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Tips to Improve Your Wedding Photos
Do you know how long a woman (and hopefully her fiance as well) is going to spend planning her wedding? The answer , of course, will vary, but it's usually dozens, if not hundreds of hours. There are a lot of details about the wedding and the reception, so it's no wonder a bride is going to be concerned about the quality of her wedding photos. What's the point of going to all that trouble and investing all that energy in choosing items that will be forgotten a week, month, or year later? Commemorating these details in beautiful wedding photos is more important than many people realise, as the wedding day is over in a matter of hours, but wedding photos last a lifetime.
So how are you going to take better pictures? Whether you're a professional photographer or just someone with a wedding coming up and want to improve your techniques, there are some simple things you can do to take amazing wedding photos that everyone will love.
1) Plan Ahead of time
For one thing, be sure to plan ahead of time. Make sure you've got a good list of poses and portraits that you absolutely need to get. It's easy to think that you know all the great moments at a wedding that you want to shoot, but it's very easy to get caught up in the excitement of the day and take a look at some very important wedding photos. You also need to remember that some shots need to be taken at a certain time-you absolutely have to take pictures of the cake before it is sliced, the reception hall before everyone fills it up and blocks the decorations, and so on. Many important wedding photos have been lost because the photographer simply lost his chance.
2) Being creative
You can also improve your wedding photos by being a little creative. When you pose a couple, don't just let them look right at the camera, but let them look at each other or share a kiss. Even the wedding photos of the couple walking away can express the idea that they're going to their new life together.
3) Play with angles
Play your angles as well. Get up on a chair to get a picture of the wedding cake from above, rather than straight ahead. Zoom in one corner of the cake, the bride's bouquet, the groom's lapel, or some other important detail. Remember that you can't get everything in each of your wedding photos, and some of them should focus on those little details instead of trying to fit everything in.
4) Practice!
You can also practice your wedding photos even if you're not at a wedding. Choose some objects around the house that you can use as a practice and play different angles. Practice taking action shots or have some friends pose in your yard so you can pretend that these are poses for your wedding photos. Keep doing this, and you'll notice that your photos will improve greatly when you're at a wedding in your future.