Monthly Archives: October 2008

Why Do You Need a Wedding Photographer?

A one-line answer would be because wedding photographers catch one of the best moments in the life of a person on camera and transfer it to the photos; from an emotional point of view, it’s freezing a certain moment in the time paradox. However, jokes apart, who doesn’t like to feel the regalia from time to time? Wedding is an event that occurs once in a lifetime if you are not a Hollywood star and there was no way to visit an event back in time till the wedding photographers came into being.

Beautiful Bride in Wedding Dress

Beautiful Bride in Wedding Dress

Whichever name you might assign, the job of wedding photographers remains that of a person who specializes in taking photos; the only subtle difference that remains associated is they are specialists in making a beautiful wedding ceremony appear at its superlatives on the screen. That translated, wedding photographers not only take snapshots of the entire event but also puts all the best moments in special sequences to bring alive the special day and though the word once depicted luxury; today, the changing face of time has taken it to the point of necessity. That is, of course, if you want to savor all the moments you missed out as the bride and the groom.

The field of wedding photographers is accumulating real fast the people who can weave together multiple sequences with professional creativity; together with a sense of beauty and style and adequate training, wedding photographers can well cater to both personal and specific photography needs. But is that luxury? No way, if you want your grandchildren and the generations beyond to have a look at your wedding. With digital storage media getting half as expensive and twice as spacious and durable every passing day, it is highly possible for even your 10th generation to live the spirits up once more and follow the paths of their great, great, great, great Grandfather!

So let the professional photographers be in charge!

Information on Beach wedding photographers

Red and orange rose beach wedding path

Red and orange rose beach wedding path

Those who are thinking all the photographers for wedding ceremonies taking snaps on a beach during a wedding are beach wedding photographers, know that it takes knowing more than the latest photography gears. Beach wedding has gone up the popularity ladder since its day of initiation and so has the demand for beach wedding photographers; therefore, a concise yet vivid focus on the subject and how to choose the right person who shall freeze some of those spectacular moments for an eternity.

Wedding kiss at beach

Wedding kiss at beach

Description of a beach wedding party

A beach wedding party is a dream for most of the couples preparing to get married. The summer is considered the best time for such an occasion on the beach; it’s because the weather stays perfect, the sun shines the brightest and the breeze remains enough to hide the perspiration lest someone gets nervous about such an event occurring. But then again, something that spectacular also involves a lot of challenges, the biggest one being not causing a bad impression. It’s a big time concern since a beach wedding party is an assortment of choices that range from the location and favors to the decorations, the menus and other related accessories with a high chance of the planner making a mess out of it. Hence, it’s a wise decision to listen to the wedding planner and the beach wedding photographers you hired; together, they shall make your beach wedding more photogenic.

Beach wedding decoration

Beach wedding decoration

From the eyes of a beach wedding photographer

Nice decorations are a must for any wedding, but when a beach is the concern, they must be practical as well. The same applies to any accessory that you may like to include for the celebration; it’s because a beach has anything but a weather control method. Often people go for very stylish decorations that would have suited perfectly an indoor wedding; a suggestion here is to keep them simple but elegant that would clearly portray the sun, the sea and the sand; beach themes, to portray it simply.

Principles of Photography -I

  • Role of the Light

The word photography itself delivers the very essentials of the process; photo is light while –graphic depicts making a picture. That’s enough to understand the role of light in photography. Essentially, photography is all about capturing the light that is reflected from an object but that doesn’t mean the light from a source can’t be captured. Had it been so, we wouldn’t have been able to capture the special moments of amazing fireworks on every 4th of July.

That also makes clear one aspect of photography; with the right amount of light, a picture can be given a totally different dimension. For example, diffused light produces subdued as well as pleasing effects while from a point source, it can create rather harsh images with hard shadow lines. Apart from these, the right kind of light can bring about numerous color effects. Thus, it is vital to know how strong or how weak should be the light for a photograph to be worthy of a sincere effort.

SLR wedding camera

SLR wedding camera

  • Using good quality Lens and Camera

The camera lens owes to the human eye as far as the concept is concerned. In case of the human eye, light travels through the liquid crystalline lens with the eyelids allowing or barring the light from entering the eye, which then falls on the retina after being finally allowed by the iris. In a camera, the glass lens, the shutter, the sensor/film and the aperture execute the same functions. The lens focuses a parallel beam of light rays to form an inverted image on the sensor/film, the quality (i.e. clarity, sharpness etc.) of which is determined by the opening of the camera’s aperture.

But that was the most basic way the process was narrated; however, for extended fineness of an image, a camera needs to rely upon the balance created by its exposure/aperture, the lens aperture (f-Stop), shutter speed, ISO, white balance and its overall dynamic range.

So next time you get hell bent upon purchasing a camera with perhaps the highest mega-pixel value, remember that mega-pixels are not the only factor to make a picture come out better.

  • Camera Specification

So what should you look in a camera if not mega pixels? A fast shutter response is essential (shutter lag must be lesser than a second); a fast start-up speed; automatic as well as manual controls (including focus) and of course, a design that’s far from being delicate.

Wedding Lens

Wedding Lens