at a wedding Friday. (Ha, y'all thought I was gonna say something else, huh? lol)
Any advice? I'm a little nervous...
2007-08-29 03:39:53 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
well for sure -- and i know you probably all ready know this -- go alone! no kids, no husbands - no distractions, Digital cam, right? Always have 2 memory cards, 2 batteries with you, and ready for action. Make sure everything is charged up and in your bag the nite before, and take your charger with you -- just in case!
when you get there, find a safe - shady, off the beaten path to keep your stuff, keep a bottle of water for you, but keep it on the ground and away from your equipment, so incase you are in a hurry and thirsty -- no mistakes or spills. Check your little area that you will use as your "station" for the possibility of sprinklers, spills, accidents of any kind -- especially the wet kind - detrimental to successful clean, photography.
While out and around during the event -- if you put your camera down, pay close attention to the "spill syndrome" then too, someone;s drink, a pool splash, kids walking by wet from a pool, - anything -- even yourself- be careful when you go to the ladies room to go potty --don't let cam fall off a hook or get splashed by bathroom sinks.
and be careful of your own cocktail -or sometone else's spilling on it! i can't drink when i have taken photos for soemone's event, or i know i will probably spill my own drink on my own damn camera!
as far as the photography advice -- you know all that --- the light, the stop action stuff -- you are a pro at that! Just be careful of the little things that i mentioned above that can lead to disaster -- if you ever got one of those waterproof cases for you camera, - take it with you!
make sure someone gets a picture or 2 of you too!
i always set up and "act " like i am taking landscape shots first, so people don't have a camera pointed at them immediately -- i set up, walk around the grounds, say hello to those who have eye contact with me, or to people i know, etc., and just start pretending i am adjusting the cam to the landscape - i don't shoot any people. SOmetimes i am just faking all of this, i do this so people get desensetized to the camera. Before you know it, if you are just "adjusting your lense" to the landscape or whatever, people get comfortable, they don't even notice you anymore, and thats when you get the really good candid, and natural, unposed ,no fake smile shots. I love those true shots!
i have even gone so far as to give my eight year old a disposeable camera , or a girlfriend, an extra cam -- without even any film or card in it, to "act like" they are taking pics, for a little while at first, so people get used to several cams being around and the y get totally complacent to the whole camera/photography stuff going on around them, it becomes a non issue, they are just enjoying themselves and not posing. - unless of course for the group posed shots you ask them to do.
I love it when, after the event, and they see the pics, and people say -- I didn't even know there was someone taking pics of all this! wow!
2007-08-29 04:49:00 · answer #1 · answered by shannonzeecannon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Walk in and start taking pictures with an old 110 Instamatic and see what they say. Or Go in with an easel and paint and say you thought you were do a portrait of the wedding
2007-08-29 15:45:19 · answer #2 · answered by coachotis 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've always liked getting the picture of the couple's face at the altar .... not their backs. Move around the back & side of the Church to get side shots too.
Take candid shots using the longer lens so people don't feel your presence..... that way you capture the moment.
Take pictures of the audience so they will know who was there.
2007-08-29 10:47:08 · answer #3 · answered by Ronatnyu 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i went to a wedding once where they placed a disposable camera on each table. I got a great upskirt shot of the bride
2007-08-29 10:48:20 · answer #4 · answered by onherandoffher 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Click the button on the top and wait for the flash.
2007-08-29 10:45:05 · answer #5 · answered by Johnny Law III 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
just do your best they will be great! Take lots of candid shots
2007-08-29 10:44:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't suck at it..simple and to the point! Good Luck!
2007-08-29 10:43:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
i hope your good thats a lot of pressure good luck
2007-08-29 10:50:27 · answer #8 · answered by doggonehandsome 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You'll be great! Have fun!!
2007-08-29 10:44:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
now that you got me goin.... make them pose in the nude.... :)
2007-08-29 10:45:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋