Category Archives: Wedding tips
Weddings without guests cameras?
I read an interesting article today about something my partner and I were discussing recently: couples asking guests to put down their cameras and phones and to just enjoy the wedding day. It’s nicer for the couple as they see their friends and family, with their smiles and tears, rather than being faced with twenty cameras all with flashes going off during important moments of their wedding day. This is especially true during the ceremony, cake cutting, and first dance. I have many, many photos of happy couples surrounded by a veritable wall of cameras.
Guests with cameras are also distracting to the professional and to the subjects in the photos. I often have relatives standing beside me trying to take photos of groups after the ceremony, what you find is some people in the group look at me, some look at the relative, and neither of us gets a good photo. Because of that I won’t take a photo at the same time as anyone else any more. Also, I don’t care how many megapixels your camera is, or how many times the zoom is, my photo’s going to be better than yours, i’m a professional and I know what i’m doing!
What does everything think? Would you ask your family and friends to put their cameras away for important parts of the wedding day? I would!
Why is wedding photography so expensive?
I’ve been thinking for a while about posting about why wedding photography’s so expensive, but I recently read an article that covers most of what I wanted to say already. Read the article here.
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How to plan your day for great photos
Wedding days aren’t about photos, but everyone wants great photos to help remember their wedding day. The wedding day is one of the few times in their lives most people have their photo taken by a professional, so you should make the most of it! You need to balance time spent with your family and friends with time spent on photos, but in twenty years which will you value more? An hour spent with your family, or an hour making amazing images that will last forever.
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Wedding Photography Myths
I read an article on wedding photography myths recently, with the author’s permission I’ve taken their ideas, adapted them for New Zealand, and rewritten it with my own thoughts. Please click the link below if you’d like to read some of the most widespread myths about wedding photography.