Wedding Photography

I photographed my first wedding on Sunday. I think it went well. I am still processing the 400+ images I shot, and have found some I really like so far. The ceremony was lovely. Due to it being at the edge of a cliff I had a bit of trouble getting as close as I'd have liked to during it, without being disruptive. Luckily I had the 85mm lens which on my dslr becomes a 127mm (approximately).

The bride has specifically said she wanted to enjoy her wedding and not spend a lot of time being devoted to pictures. Considering this, I tried to be as unobtrusive as possible. It brought up some interesting things for me to think about. For instance, to me this meant I shouldn't stop the wedding party when walking down the isle, leaving the ceremony, which resulted in not getting the best shots of everyone. I would specifically ask a couple how they felt about this next time.

During a quiet moment in the ceremony I heard my camera beeping. I had never even noticed my camera's beep before. Luckily I caught it before anyone else did and found the setting to turn it to quiet. The other major obstacle I encountered was gathering people for shots. I definitely learned I need to be more aggressive at this in the future. Again this was a call between how much interruption the bride wanted verse how many formals she really needed. In this situation I choose to get as much as I could and let her know should she decide she wanted more formals later on to just let me know.

Would I do it again? Sure, it was exhausting but fun and I'm excited to hear what the couple thinks of the photos. Speaking of, I should get back to processing images.