Portrait and Wedding Photography Guide
Table Of Contents
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The Studio Workflow, Continued
Portrait and Wedding Photography Guide
Taking PicturesTaking Pictures
Now on to the main event: taking the actual pictures.
Useful techniques for portrait and wedding photo-
graphs can be found under “Shooting Techniques”
(page30).
Remember to take test shots and check the results after
changing locations or composition (page19).
What If…What If…
…I Need to Preserve Details in Highlights?…I Need to Preserve Details in Highlights?
To preserve details in highlights or in light-colored objects (such as
white wedding dresses), select [Highlight-weighted metering].
…My Model Tends to Blink?…My Model Tends to Blink?
If conditions are making it hard for your model not to blink, try shoot-
ing bursts with [Continuous L] or [Continuous H] selected for release
mode and picking the best shots.
…I Want to Photograph a Group in Prole?…I Want to Photograph a Group in Prole?
If your subjects are at dierent distances from the camera (as may be
the case, for example, when you’re photographing the newlyweds
together in prole), try stopping aperture down to increase depth of
eld.