out of memory or for the batteries to die on you. Professional digital slr cameras start at 6 mega pixels and very few compacts are now below that so your card will need to be a minimum of one gigabyte to be on the safe side.
If you intend to have the pictures blown up to a large size you will need to ensure your cameras resolution is set to maximum. Once you have the images it is only a matter of printing out the ones you want and saving all of them on a CD for a permanent storage or presentation.
The success you have with your shots and your digital wedding photography will depend on two things, your feelings for the couple and the love of photography itself.
