Wedding Photographers Secrets
Wedding photography has exploded over
the past few years. The craze to capture moments of closeness and love has kept
wedding photographers on toes. With changing themes, decorations, and style,
photographers not only need to keep an eye on the new trends but also
constantly need to enhance their photography skills. Yes, you are a
photographer and know your job, but industry trends changes with the speed of
light, adding to it the increasingly stiff competition in a crowded market. To
keep yourself relevant you need to add something raw and distinctive to your
photographs. So, how do you do it?
1.
Workshops
You are doing your job satisfactorily
from past many years and have been earning well. Does that mean you have
reached the peak of your career? Completely wrong. Learning never stops. There
is always room to grow and improve yourself. Wedding photography workshops provide you with much needed
freshness and vigor. It instills new ideas, alternative ways of thinking, and
boosts your creativity. A workshop not only works on your photography skills
but also helps you with learning new editing software's and tools.
2.
Experiment beforehand
With changing trends and technology,
it is imperative that you experiment with your techniques. Be it drones, new lighting
gears, or lenses; take time out to learn and experiment. Practice with the new
found stuff at your home, in your studio, or over a morning walk. Changing lens
or acquiring new gears can modify your photographs. The thing to remember here
is that such experimentation needs ample time and should never be performed on
the day of the shoot. You are being paid to give good results and not to
experiment with something at the last moment, which can potentially damage the
photos and your reputation!
3.
Assist other artist
Taking a break from your job and
joining other photographer as a second shooter can be a valuable learning experience. If you have a free weekend and know
a photographer or two, how about asking them about working together? No two
photographers are enemy. Yes, there is competition but working together can
create new connections and enhance your overall business. When you take a break
from being the primary photographer, you end up learning new techniques, play
around with new ideas, and experiment considerably. Looking through the eyes of
someone else's lens can be eye opening and fascinating.
4.
Take Inspiration
Just like you are what you eat,
similarly you are what you see! All artists, not just wedding photographers
need inspiration from time to time. Other sources of art and photography can
fill your creativity buckets. Look at a lot of photographs. Not just wedding
ones, but go through magazine photo shoots, film photography, and everything
else you can lay your hands on. Archiving a few good websites can also be
helpful to find works of legends and old masters. Image based social media
sites like Pinterest, and Instagram can help you understand new obsessions.
Overall, getting inspiration from any source of art is compelling and refreshing.
5.
Participate in Contest/Side Projects
Shooting within the realms of the
same subject matter can leave you bored and burned out leading to monotonous
outcomes. Avoiding this is not difficult if you have little patience.
Participating in varied photo contests can really help you re-energize
yourself. It can force you to think out of the box and exercise with new
subjects. Similarly, you can create a 30 day side project/challenge where you
take 30 different shots with varied patterns or come up with 30 different theme
ideas. Contest and side projects can jazz up and rejuvenate your soul.
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