Suggestions to Novice Pre-wedding Photographers
When you enter the journey of a wedding or pre-wedding photography, you come across a heap of tips and suggestions. Some of them prove to be quite important, while others are just some lame in the bunch. However, to be an efficient pre-wedding photographer, you must keep your way open to tips, no matter they are useful or not. Here are some suggestions for the novice wedding photographers who have lately started their journey and wish to go a long way.
- Keep Communication Clear with Clients: As you step into the wedding photography world, your clients are bound to be the couples who are going to be hitched soon. Their excitement level will be of a different kind. You as a photographer can become a reason for happiness for them as you can capture their beautiful memories in the picture and hand it over to them. However, before you do it, make sure you communicate well with them. You must know what they are looking for in the pictures. Maybe there is something different they want to add in the pictures.
- Choose the Right Location: Selection of the right location is of utmost importance. Location plays a vital role in beautifying the photographs. You can also ask them if they have anything in mind. Maybe they can come up with something which may suit both the parties.
- Know the Rules of the Locations Beforehand: It is a must to have a fair knowledge about the rules of the locations where you are planning to start your shoot. There are many locations where some rules are obeyed. Knowing them beforehand will help you to save you and your clients’ time. Also, it will not affect your credibility anyway and save you from embarrassment.
- Keep Multiple Accessories: While you are going for the shoot, make sure you carry enough accessories with yourself so that even if any equipment disaster happens, it does not affect the shoot. At least two cameras, more than one memory card, etc should be carried along.
- Ask for an Assistant’s Company: It is always prudent to ask an assistant wedding photographer to accompany you. This way, you can keep yourself away from any kind of compromise. Also, in some circumstances, you might need the help of an assistant to carry on the shoot properly.
These are some of the suggestion for the newbies who want to make it really big in the industry. They must keep in mind that they do not fall into the trap of competition and rather focus on things that will help them grow. Also, they must keep themselves in touch with their clients whenever it is required. Being fair about their charges will any day add an extra feather to their cap as their clients will start trusting upon them.
So, keeping these points in mind, you can easily start your journey and gain the trust and confidence of your clients. Remember, your pre-wedding shoot is a source of joy to the couples.