The beauty of the blushing bride in loads of satin and lace and the brilliantly colored wedding bouquet adding specks of flair to milieu can only be frozen for posterity by high quality digital wedding photography. Snapshots that are badly focused or taken in bad light might leave an unsavory taste to the otherwise perfect ceremony. No bride would ever need to see herself in red eyes or jaded wedding gown due to bad photography techniques. You can set the sky as your limit thanks to the immense possibilities of digital photography, which allows you to pick up the best possible imprints of your wedding. You can crop out the badly focused ones or even out those shiny noses during the editing process.
Digital wedding photography allows to unfurl the artistic talents of the photographers to its best. Digital photography has an upper hand in capturing romantic and intimate moments of the wedding session unlike the rigid and posed snap shots of the yore. Digital photography ensures unobtrusive images as it has many advanced features like faster shutter speed and zoom options, which can weave magic into each of these imprints.
The present day brides have a greater choice on how these special moments of their life need to be recorded for posterity. Pack oomph to your wedding snaps through creativity and dramatic expressions of an experienced photographer. While the black and white images has a distinct story telling charm , the colored images talk about the present trends and vogues and digital photography allows a photographer to strike a subtle balance between these two aspects of creative photography.
Digital photography has opened up countless vistas of opportunities for the brides to cherry pick their shots and to whip up an exciting weddings portrait. Spontaneous and emotional moments are captured best in digital photography and the ever increasing scope and technology has allowed a pure wedding photographer to be a perfectionist to the core. From the yesteryears of film rolls and dark rooms, wedding photographer has undergone a sea change in the last few years, bringing cheer to the all couples planning to tie the knot. More than just still photographs, digital snapshots seamlessly blend, symbolism and abstraction with fine arts, which make each of these imprints as stunning as a folk art painting- natural and lively.
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Can someone give me some positives and negatives about wedding photography?Hi, I'm a senior in high school and i've been really interested in photography for years. I take pictures of people all the time, and I think a good career for that would be wedding photography. I've heard some bad things about it, like the weekend hours. But can someone tell me some positives? Or other good careers involved with photography that would suite me.
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Interesting video… some helpful tips
Wonderful video and tips, tried to rate it but it says ratings are disabled. I would give it 5 stars
Thank you a lot… I’m going to get married and it is a really good guide for us.. thanks indeed.
Personally, I use Canon 40D and 5DMkII. Its Canon V Nikon really (a bit like PC V Mac). Both will get the job done and it comes down to personal preference.
Though, more important than the camera itself is:
1. The lenses. A poor quality lens on the best camera will result in a poor image.
2. The ability of the photographer. As stated, all the best gear in the world cant make a bad photo a good one.
Are you a beginning photographer? Try some basic photography first. Wedding photography is not a genre for novice photographers.
I am all for learning through books, but weddings are one thing that may be best learned as an apprentice to a working photographer. (That is assuming that you have quite a bit of knowledge af photography in general, and understand both technical and artistic basics.) That's not to say you can't get anything from a book, of course you can depending largely on your learning style and self-motivation. One book for any photographer has to be "Understanding Exposure" by Bryan Peterson. He also has books on portraiture and composition that are well done. For weddings specifically, "Portrait Photography Handbook", Monte Zucker, "Existing Light for Wedding and Portrait Photography", Bill Hurter, and Steve Sint's "Wedding Photography: Art, Business and Style". "The Art of Wedding Photography" by Bambi Cantrell.
Again I stress weddings are not for new photographers. It is harder than it seems, and the stakes are high for the parties involved. Best wishes.
Kind of weird, I was in an identical situation before we selected our photographer. When we compared both, we found the real decision was whether we felt either photographer knew how to use their equipment. The traditional photographer had made many negative comments about digital, how you can't see the lighting well, how you have to wait for a few seconds between pictures, etc. When we went to our digital photographer we asked her point blank about those comments. She was able to show us her pictures and explain that with today's technology those concerns are really nothing to worry about. Also, as someone previously mentioned, in digital photography they can just take and take and take because they aren't considering the cost to develop, where as the traditional photographer said " I will take 6 or 7 rolls of film…" When it came down to it we enjoyed the digital photographers personality, proofs, and professionalism so we went with her. (Not to mention she was a little bit more cost efficient.) My parents, in the end, were just fine with our decision. They know we take deep interest in our selections we are making for vendors and that we try to consider everything. Good luck with your choice! Remember it is YOUR wedding!
Super. I adore his remark ‘Always ask permission to touch the bride’ !! Class gent. Great lesson.
Great tips and great video. Thanks so much.
Just what I have been looking for. Very helpful. Thanks
Awesome video, thanks for posting. I have my first wedding next year.
Make sure sister is prepared to receive less than stunning photos of her big day. Although you may do a decent job there will still be things that would be done better using a professional. Also think of this: As the event photographer you will not be participating in the festivities as a sister and honored guest. You will be working. All day. No time to chat with sis and family members. Also family members and other people may not take you seriously as the real photographer, so you may find it difficult to take control when you need to.
Anyway, here is a link:
http://www.rokkorfiles.com/Wedding101-page1.html
Also http://www.photo.net, look for the beginners section in the wedding and event forum.
If you decide to do it, be sure to get backup equipment of some sort. Cameras do fail, so you need to be able to continue shooting. I have given many tips to first time shooters, just look at some of my past answers and you will find my sage advice repeated many times. Good luck.
I don't think there really is a "best" camera for anything. People should realize that the lens makes a lot of difference and is just as important a consideration as the camera body.
I also agree with the recommendations above. The Olympus E Series cameras are quite good. You may want to get the larger cameras like the E510 or E500, and stay away from the E410. This is because when you attach heavier lens to the camera body it will be unbalanced if you choose a smaller lighter body. You should also look into the Nikon D80 or the Canon 30D. They are also very nice cameras, and they look professional, which means your clients will trust you to take their pictures.
When choosing a lens, don't skimp on the quality. For instance, if you are going with Olympus I recommend the 14-54mm F2.8-3.5 lens which retails for about $400. This lens is one of the best quality to price lens available. You need to get lens which have a large maximum aperture because you will mostly be shooting indoors. Also a large aperture will give you good blurring of background for portraits. You should also buy at least one prime lens. A prime lens gets you sharper images and normally have a large maximum aperture like F2.8. Consider getting the 50mm F2.0 lens which is great as your main portrait lens.
There are also "accessories" (more like fundamental gear) that you need to consider like a tripod, flash units, spare batteries (at least two extra for backup purposes), another camera body (again for backup if the first one fails), portable lighting units, a laptop (for mobile work), etc.. It's going to be costly all the equipment you need to purchase but that's the startup recommendations you need to look at.
Great stuff … thanks …
Love you softbox for your speedlight. Is there also something like that for the Nikon’s speedlight SB900 that you know?
Thanks in advance.
Cheers, andré from Holland
It depends on the package that you purchase. Most photographers will charge a fee for the images on a cd. But not all do. Mine isn't charging me for it. You have to negotiate that in the beginning. Remember, EVERYTHING is negotiable when you're getting married. Tell the photographer what you want to spend and what you want to get for it. Normally they'll agree, maybe with a little negotations.
The cheapest and best would either be a Nikon D50 or a Nikon D70s (if the Nikon D70 is no longer available anywhere).
Some snippets from the D50 conclusion:
"Unlike Canon when they produced the EOS 300D (Digital Rebel) Nikon chose not to cripple their affordable digital SLR. Instead the D50 while lacking some of the D70's features doesn't compromise performance or photographic flexibility, most important for first time buyers who (surely) the manufacturers hope will progress to a more expensive D-SLR later."
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"The nicest thing about the D50 however is that it just feels right, build wise it's a step above the Canon EOS 350D and Pentax *ist DS, it's also not too small, I'm all for making cameras lighter but there's a limit as to how small you can make an SLR before the hand grip feels cramped and controls begin to get in the way. The D50 feels as responsive as any film camera and is a pleasure to shoot with. The only change I would make would probably be a larger viewfinder view (like that of the Pentax *ist DS).
I'm quite happy to give the D50 our highest rating, Highly Recommended, there's little to dislike and for anyone looking for an affordable digital SLR it has to be seriously considered. My only advice would be to research lenses and decide if you want to go with the Kit or spend a little more on a slightly better lens."
The following links will give you a guidline as to price and say a little something about lenses.
Nikon D50
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond50/
Nikon D70s (Just some info not a full review)
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0504/05042003nikond70s.asp
And not to be completly biased.
The site also reviews the 350D that someone else has mentioned.
350D
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos350d/
From the conclusion:
"when we reviewed the EOS 300D we were disappointed that they had chosen to effectively cripple it by 'coding out' certain features such as metering mode, AF mode, flash exposure compensation, flash sync curtain, mirror lock-up etc. These features were removed in software and it wasn't long before hackers began to restore them in the form of unofficial firmware updates. Thus we should remember that quite a few of the 'new features' available on this camera are there just because they've not been removed.
We did have some control issues too, I was surprised to see settings such as ISO, metering, AF mode and white balance moved from the status LCD to the LCD monitor (which means you have to be able to see it to make changes) and with the requirement of an extra press of the SET button to make changes stick. Lets hope a firmware update can take care of that. We were also disappointed with the 'new' Kit lens, it effectively cripples the potential of the 350D with softness and ghosting at small apertures, do yourself a favour and go for the body only option along with a good lens (the EF-S 17-85 mm IS is good but expensive)."
Though remember the choice of DSLR is also that of personal choice so try and give whichever cameras you are considering a trial run. Also remember not only does the Body (camera) make a difference but also the choice of lens.
Good luck in your choice.
PS
As I am sure you are aware the Cybershots & Powershots are not DSLRs.
PPS
The KODAK P850 is also not a DSLR.
People he asked about DSLR's not any old digital camera.
In my personal opinion, DSLR for the service and the RZ67 for the formal shots, portraits etc…
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Hi there.. like your style.. good use of available light.. cheers from Thina Doukas Photography in Sydney
The absolute cheapest you can get away with is a Canon 350D or a Nikon D50. And whichever you get, you'll need 2 of them. (As a pro, you need a backup for every piece of essential gear. No matter what item malfunctions, you have to keep on shooting!)
One step up, and you can get the Canon 30D in combination with a Canon 350D backup, or a Nikon D70/ D200 in combination with a D50/ D70 backup body.
If money is no object, get 2 Canon 1DsMk2's or 2 Nikon D2X's.
For the lenses, you'll want a 70-200mm zoom for candids, something like a 17-55mm zoom as your workhorse, plus maybe a few f/1.4 or f/1.8 primes. Some photographers like to also throw in a fish eye lens. (Again, double up on ranges you can't do without.)
Add 2 flash units, a ton of batteries, a tripod, plenty of memory cards, a hefty carrying bag, software (Photoshop with some plugins and perhaps Capture One), and a few other odds and ends, and your set.
Your looking at a total price of, ummm… $3000 for a budget setup and $7000+ for anything decent.