Friday, November 7, 2008

The Ultimate Wedding Photography Tips

By Amanda Maseko

The wedding day is probably the top moment for people to try and keep and why not. Digital wedding photography is instant and this is why some people consider the wedding photographer almost as important as the person performing the wedding ceremony.

This isn't easy; creating that perfect shot if you are taking photographs without help as there is only so much you can do on your own without help. With the information here you may find taking photographs with a digital camera at a wedding a little easier.

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.

Spectacled guests can be a problem as glare from their glasses obscures their eyes and reflects back at the camera. If there is someone in the group that you particularly want to take a photograph of but they are in a crowd then try using the zoom, it will give a good close-up that you wouldn't achieve any other way.

Natural, wedding photos always look better than staged ones but difficult to capture when you are too close so a powerful zoom lens is a great advantage. As you can't keep asking people to pose for you, always have the camera to hand because digital wedding photography is just as much about having natural, un-posed for shots.

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. Professional digital slr cameras start at 6 mega pixels and very few compacts are now below that so your card will need to be a minimum of one gigabyte to be on the safe side.

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. You can do this by saving albums on your personal computer to free up the space on your memory card or burn them to a cd or dvd.

Digital wedding photography has become firmly established over the last few years and how successful you are will depend on how much you enjoy the challenge. - 15437

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