...... they are beautiful and touching and every girls princess dream come true to one day walk down the isle in a cinderella white dress. While almost every girl – it really wasn’t a primary dream of mine. But that’s another story altogether.
Wedding photography is an art skill all on it’s own. No room for error. One must be able to capture that special moment in a seconds notice while assessing all types of photographic environmental situations. You have to know your equipment intimately so you can react instantly to various lighting conditions and unexpected acts of love and kindness that seems to unfold in copious amounts.
There is no going back to re-enact a scene. Can you image asking the officiant to re-insight the vows because you didn’t quite catch the moment of the ring being slipped on her finger? I always steered clear of wedding photography because of this – the stress factor price tag that accompanies such shoots. What if I miss the shoot or my gear breaks? What if the bride / groom don’t like my images? Worst yet, what if the parents don’t like it, as they are the one’s that usually fit the bill.
My answer to that: bring two camera bodies and two focal length lens (70 – 200 & 24 – 70 is what I have). Hire an assistant (to share the blame in case everything goes bust). But seriously, having an assistant was key for me – what I missed he caught, and vise versa. And lastly: relax, capture the mood and the emotion that so embodies weddings. If you can master that, then you will for sure at least win the hearts of your newly married couple and will be able to provide them with cherished memories forever.
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