Discover Wedding Photo Ideas And Poses That Will Make Your Wedding Photography UniqueYou can go with the tried and true and traditional posed portraits at weddings, but some brides these days are looking for fresh, new exciting portraits and candids that will set their wedding apart from the weddings of their friends and family members. Black and white photojournalistic style portraiture is popular these days, as are black and white portraits with selective hand colouring. Ask your photographer for some wedding photo samples or poses he has tried before. But beyond the images you see everywhere, what can you do to impress the bride and groom with your creative wedding photography techniques?
Wedding Photo Ideas And Poses That Are Outside The BoxFirst, you’ve got to start thinking outside the box. Approach your wedding photography with a new angle on a traditional gig.For example, find a high vantage point (the higher the better) and shoot the bride and groom looking up at you, standing with their arms around each other. You could do this shot from the balcony in a church or courthouse or another venue with the bride and groom posed on the first floor and the camera angled down at them as you shoot the photo from above. You might also consider bringing a step ladder with you to wedding shots or shooting a portrait from an outside balcony or the roof of a building if you do outside portraits to achieve this same effect. Have the couple kiss for one of these shots, too.
Wedding Photo Ideas For Cake CreativityTry shooting a very formal portrait of the bride and groom standing together side by side on a solid, neutral background.Then photograph the wedding cake against a solid background. Using Photoshop, remove the cake topper from the photograph of the wedding cake, isolate the bride and groom in the first picture and shrink them down to size, and then superimpose that image on the cake photo so it looks like the bride and groom are the cake topper on their own wedding cake. This would make a fun image for the couple’s "thank you" cards.
Wedding Photography Ideas Using The RingsPhotos of the bride and groom’s hands held over the bride’s bouquet to show off the wedding rings have become standard fare for weddings, and while these are beautiful images, why not try a new twist on that wedding photography idea?For instance, have the bride and groom remove their rings for a few minutes at the reception. Try photographing two champagne glasses with about an inch or so of champagne in them, sitting side by side in front of the bride’s bouquet, with the bride’s ring in her champagne glass and the groom’s ring in his. Another idea is to stick the two rings side by side into the frosting of the cake so they are standing up. Use a macro lens to photograph the rings really close up with the frosting as the background, predominantly isolating the rings.
Wedding Photo Ideas From BehindNot all of the memorable portraits of the bride and groom have to include their faces.You can create some great, poignant images of the bride and groom walking hand in hand along a beach, river’s edge, or even down a path in the woods by having the couple walk away from you and shooting photographs from behind. Similarly, you can get some touching shots of the couple sitting on a garden bench in a flower garden talking and looking at one another or holding hands when shooting from behind. Seek to capture the moment, not necessarily every detail of the expression on their faces. Make use of shadows and light patterns to create an artistic sense of the scene.
Go Grunge - Magazine Style Wedding Photo IdeasMagazines often shoot great exciting images by juxtaposing two elements that normally would not correlate.For instance, they might photograph a woman in a formal evening gown standing in the middle of a hayfield. Similarly, you can do the same with your wedding photo images—assuming the bride and groom are game for a little experimentation, that is—or if you know that they want some really unique images. Think of a place you’d never see a bride in—normally, that is. Then photograph her—or the couple—in just that kind of place. For instance, wouldn’t it be cool to photograph the bride standing on a rusty old fire escape on the side of a really old building? Her stark white dress would make an incredible contrast against the old brick and make for an exciting "grunge" type image. More good wedding photography ideas involve photographing the bride and groom in a junkyard or a deserted ghost town or even an amusement park. The key to successful images like these is a bride and groom that love the idea and embrace the concept. It doesn’t hurt if they have a touch of wanna-be-model in them, either. They’ll be able to better relate to imagery that looks like it came out of a "Hollister" or "American Eagle" ad than their mother’s wedding album. And these are definitely creative wedding photography suggestions and poses at their best.
Embrace New Wedding Photo IdeasSomeone has to try these fresh wedding photo ideas first.If you’re a professional wedding photographer and are thinking these wedding photography ideas are just too far "out there" to try, consider getting models to pose for these kinds of shots so you can make prints and them show your samples to prospective brides and grooms to see if they like them. Try all sorts of new wedding photo ideas with models and see how they turn out. Remember, as with any new trend or idea, someone had to do it first. You just might be a trendsetter yourself with some of the wedding photo ideas you come up with. Planning Your WeddingPlanning a fabulous wedding can be a little frustrating at times. But it shouldn't be. A friend of mine, John Rhen, who is a professional wedding planner is offering his help and guidance.He promises to make your wedding the memory of a lifetime and also save you lots of money. Get your hands on John's comprehensive guide for the perfect wedding* and make your wedding dreams come true!
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