Know your camera inside out!

I know there are weddings photographers out there who produce fantastic work by shooting in ‘P’ (program) or ‘A’ (Aperture) mode on their cameras but in my opinion, in order to get the very best results, it is always best to shoot in full manual ‘M’ mode.

I used ‘A’ mode for the first 10-15 weddings which I covered, but it was only when I switched to shooting in manual that I really gained confidence as a wedding photographer and felt as though I could cope with even the worst lighting conditions.
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Understanding clients real needs – by Rick Mason

The following post was very kindly written by Rick Mason, a fantastic wedding photographer based in Kent. You can view some of Rick’s excellent work on his website at www.rjmphotographic.com

Rick – thank you for taking the time to write this post, I found it very interesting and I am sure that others will too!
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Facebook marketing for photographers – Part 2 of 3

In part one of Facebook Marketing for Wedding Photographers, we talked about setting up your Facebook page, adding content to the page, inviting both your existing Facebook friends and your past and current clients to join, registering your Facebook vanity url and promoting your Facebook page on your promotional literature, website and blog.

So, once you have got to this stage, how do you continue to increase your number of fans your page has?

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Don’t forget the 3/4 length bride and groom portrait

As any wedding photographer will tell you, weddings go fast. Very fast. In the UK, the “norm” is to take all the group photographs and shots of the bride and groom alone, in the gap between the wedding ceremony finishing and the start of the wedding breakfast.

From a wedding photographer’s point of view the likelihood is that this won’t allow you as much time alone with the bride and groom as you would ideally like – actually, you can virtually guarentee that you won’t have as much time as you like!

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