Wedding picture ideas
Wedding picture ideas - The wedding photography ideas that we will be
discovering are going to be all about giving the final product to the
newlyweds. Starting the day after the wedding we are going to look at
reviewing the shoot, choosing photos, possible photo-shopping
techniques, the final consult and delivery of the wedding album.
Let us assume the wedding day went as planned, and you now have
literally hundreds of photos on your various memory cards. It is time to
start screening and separating these shots. The easiest way, of course,
is to download them all onto your computer. Do not, I repeat do not
erase the memory cards after downloading them as they may come in handy
later. Having done that it is time to weed out the unusable shots. Open a
new folder and put all the shots that you believe are just not good
enough to use into it. You only want to keep the best to show your
clients. Do not delete these shots as you may need to go back to them
later.
Then you will need another folder for your photo list shots. Go down the
list and retrieve all the list shots to that folder. As you check them
off you might find some of them missing. You will probably find them in
the unusable folder. Pull out any of these shots and put them in a new
folder marked for photo-shopping. The remaining photos will probably
fall into the following three categories: Posed shots, candid shots, or
fun/artistic shots.
After you have looked over, and sorted every exposure taken on the
wedding day, you can get to work putting together a presentation for the
newlyweds when they return from their honeymoon. The first thing you
want to do is photo-shop all the photo list images. If you have been
working with digital photography for any length of time, you probably
already have a system that you are familiar with, and that works for
you. At this point in time you may wish to go back over the unusable
shots and see if any are worthy of trying to fix.
Depending on what was promised contractually, you can go ahead and put
together a disc for the couples perusal. On it should be the photo list
photos, the best of the posed and candid shots, and any of the fun, or
artistic images that you feel are exciting enough to be included. Meet
with the newlyweds and go through the disc picture by picture. If they
need more time leave a copy of the disc with them and set a time for
another meeting. They may however know exactly what they want, and you
will come away with a list of photos for the album, and specified shots
for enlargement as previously agreed upon.
Now it is a simple matter of going and printing up the required photos.
Either at home, if you have the proper digital equipment, or at your
favourite digital printing house. Having done this and putting the
agreed upon package together, it is time to deliver it to the newly
married couple and whatever friends, or relatives are necessary. At this
time you should receive the balance of your fee, and the contract is
fulfilled with all parties coming away happy. Now you may go back and
clear your memory cards so you are ready for the next shoot. You may
also pick out any spectacular photos for your portfolio or advertising.
I hope that this article series, filled with wedding photography ideas,
has made this process enjoyable and satisfying for you, both
artistically, and financially. Remember, photography is phun, and keep
on clicking that shutter!
