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How To Preserve Your Wedding Moments In A Snapshot

If there is an event you would not want to forget and would want to reminisce repeatedly, that would be your wedding day.
Captured stunning photos bring you back to this one memorable day of your life.
How the scenes unfold and preserved in a snapshot depends on your choice of wedding photographers.
What to consider when choosing a wedding photographer
  • Only an experienced wedding photographer can deliver the results you expect.
  • Take time to check his or her credentials.
  • Scrutinize the skills and experience of your prospective photographer.
  • Ask for previous projects done.
  • Can he easily build rapport so he can work well with his subjects?
  • Know his approach to capturing your wedding.
  • Does he have highly trained interns who can help him take pictures?
  • See if his professional fee is within your budget.
Once you have picked the right photographer, supply important details.
Sit down with your chosen photographer and take time to discuss your expectations.
Communication is important.
Give as much help as needed.
Here are must-take wedding photo scenes you can supply your photographer: Before the ceremony
  • Gown, shoes, jewelry of the bride
  • Close-up shot of the wedding bands
  • Makeup moments of the bride
  • Bride's and bridesmaids' bouquets
  • Bridesmaids getting dressed
  • Mother and child moments - buttoning or zipping up the bride's dress, helping the bride with final touches
  • Full-length shot of the bride in her gown, looking at herself in a mirror
  • Father looking at the bride in her gown
  • Groom getting ready, with the best man and his groomsmen
  • Separate photos of the couple with their parents and siblings
  • Bride and groom separately making their way to the ceremony
During the Ceremony
  • Snapshot of the venue in all angles
  • Groom walking down the aisle with his mother
  • Expression of the groom while waiting for his bride
  • Bridal party, grandparents, important guests walking down the aisle
  • Bride and her escort waiting to walk down the aisle
  • Bride's escort giving her away
  • Bride and groom at the altar
  • Candle lighting, the readings, recital of vows, exchange rings, the kiss
  • Newlyweds after the ceremony
  • Random shots of couple with family, friends and guests
At the reception
  • Exterior and interior shots of the site
  • Things like menus, centrepiece, table settings, etc.
  • Cake, food and drinks
  • Guest book and guests signing it
  • Friends and family making toasts
  • Cake and wine ceremony
  • First dance of the couple
  • Bride dancing with her father and groom dancing with her mother
  • Entertainers performing
  • Bouquet toss
Subjects are happy to see the outcome of their photos taken when they were unconscious of the camera.
A good photographer can take shots without disrupting people by asking them to pose.
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