Even though time moves forward, the images of a couple’s wedding day can be captured forever. The beauty of digital wedding photography is the speed at which you can see and distribute the images, around the world if required.
Most wedding photographers have assistants so they can create a wedding album that will be memorable but if you want to take pictures of a friend’s wedding, who will help you?Fortunately for wedding photographers they can use an assistant to help them get the right shots but if you’re a friend taking pictures, then how do you take good shots of the day?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. Here are some tips if you find yourself at a friend or relations wedding taking photos with your digital camera.
Firstly, if you want to take a picture of the couple or any other guest, make sure that the background is good and the shot will not be too crowded. Portrait images (those that show just head and shoulders) can be very effective especially if the background is hardly in the shot.
If there is bright sunlight or you are using flash, ask guests who are wearing glasses to remove them just for the shot or as an alternative they could turn their head slightly to the side. If you are shooting into the light, remember to compensate and increase the aperture otherwise the couple (or guests) will appear dark in the image.
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. 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.
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. As a general rule, if your camera is a 6 mega pixel resolution then you will need a large storage capacity card that will hold a few hundred shots at high resolution so a 1 gigabyte card should be sufficient.
The higher the resolution you set the better the images will be and the larger they can be printed out. Storing the wedding images on a computer or CD will mean that you can print them off whenever you want but a presentation CD can be played back on a TV.
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.
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