Do these 5 things to IMPROVE your documentary wedding photography
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In this video I talk about documentary wedding photography and give my top 5 tips for how you can improve your documentary photographs on a wedding day.
I think that documentary photographs which capture the real moments and genuine emotion of a wedding day is the most important part of our job as wedding photographers. I believe that it is these images which will be looked back on in years to come as they will remind our bride and grooms exactly how they felt on their wedding day.
As well as giving my top tips and advice as to how you can improve your documentary wedding photography, I also show many of my own favourite documentary photographs.
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I do still find that you have to set up certain moments to get certain shots. If you’re doing a first look or first touch, there’s a lot that goes into it. You’ve gotta clear people away. Stage the groom or dad, stage the bride, these things don’t just happen naturally. You stage them and then let them happen on their own from there.
Yes, I couldn't agree with you more... It's bloomin hard, and so annoying when someone steps into that special shot. I always remember one couple confused to why I stood momentarily behind them during the speeches. The wide angle shot I captured of their audience laughing was one of thier favorites. Gosh! your work is certainly lovely
Thank you very much Harvy, very kind of you. The shot you describe sounds great!
and I thought I did a decent job for my couples but then I see your shots and I most definitely need to work harder! Tomorrow I'll be shooting on silent and maybe 6fps as I definitely see the advantages. But then hours and hours of culling.... will be worth it. Thanks Neil
That is very kind of you. Thank you Allen. Good luck with the new approach, I hope you enjoy it!
Nice work dude. Point 2 is in my workshop lol. 100% agree.
Thank you very much mate!
Great information not only for weddings but for any event in which emotion flows.
Great video Neil!! Top tips!!!
You are true inspiration for me. Whenever I reach to my saturation point as a photographer, you show me the way to get out of it. I hope that one day I will be able to meet you personally.
That means a lot, thank you very much Pankaj
some great little nuggets here Neil !! there is a huge difference between shooting through the moment and spraying and praying !! Ive done second shooter a few times and its always the candid shot that gets the reaction and very true what you said the posed controlled shots are fantastic for now its the candid documentary that will spark the emotional side. Take care
Thank you very much Pat! And yes, I completely agree with your comment :-) thank you
thks soo much neil, aporte maraviloso
Fantastic tips there Neil! 👍
Thank you very much Nick!
Great tips!
I feel challenged! You share a lot of knowledge in your videos.
Thanks!
Thank you so much Marcus, I really appreciate that :)
Very useful video for a fellow like me who does a lot of candid/street-style photography which is always challenging to do on the fly. I am always trying to improve my output, and your tips have inspired me. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and tips in this video!
Thank you very much! I am really pleased you enjoyed the video 😌
My favourite video so far Neil. Great images of candid moments. Defiantly the hardest thing to capture. I'm lucky if I come away with one or two great candids from the day that make me happy...
Silent shooting indoors on anything but a A9/A1 is to risky for me. You can't always see the banding until you get the images on a monitor ...
Cheers....
Thank you so much Andy, that is very kind of you! Great point about silent shooting too, you are right, I should have mentioned in the video that banding can occur on most cameras when shooting silently
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 thank you, great video
My pleasure! Thank you very much Balin 🙂
Motivational tips Bro😇
Pleased you enjoyed it!
Very useful, but I've got a question: I like to shoot silently, but sometines I can't because usually the places where I have to shoot (weddings), there is fluorescent lighting and this produces some bands across the photos. I use the Sony A7III.
Really great photos!! Full of emotions! Well done, once again Neil! And a question I want to ask…. Do you prefer/recommend a 35mm prime lens or a 24mm?
Thank you so much Ilias! Very kind of you. It's close as I love the 24mm too, but personally I would go for a 35mm as first choice
Can I just ask about banding. maybe not a problem in an A1 or A9 but certainly is on an A7iii. Now have Nikon Z6ii and haven't even tried silent shooting but remember a huge problem back when I had the A7iii. Thanks
You are right Allen and I should have mentioned this in the video. I shoot with the A9 which has a stacked sensor so doesn't suffer too badly with banding but yes, that isn't the case with other cameras and they can struggle with banding. I don't know about the Nikon Z6ii I'm afraid so I would recommend testing in various lighting conditions. The fact I could shoot silently indoors was the reason I chose the A9 when I first went mirrorless
Late comment, but the z6ii does have banding from my own experience. The threshold seems better than a sony, but only slightly from what I remember with my time with sony.
Do you shoot in manual or AP? I struggle with blur when the subjects are moving. Also, do you shoot in AF S or AF C?
I always shooting AF-C and manual - there is no right or wrong though
Hey Neil, may I ask how many final images you typically have at the end of editing?
Hi Leah, of course! I deliver around 600 images per wedding
Great advice. Thank you. Needed this