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- Wedding Photography Gig: How to Prepare
- Interesting Photo of the Day: Infinite Tunnel of Books
- Mastering Challenging Lighting Conditions for Nightclub Style Photography
| Wedding Photography Gig: How to Prepare Posted: 19 Jun 2013 04:48 PM PDT The role of a wedding photographer–helping to document one of the most important days of a person’s life– is very important. So it goes without saying that the job must be done well. Many of the opportunities to snap the perfect picture are fleeting and will be lost forever if missed. It’s normal to be nervous, considering the situation. I remember how I felt before my first wedding. But if you are confident that you are fully prepared for the big day, you can focus more of your attention on being ready when those precious moments arise.  “Bridal Portrait” captured by Frikkie Kapp. (Click image to see more from Frikkie Kapp.) The methods you employ before the day of the wedding and the equipment you need may be quite different from those of other forms of photography, so the following checklist may prove invaluable. Preparing for the Wedding Day Interviewing the ClientsHaving a questionnaire prepared beforehand is a necessary aid in interviewing the bride and groom. It both ensures that you don’t forget any major details and adds a nice professional touch. The questionnaire should ask for information regarding:
It’s also important to find out the types of specific shots that they will require. Do they want group shots? If so, who will these include? Will it be the bride and groom with the wedding party, with their separate families, or other special combinations? Always take the time to ask the couple if they have any specific needs or desires that they wish to communicate. They must feel that you understand that this day is all about them, and that you are flexible and adaptable based on their unique situation. This interview is absolutely essential to the process, as it allows you to be fully prepared when the moment of truth arrives. Scouting LocationsScouting the venues is useful on many levels. It allows you to ascertain travel times between locations, it gives you the opportunity to check out the available lighting, which will permit you ample time to find solutions to any lighting challenges that will arise, and it allows you to find the best spots to position yourself and any second or third shooter(s) you may have. Take the time to speak to the staff at these locations to find out if there are any limitations or requirements of which the bride and groom were not aware. This can save some serious frustration.  “Bridal Shoot” captured by Jennifer Bradford. (Click image to see more from Jennifer Bradford.) Creating a SchedulePrepare a schedule for yourself so you know exactly when you have to be at each location and exactly what you should be doing at these locations. Leave yourself some breathing room by arriving early, and be ready for any unexpected changes that may arise. Although the ideal wedding would go off without a hitch, plan for it to be anything but ideal so that any surprises don’t completely render your schedule obsolete. Have a shot list on hand (preferably memorized) that lists all of the necessary shots at each location and within a given time frame. The last thing you want is to get home, start processing, and realize that you forgot to shoot something that was specifically requested. Preparing EquipmentThis short checklist will give you an idea of the essential gear that you should have on hand at every wedding. Note that there is definitely other useful equipment to have. This list is what I take to be the bare minimum:
 “Photo 8″ captured by Evgeniy Lyaschuk. (Click image to see more from Evgeniy Lyaschuk.) The only thing I would add to this list is a person to keep track of gear while you are out there trying to secure those pristine images. Like I said, there is much room for adding practices and equipment to this list, but I think that it can be used as a minimal guideline in ensuring that you have at least the absolute essentials for your wedding shoot. About the Author: For Further Training on Wedding Photography:Check out Simple Wedding Photography, it covers everything you need to know to photograph a wedding and the business behind it. From diagrams of where you should stand throughout the ceremony to advice on all the final deliverables to the client. This 200 page ebook will be useful to wedding photographers of any experience level. It also carries a 60 day guarantee, so there is no risk in trying it. It can be found here: Simple Wedding Photography eBook Go to full article: Wedding Photography Gig: How to Prepare |
| Interesting Photo of the Day: Infinite Tunnel of Books Posted: 19 Jun 2013 12:29 PM PDT It’s a book lover’s dream, or maybe a librarian’s nightmare. Look closely: it’s not a deep well made of bricks, but rather a bottomless pit . . . of books. But before you get a headache trying to figure out how somebody built that thing, rest assured it is actually the result of a clever bit of visual illusion. Housed in a library in Prague, the tunnel of books has mirrors at the top and bottom to give it the impression of extending endlessly into space.  Infinite Tunnel of Books in Prague library (Click to See Full Size, Imgur) The photo above presents a pretty seamless perspective — you can’t really tell where the mirror is; there’s so many books that it’s hard to detect where the visual repetition starts. To see how this installation actually works, check out the video below to take a look inside the tunnel for yourself (for those of you reading this by email, the video can be seen here): Go to full article: Interesting Photo of the Day: Infinite Tunnel of Books |
| Mastering Challenging Lighting Conditions for Nightclub Style Photography Posted: 19 Jun 2013 10:47 AM PDT Commercial photographers are regularly faced with challenging lighting conditions and rigid deadlines. Meticulous planning and flexibility are required to capture just the look the client is after within the given time frame. When Nick Fancher was asked to create nightclub style images in the middle of the day, he made a seemingly impossible task look easy. Watch as he provides a behind-the-scenes look into a campaign shoot for Neon Nancy (for those of you reading this by email, the video can be seen here): This type of shoot is technically difficult because of the time of day and the small amount of light given off by LEDs. Fancher had to black out the daylight streaming in from the nightclub’s windows. For some of the shots, he needed to use his flashes at their lowest power (1/64) and control the light by gridding the flashes and shooting them through umbrellas to recreate the feel of a club at night. The photographer also faced the challenge of mixing his studio lighting equipment with the nightclub strobes. During the shoot, he made use of four Speedlites gelled with green, cyan, blue, and orange. His creative use of colored light, the house lights, and fog resulted in final images that look like they were taken in a lively nightclub after dark. Take a look at some of Fancher’s finished photographs along with his lighting setup diagrams:
Nick Fancher demonstrates what it takes to succeed in the world of commercial photography. Photographers must work quickly and systematically with unpredictable lighting scenarios and short turnarounds to give their clients exactly what they need. Go to full article: Mastering Challenging Lighting Conditions for Nightclub Style Photography |
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