This is the bride’s big day, the wedding. She's already nervous about everything from walking down the isle to the wedding portraits after. It's your job to make her look stunning.
It's easy to photograph weddings if only for one reason. Everyone looks great! They're dressed up in their utmost finest and feeling great about a blessed life-changing event.
It's hard to go wrong taking wedding portraits when everyone looks so lovely.
Don't fool yourself. Plenty can go wrong. One of the biggest faults of a new photographer is losing the bride in group shots. Again, it's the bride’s big day. She and her new groom should be the prime subjects in any photograph, including a group photograph.
When you're posing other people with the bride, including the groom, you need to create an extra-ordinary level of closeness between the bride and groom. Consider posing the traditional bridal party shot everyone standing to attention and looking straight at you the photographer. How about having the bride and groom share a passionate kiss in their group shot? The bridal party can be looking up at the bride and groom in an embrace that will have tears rolling down Grannies eyes for years?
Keep the bride and groom in complete focus at all times. Be sure to position the heads of the bride and every person she takes a photo with close together. It's not always as easy as it sounds. People aren't used to posing. They're not models they're real people who shy away from cameras.
It's common to leave far too much space between subjects in a group portrait. Don't make this mistake.
You may find yourself reminding even the groom, to move their head in very close to the bride. Most people feel unnatural getting that close in portraits. It's your job to help them understand the end result with be spectacular prints they will share for a lifetime and thereafter.
On your next wedding shoot remember:
- The bride and her groom should be the center of attention even in group shots.
- Step up the level of closeness between subjects which will give you very powerful images.
Do these two things and your photography business will endure as long as the photographs that you've created?
Kat Sias is the creator of a popular online Photography Community, New Bright Apples. New Bright Apples are growing beyond what was dreamed for this photography education site. Kat also owns and operates a successful St. Louis Marketing company.
Kathryn Sias works as co-owner of assisting LLC and is from St. Louis, Missouri. She promotes her clients' websites and does it beautifully.
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