Wedding Photography Tricks & Tips

1/250 Apertures

One of the wedding photography tips which goes as a general rule and is to keep a shutter speed in the perfect range of 1/250 second. It may be depended on the person and his/her fixedness of hand, but 1/250 is kept to be the most comfortable to capture the all commercial moment.

Use Continuous Mode

This is the photography that any wedding photographers must use. A wedding day is probably made with different Continuous and events and emotions Mode would allow photographers to capture images even smile and the whole excitements of the guests and the family on this holiday. If you decide to use usual mode, get ready that something will certainly spoil your pictures. For example, if you have captured a great photo of a smiling couple, somebody can blink in the background, or do something else. You can easily prevent this, using the Continuous Mode. Thus, you will get several seemingly identical photos, but in fact, you will be able to select a one, in which everybody appears great.

Take Rehearsal Photos

It is somehow similar to the early acquaintance and is really important for beginner photographers. Meeting an official what will take place during the ceremony may be helped you to understand how to plan your work during the event. Thus, you will touch many confident and can bring about the unafraid wedding photography concepts.

Take Sharp Shots

There is hardly a wedding without group bridal photography? Such pictures look amazing, but sometimes it is difficult even for a professional wedding photographer to take the clear photos, with lots of people. In such cases, it is advised to keep up the aperture as soon as possible and do not use high ISO like 6400 & 12800. Besides, avoid using the aperture below f/8 and you are guaranteed to get sharp and beautiful images.

Use Natural Light

Discussing the outdoor wedding photography tips in natural light. Of course, sometimes it can be hard to take such photos, but if you have a choice between artificial light vs. natural light photography, always collect the first. However, you must also get around the photos where there is too sunlight and make move to shaded area. This will prevent people from squinting and eliminate unwanted shadows.

Shoot in RAW

Arranging the wedding photography shooting, take into account the differences between GPEG and PNG. The RAW format gives us many concerns for the photo editings, especially as you not able to change the light settings at wedding.

Mind Camera Settings

During the photography, you may get some images with blown out places. In order to fix and predict that, use one of the wedding photograph camera settings that will flash out such places on the display. Thus, you will know that it's time to lower the exposure or turn off the flash, and further, any detail will not be missed.

Correct White Balance

As a wedding photographer, you will have to choose too many times shoots in various wedding photography places, so that's why you can leave the auto settings of white balance. You just won’t be able to change it all the time. It will be too easier to make such adjustments while editing the images and purpose the white dress of the bride, which has perfect white balance.

Take Several Wide Aperture Photos

Do you share the idea that wedding photos, wedding videos with the blurred background look astonishing? If you would like to take such photos, you will need a wide angle lens that if high on bokeh. Keep in mind that the wider the aperture is, the lower the ISO will be, and accordingly the level of noise will be lower as well.

Use AF Servo Mode Rule 

One of the next wedding photography tips refers to using the Al Servo feature. It provides to help to keep the lens focus if the subject is moving, or if you may press the shutter button half. It is a great setting for the wedding photography, as people keep on moving all the time. Al Focus mode will “concentrate” on fixed objects, but in case some object begins to make move, it will go around into Al Servo mode, that will try out to keep the moving subject in focus while you are taking the picture.

Aperture Priority 

The field parameter depth impresses the picture quality in perfect. The photo with the f/2.8 aperture differs from the one with f/11. The Shutter priority mode does not give same aesthetic control, as the aperture inclines to change because of the different light settings.

Photos in B & W mode

Black & White photos have something special about them, which are why they never lose popularity. Very often, the basic wedding photography packages include such a service. At first, you have to found out the settings and then show the classic photos. 

Take Group Shots

While doing the group pictures, carefully think about the f-number selection. F/2.8 will not suit you, as every object in your photo has to be clear and sharp. The f-number will depend upon how many people are in the pictures, as well as how many layers are having. If you have a wide angle lens, you will need at least f/5.6 and preferably even more. Your modern professional camera must help to have the great pictures with the better ISO 800 and even more than 1600. Experiment with the light, ISO, shutter speed to achieve desirable group photos.

Don’t Overdo with Grain & Noise

You know that together with raising the ISO, the noise level also rises. Sometimes you cannot avoid grainy photos, when, for example, you are shooting in the dark church. You can decrease the noise by adjusting the exposure of the camera, and it will be undoubtedly better than increasing the exposure during photo editing as you will get even more noise. Remember that sometimes it is better to have a noisy photo than a blurry one.