HOW TO GET BETTER WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHS.
While you’ll always have memories from your big day, wedding photographs are one of the few tangible heirlooms that you’ll be able to cherish for years to come. Imagine 20-25 years down the line you’ll look at your wedding photos and remember your big day feeling all nostalgic. Moments like your sangeet, haldi ceremony, your first look, and your nuptial ceremony will be forever frozen in time. Your wedding photographs will be tangible assets that you’ll hold down forever. And that’s why ensuring that you get perfect wedding photos will be at top of the wedding list. Here are 8 things that you’ll have to keep in mind to ensure that you get perfect wedding photos:-
1) VENUE-
Choosing a wedding venue has to be one of the most important parts of your wedding planning process. The venue you choose impacts many of the other aspects of your celebration. From accommodating all your wedding guests, to being a place where you’ll have your nuptial ceremony. The overall look and feel of a venue can make or break an event. It is the location that creates the right ambiance and mood for an event or a party. A thoughtfully chosen event location will certainly harmonize with the purpose of the event. Your wedding venue will also play a key role and will serve as a backdrop in all your wedding photographs, which you’re going to cherish for years to come. This is why it needs to be special.
2) DECOR-
After choosing your venue, the second important element is décor. Your wedding décor along with your wedding attire is one of the best ways to show your personality on your big day. Wedding decorations are an integral part of your wedding because they not only help you live the most beautiful moments of your life in the ideal surroundings, but they also say a lot about the kind of celebration you’re having. The wedding venue and wedding décor go hand in hand. After choosing your wedding venue you can choose your décor based on the theme and the ambiance that your venue provides. Remember a lot of other aspects of preparation will fall into place once you’ve chosen your wedding venue and the kind of decoration you want.
3) PHOTOGRAPHER-
Wedding photographers are one of the most important vendors, since they capture every moment so that you can hold onto memories for your lifetime. After all, a picture speaks a thousand words! Now we know how extravagant wedding photography is but try not to be prudent when it comes to photographers, after all these guys are responsible for capturing the happiest day of your life. Consider wedding photography as a long-term investment, with benefits that you can reap for years to come. Generally, professional wedding photographers are in the domain for a time and know how to cover the entire wedding day without facing any interruption.
4) EQUIPMENT-
After selecting a venue, décor, and photographer. The 4th element is the kind of equipment your photographer use. Chances are if you’re hiring a professional photographer he will have all the right types of equipment in his kit. Equipment plays a very important role in the photography world. A camera isn’t the sole aspect that’ll make anyone a photographer, working on a camera requires a precise set of skills and an advanced knowledge of all the composing elements that create a photograph. After all, photography isn’t about an expensive camera, it is about capturing a story.
5) FAMILY & FRIENDS-
It is one of the most unique and fun elements of wedding photographs. Most of the time we’ve seen that bride and groom don’t have a lot of quiet time on their wedding day. From the moment they wake up, they are on a tight schedule, and they miss their photo sessions with their closest family members and friends and later regret it. To make your wedding photos intimate and fun-filled try to make your friends and family members feel comfortable in front of the camera so that your photographer can capture happier moments. Tell your friends and family to be near the stage or surround yourself with them. Laugh on some inside jokes or have some fun- banter, anything that’ll capture the beautiful smiles on all your nearest and dearest ones’ faces. So that the photos will look more cluttered and voila your wedding will be a jam-packed and fun-filled affair. Don’t forget to have fun on your wedding day!
6) OUTFITS-
The 6th element will be the outfits that you’re going to wear for all your ceremonies including your wedding lehenga. Your outfits are going to be very important elements in your wedding photographs. While many brides think of how the outfit would look on them they are ignorant about the fact that how the color of the outfit would reflect them, in the wedding photographs. Your wedding outfits are a reflection of your tastes and preferences, and a beautiful piece that can show guests your true personality and something that’s going to be captured forever. So choose them wisely. Try to choose outfits that match the décor, thus making it suitable for your wedding photographer to capture them.
7) TIME-
Your wedding day is going to be the busiest day of your life, more importantly, we know you’re going to be on a time crunch, and between all the hustle from makeup to getting into your bridal lehenga, you will also have to get your wedding photos clicked. So try to plan ahead of festivities and give your photographer a scheduled time preferably one or two hours before the ceremony so that he can click your getting-ready shots and capture the emotionally beautiful moments between you and your parents and get some family portraits.
8)THEME & PROPS-
Choosing a wedding theme or style is one of the best ways to personalize your big day. Your wedding theme is the perfect opportunity to make your special day a true reflection of, your and your partner’s style. When choosing a theme, take some time to think about how you’ll want to remember that day. Since all your wedding décor and outfits will be based on your wedding theme it is highly important to choose one! And get it beautifully incorporated into your wedding photographs and serve as an inspiration to many other brides. Also, try to include some funny props based on your wedding theme in your wedding ceremonies. Props are a great way to bring out the funny side of all your friends and family members thus enabling your photographers to capture the beautiful smile on their faces.
