Articles about Wedding Photography
Read more articles on wedding photography published in the
Professional Imagemaker magazine, a magazine for professional and
aspiring photographers
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Enhancing Your Perceptive
Abilities at Wedding Shoots
With all the activities of a wedding day,it is so easy to get caught up shooting situations you have always shot: focusing a narrow vision on what the bride is doing, becoming caught up in getting the safeshot, and backing up your safe-shot with more safe-shots because you have not yet developed confidence to branch out and try new imagery.
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Expanding your Wedding Photography
Horizons
Do you remember when wedding photography was two rolls of 120 film and covered just eighteen poses? I remember covering weddings like that and it was a pretty boring exercise.
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Flow Posing - Doug Gordon
I am paid to get it right the first time - there are no second chances in a wedding photographer’s life
- Lifting the Veil
One of the reviewer’s favourite expressions for lecturers demonstrating software for cutouts is that of the headline above - he also includes himself in the warning by-theway!
- Photojournalism vs. Fashion - do
we have to choose?
In the world of wedding photographers, there are few issues more divisive than that of photojournalism versus fashion.
- Physiognomy
PORTRAITURE and the Study of the Human Face
As photographic portraitists we must be aware of the wide variety of controlling factors present in the simple, classic or traditional, head and shoulder portrait process.
- Pricing, Profit Maximisation and
the Mythology of 3x
Deciding what to charge for your art is one of the most basic questions in the business of photography. However, arriving at the right price is challenging and failing can leave you wondering at the end of the year why you worked so hard with so little to show for it.
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Martina Morgan's Fashion Forum
In an attempt to educate the male members of our fraternity, Mike McNamee asked qualified fashion designer, Martina Morgan to cast an eye over current trends in dress design so that we can have a preview of what to expect in the forthcoming wedding seasons -
Nine Weddings and No Funeral
Having reported on Gary’s initial experiences with the FujiFilm S5 Pro we thought it worthwhile to revisit the matter, now that some time has passed by.
- Rule of Thirds by Mark Laurie FSWPP
The rule of thirds has always been a powerful composition guide in art.
- Soft
on Skin Texture - soft on the causes of skin texture!
The
“smoothing” of skin tones, particularly for the female portrait,
is a topic that is covered patchily in the literature.
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Today’s Wedding - and How Photographers Can
Survive
The bottom line is, today’s bride knows what she wants and it’s NOT her mother’s wedding photographer!
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The
Album Page Challenge
While there are literally dozens of books and instructional DVDs on the shelves for the nuts and bolts of digital imaging technique, there is a distinct lack of advice on composition and design. In the world of computer-generated “image files” there tends to be a difference between graphic design and photocomposition.
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WHAT'S
YOUR KEY?
HAVING "Lighting Techniques for High key Portrait Photography" published by Amherst Media in May and with my second book, "Low Key Portrait Photography" now with Amherst's editor, I tended to view the print exhibit at the Wedding & Portrait Photographers International Convention in Las Vegas with a little different perspective
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