Digital Wedding Photography – 7 Tips to get the Best

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26 March 2009

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Digital cameras offer users and professional photographers a mostly infallible method of capturing scores of images from a wedding day. Sadly there are a few common mistakes that mean a photographer misses opportunities or gets into trouble when using their cameras for taking digital wedding photography.

Below are seven tips to use when planning any sort of digital wedding photography, and while some are “common sense” they have made the list because they are often issues that are simply overlooked.

1. Bring a backup battery – while this may seem like a “no brainer” the sad fact is that many amateur or first time photographers forget just how quickly their camera’s battery can fade when taking photo after photo. This is exceptionally true for photographers who need to use their LCD screen to compose and review their images. If you are able, take spare, fully charged batteries and keep them with you always!

2. Shut Up – there is no bride, groom, wedding party or guest who wants to hear distracting “beeps” or “boops” while trying to enjoy the ceremony. While many weddings will not allow flash photography, a thoughtful photographer could use ambient lighting along with their camera’s settings to get good pictures of the ceremony, but even without using the flash they may still be annoying if the camera is making noises.

3. Going RAW – if your camera allows RAW, it can be a brilliant way to get some of the best digital wedding shots. This setting requires a very large amount of memory, but it allows for much more flexibility and can make the difference between several great photos of the ceremony and none at all!

4. Continuous shooting – digital wedding photography demands many pictures to be taken quite quickly and the refresh time on most cameras is just too slow for the speed of such events. If you are able, it’s advisable to set the camera to “continuous” mode.

5. Using the zoom – one of the brilliant things about digital wedding photography is that the equipment is often very small but loaded with fantastic capabilities. For example, a photographer can catch the small details, like rings, intimate moments and even flowers with the powerful zoom lenses installed in most cameras.

6. Have a backup? – most digital wedding photography really asks a lot of the flash, battery and memory of the camera. If a photographer has extra memory cards, batteries or even a second camera it is really advisable to bring it all to such a significant event as a wedding.

7. Understand the flash – during those times when flash photography is acceptable, an image can be enhanced by the use of “flash fill” and digital wedding photography allows this to be easily done. The camera can detect, even in the noon sun if the image will be better if using a flash, and this should be used to make sure you get the best images.

Using these seven tips and tricks, digital wedding photography is almost ensured to be a complete success!

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