Hi all... ive not been here in a while. some of you may know me others may not. to those of you who do HI AGAIN..
Also to those of you who do know me will know that the photography that i normally specialise in has a subject doing 800mph, wings and a lot of heat and noise coming out of its rear end. However somehow i have been roped into photographing a friends wedding and quite frankly im shitting my load..
Now i am totally ok with my equipment. although not fully stocked i do have a decent slr. a 24-70 f2.8 lens. proper flash gun etc.
what i am more looking for advise on is posing ideas and suggestions. It is a wedding that we have agreed to mostly do on a documentary style but i still need to do a few of the traditional group shots and a few nice ones of the bride and bride and groom etc...
If anyone can help either with an email of some small images as ideas or can point me to a good website etc i would be most grateful.. If anyone is more experienced in this field i would appreciate any advice you can give me..
I am meeting with bride and groom tonight to discuss what shots are a must etc. but i want some ideas to go into the wedding with as the subject i normaly point my lens at does not require much posing.

Many thanks in advance.

Matt

Hi,

For a nice outside pic, get guests to crowd around behind the couple fairly close and thow (half!) their confetti on the count of 3, zoom in on the couple, perhaps have them holding champagne- they will inevitably smile and laugh as the confetti goes over them, keep your finger on shutter if you've got burst. Then have another go with the other half of confetti! Bit of an example on my website and other wedding pics: www.reelphotos.co.uk

Cheers, good luck but you'll be fine- get there early to do warm up shots and you'll relax as the day goes on!

Caroline

Thanks Caroline. appreciate your reply and suggestion will look at your website now.

Practise, practice, practise... grab a couple, any couple - your Mum and Dad, your best mate and his girlfriend, and try directing a few poses. Having a few practised ideas will give you confidence, and that confidence will transfer to the couple.

Also if you're more used to moving subjects, try flow posing - put the couple in a position with a nice background, and stand well back. Then ask them to walk toward you while looking at each other, then stop, rub noses, quick kiss, grab bum... they kiss each other, not you!

Hope this helps, good luck!

You will find that at every wedding you shoot the guests will be different and will need handeling in a different way.
Try and go for a more informal and un-symetrical grouping which is much more interesting to view in a wedding album afterwards, especially if you have several group shots to include.