How To Take Epic Bride Prep Photos at a Wedding
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Loading... - Aarfah Abed
- 03 May 2023
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One of the most important parts of any good book is the first few pages which draw in the reader in. That's what getting ready photos are for a wedding day. So let's make them epic.
To start things off, when it comes to bride prep, my main goal is to let moments unfold as they naturally would. I never want my clients to look back at an image, and remember me telling them what to do or to remember me having the makeup artist hold a little makeup brush in front of their face in order to fake a moment.
That said, I will move things around as needed. If it helps things line up to have the bride's chair moved over a couple of inches, I’ll wait for a break in what's going on, and then simply ask to move it. I also love to work with the natural light of the room as well as play around with off-camera lighting. And for getting ready images, my go-to light is the Stella Reflex S. I love it because it’s small and compact so I don't need a ton of room in what's normally a crowded and cluttered space. I also love that it can be a constant light, or I can use it in a digital burst to act like a more traditional flash. But I almost always use this light in constant mode. I really enjoy the see-what-you-get aspect of constant light, And then especially for situations like this where there is a videographer. The constant light makes it so we can both work off the light instead of me needing a setup and them needing an entirely separate setup. Which just makes the room that much cluttered and then we both have to combat the light from one another. So it's just all around easier if we can both work off a single light setup. Read More…
