This is an article by photographer Adrion Dominguez, Vagalume Photographers and that gives you some good photography tips for you to spend your next photo shoots before the wedding.
Do you want to enter the world of weddings and find no reason to make a pre-wedding?I’m going to tell you about my experience as a wedding photographer, this article will help you a lot.
- Couples may doubt or feel ashamed.
- I will give you the reasons why your attitude towards supply and sale is firm; And let your boyfriends know that this will only help them make everything better and answer questions that would otherwise be unknown until the day of the wedding.
As part of your wedding business, you need to design effective marketing strategies, as you can see, this is our way of selling before marriage.
In my case, the channel chosen to reach the client is the Internet, especially the google positioning, then I would like to tell you about it, if you are interested leave a comment.
As a photographer the pre-wedding is an important part of your business because you can create a portfolio in a leisurely and leisurely manner, during the wedding it is important to leave some space for the bride and groom to enjoy the day and you have to work on what is going on.
This portfolio should be the most important part, however, during the preview, you will get a different type of image, perhaps more focused on attracting the attention of your future customers, this very important first impression that I would also like to talk about.about in a future article.
In addition to obtaining the portfolio, for which in each pre-advocate we have to fight to improve and get ahead, premarital is the economic complement of marriage.As a wedding photographer, and if you have the initiative to dedicate yourself to it full time, you must have all the necessary resources to achieve it economically, I think I open many gaps in front of me, if you like this article, and I hope you like it, leave a comment so that you can answer your doubts and also talk about budgets, if you are interested.
Another very important part of the prematrimonium is client-photographer trust, you will let them know, break the ice and trust your work without hesitation, if they see how you work during the premarital and have time to solve their doubts or lose their Fear in front of the camera, at the wedding, everything will be more fluid and comfortable.
Aprovecho para comentar que todos tenemos nuestro estilo y el tipo de fotografía que nos gusta o sabemos, no dejes que te influyan en hacer cosas que no sabes o no dominas. Por ejemplo, te encontrarás muchas veces con organizadores de bodas o wedding planners que te dirán: desde aquí tienes una foto muy chula. Aunque la intención sea de agradecer, evita estas situaciones, si tú no dudas de su trabajo, ellos tampoco deben hacerlo, ambos queréis darle lo mejor a vuestros clientes, a vuestra manera, por eso te eligen a ti y no a otro fotógrafo ?
In this section I will tell you what outfit I am wearing for the pre-advocate and what my clients should wear, because these are the most recurring questions.
My team consists of two Sony a7iii, with several lenses, the usual are the Sigma 35mm art f1.4 and the Sony 85mm f1.8 FE.It’s not the best combination, it’s my combination, each one has its own, to which you have to adapt and with the focal points with which you move more comfortably.
I also have a 24-70mm lens, a bit more angular, but that is usually my video lens; my latest acquisition, the Sony 50mm 1.8, but it is already a whim.
Then I usually carry a Godox 850 flash with the Godox xpro remote control.
In general, I like to be accompanied to these sessions, bringing a lighting assistant helps a lot, knowing how to use the camera’s external flash is an excellent resource, and this will help you correct the lighting of your photos and give volume.
When choosing clothes for that day, you have to take into account several garments to avoid, because of their tones or characteristics, that lose importance in relation to the backgrounds you choose.
They should avoid bright colors, fluorescent or with a lot of contrast between them. The same with very marked patterns or very small objects that can create distortions in the camera, for example the wet or wet effect; It is also not recommended that they wear t-shirts with drawings or large letters that may divert attention from the photo, another recommendation is to avoid green if you are going to photograph in the forest, or blue if you are going to use large skies in the background.
We should be able to take beautiful pictures anywhere, but if you can choose, depending on the tastes of the guests, beach, forest, mountain or city, better.
The beach is ideal for large backlights or beautiful orange lights to dress the seabed; The forest offers very homogeneous backgrounds and neutral colors on which to highlight the bride and groom; the mountain, wonderful and spectacular backgrounds with great contrasts between the sky and these higher peaks; and finally, the city, my favorite, offers structures with which to strive to compose and many objects with which to unleash the imagination.
The duration of a pre-order is usually about 2 or 3 hours, at that time you should always add trips, important data that I will mention in the budget, if you ask me; every hour he spends on the road is an hour of his time.
Finding these places with photo potential can take some time, but with experience and practice, you’ll even have enough to stop, have a drink and chat, which helps relax the atmosphere and make the couple feel more comfortable.
My choice is usually in the afternoon, between 18:00 and 22:00 depending on the time of year, when the lights are prettier and softer, not the hard and strong light of the central hours of the day.
Another option is to get up early and enjoy the sunrise lights, but you will rarely find couples willing to get up at 6am to take pictures.
This work can be used to make a custom signature book, gift boxes, photo slides for social networks or photo slides that you can use during the wedding to make yourself known to the potential customers you will have that day.
Even if you like what you do, remember that it’s also your business and it has to be profitable, so don’t rule out selling albums, pictures or reminders with these photos, they can give you that extra money that will allow you to reach the end of the month more easily.
Above all, invest to continue training in the day to day and thus be at the forefront, in my case I try to attend some talks or photography classes every year and, believe me, these are enriching experiences, you will leave the batteries.loaded and with good ideas to face the rest of the season.
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