IMG_9947Preparation for  a Wedding  –  Most of the time people see me walking around in a relaxed manner setting my camera and taking great photos. What’s not seen is what I do in readiness for a wedding shoot …. Here’s a brief insight which I appreciate may make some fall asleep if you’re sat in a comfortable armchair on a Sunday afternoon 🙂

I make sure that I have as much information about a wedding day so as not to have to trouble the bride and groom about certain details on the day itself. I will always have all the venue information, road maps and sat nav set so I know where I’m going & get there in plenty of time.   Where possible I will also visit a venue I’ve not been to before to check out the layout and also good photo opportunities.  

I look for locations for the bride and groom but also where the group shots take place.   I’m mindful of choosing somewhere for the groups near where everyone congregates so people don’t have to walk far.    I also ask for a list of groups and will ask for assistance perhaps from the bestman to get people ready – this really does help avoid group shots taking ages and it’s the most common comment I hear from people when they mention a wedding they went to where the formal shots took far too long.   I try and make the photos fun too so if you would like some quirky shots I’m happy to do this!   021 IMG_6340

I have 3 main cameras to get ready , backup batteries to charge, 

After the wedding I do multiple backups including cloud backup when I get back and select certain photos to put on my Facebook page if you’re happy for me to do this.   I select the best photos & I do take my time over this – each of every photo selected then gets individually edited to get the best out of them in terms of lighting , colour etc.   It has taken years of practice and experience to get this right and I really enjoy seeing the finished photo!  This process can take upto 15 hours depending on how long the day was.

Once I’ve edited all the photos I will then upload them onto a password protected online gallery for the bride & groom to see and to download from here too.

I hope this gives a good insight but perhaps you fell asleep reading this 🙂

Best wishes

Phil

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