The best advice I could give regarding posed formals is to place the
bride and groom, the full wedding party then take away from that
(rather than add to it).
When you do family formals follow the same rule...set the bride and
groom then add the full family then remove people as they aren't needed.
Formal photographs at weddings take nerves of steel but they sell so
be sure to do them.
Lea
On Jun 22, 2009, at 11:24 AM, Emily L. Ferguson wrote:
A whole minute of recycle time is useless. You need half a second
for any event incorporating people. And that's max. Immediate
recycle is nearly essential.
Find some other way to power your flash, like a battery pack on your
waist.
Remember, the best images of people happen after they're finished
posing for the photographer. That means you need to expect having
enough flash power to shoot continuously, and to shoot many, many
images.
Assess the attenders with the cardboard cameras. They may be
getting the posed shots and you may better spend your time shooting
the candids.
If the bride, groom or parents expect you to shoot the formals,
search the web for wedding sites with lists of formals. Some pros
have a list of 30-50 formal posed family shots which they check off
as they shoot the formals. That's all the set up shots of the
leading characters and all their appendages.
Many brides expect the formals and do not regard the candids as an
adequate substitute.
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