What Should Be On Your Checklist for Your Wedding Day Photos?
One of the moments that most people would really love to preserve is the events on their wedding day: having a wedding day photo checklist is imperative!
Digital wedding photography has changed how wedding photographers can carry out their work ensuring the day is captured on disk. Looking at an image captured during the wedding or reception can bring the memories back more than watching a DVD!
The hardest thing if you are a friend or relation is trying to take photographs of the wedding day that they will be pleased with. This article highlights a few basic techniques and styles for anyone who wants to capture a friend or family members wedding using a digital camera.
Many amateur photographers make the mistake of taking pictures with a boring background which is not something you want in a wedding photo. Often when there is a good background there are just too many people in the shot, so if this is the situation, just try and capture a nice head and shoulders shot of the couple.
Try to get guests that have spectacles on to either remove them or hold their head at an angle so that there isn’t a reflection obscuring their eyes. Although some interesting effects can be achieved when you take a picture of a subject with the light behind them this may not be the right occasion to experiment so make sure the light is behind you when you take your shot.
A zoom lens will often enable you to take pictures that would not otherwise be possible as people are not so conscious of their photo being taken. You should be alert at all times when shooting digital wedding photography since you can seldom ask people to keep posing for you and the day is also about spontaneity.
All your efforts will be wasted if you forget to have fresh batteries or carry enough memory for your digital camera to take every image from the day. A one gigabyte card should be the bare minimum you have if your camera is a six mega pixel model, a larger capacity if the camera has a higher mega pixel rating.
Always remember that the higher the resolution used, the larger the size of prints that can be made so always keep a secure copy of your work so you can re-use them in the future. To ensure your pictures are safe and ready to print, save them as soon as possible to your computer’s hard drive and create a CD you can present to the couple.
If you have a passion for photography and a good relationship with the two people getting married then your digital wedding photography images should come out just fine. Just make sure your wedding day photo checklist has been ticked off!
