Wedding Photography Ideas

The good old days are coming back with style.

Take a look at your parents wedding photos album and you will see how it was done prior to technology elevation. The most significant thing during these times was the authentic result.

There were no computers or Photoshop or digital cameras at that time and therefor photographers needed to be highly professionals because they worked with films and there were no “preview”or “delete” options like in cameras today but the use in films gave a sort of warmness to the photos because they tend to be a bit more brownish and less colorful in comparison to today photos.

In order to make this kind photo session it is best to stick to authentic items of that era. Meaning. clothes, decorations, lanterns and even vintage cameras which can all be found online.

There are also some great locations which keep their vintage style such museums, vintage cars, vintage train cars which can all be used by permission and maybe even rent especially with cars and carriages for a nice vintage drive session.

Digital cameras today are able to produce the likeness of these vintage photos just like in your parents wedding photo album to that level which you will not notice the difference between the two, but, if you want to go all the way, you’ll probably want to try the films way.

Another approach in wedding photography in the use in black and white themes which focus mostly on emotional moments as the viewer is not distracted by colors but only see the “moment”. This approach will commonly be used is scene which involve a kiss, a certain facial position and all kinds of intimate moments.

The black and white photo also gives a sort of purity to scene. The great advantage in black and white photography in the event is that it won’t trash a facial scene because the grey diversity is not combined with the red and blue which can trash a photo with the inappropriate light.

All these approaches are highly styled and may cost a little more than a common photo session, but, since we’re doing it usually once in life time, who not doing it in style?

The wedding day is probably the most expensive day in life.

Especially when you need to hire a photographer this is why you should define your budget and decide how much you’re willing to spend and because it’s probably a one time event you may want to invest a little more in order to get a better results than paying less and getting an average results.

The prices start at about 1500$ for an average photographer and 2500$ for a professional photographer and may reach 10000$. The high costs a due to the photographer expenses such as crew, light, equipment etc and also because it’s not common work, meaning that mostly the photographer doesn’t work everyday but usually on weekends and for the whole day if not a couple of days.  The size of the event may also effect the costs, meaning, a big wedding with many attendants in a big hall such as a church may cost more rather than a small wedding with only a few friends and family in small hall such as a house.

A lot of photographers give packages which includes documenting the event with stills photography and video and also a wedding photo album editing. These packages may lower the cost of the whole event rather than paying for each item separately and use different people for it.

A contract should be written which will show the exact details about the nature of the work for example – “10 hours of photography including poses photography sevice” , payment ways, packages if exist etc and one of the most important things are the rights, meaning that the photographer may want to use photos for a portfolio for future use.