If you have decided to join the competition, the first serious decisions will be about your kit.
Take your time with this process.
Kit is the second most crucial influence in your wedding photography following technique and it will be your largest cost.
So take some time to really think about whether wedding photography is for you.
It is worth keeping in mind that wedding photographers' kit must be very flexible and deal with a large number of different situations - The trick is to pick your kit wisely making the best compromises.
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Camera Body Wedding photographers must demand certain criteria from there camera body.
It must have a sensor which is large enough to allow enlargements up to at least 50cm; have a wide enough ISO range; full manual mode; have a flash hotshoe.
Then it is really about 'feel.
' You must be comfortable with your camera body and be able to shoot without fuss.
2.
Lenses These are probably more important than your body so invest as much as you can in good quality glass with good build, coatings, as few elements as possible, fast widest aperture and extras like image stabilisation and manual/autofocus modes.
3.
Flash Wedding Photographers will need to light dark interiors as well as use fill flash outside.
4.
Batteries Wedding photographers eat batteries fast!! Triple your estimate! 5.
Memory Cards You need lots of memory cards.
Depending on the size of your sensor you will want anything from 16 to 24GB of memory on different cards to allow for any accidents.
6.
Reflector Crucial to help bounce light into dark areas and dramatically improve portraits.
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Tripod Most wedding photography will be shot mainly handheld.
A tripod will help produce sharper results and help with composition of group shots on occasion.
Enjoy your Wedding Photography!