What Every Wedding Photographer Should Know About The Ceremony
Have you ever been to a church wedding and been taken aback by how obvious and unsmooth the wedding photographer is – such as being way too close to the bride and groom and shooting/photographing willl-nilly as if the end of the world is coming and he’s trying to get in as many pictures as he can?
Alas, this kind of scenario has been experienced so frequently that many Ministers now have tough regulations and limitations for wedding photography. Why has this happened? Because newbie photographers have multiplied in the wedding photography business and their lack of know-how has ruined things for the professional wedding photography field.
As a wedding photographer, you should be ready to deal with a multitude of limitations, some of which are downright absurd.
The point is, everyone has a job to do. Good Officiants understand this and work hand-in-hand with the wedding photographer (and videographer) so that everyone can fulfil their obligations. Unfortunately, and often for good reason, it’s too late for those who have had an awful time with unconscious photographers.
Making contact with the Priest before the ceremony is a must. Whatever you may think of your limitations, you are a visitor in their house – and it’s good to avoid angering the host.
Try to be unseen. So that afterwards, the couple will say you were practically invisible until the registry signing. That is the ideal. Basically, most Officiants just want the wedding photographer to have some common sense – do what you need to do, attract as little attention as possible. As is the case in life, common sense usually comes with experience – and it’s not actually that ‘common’.
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