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Wedding Photography: How To Nail Each Part Of The Day (Documentary-Style)

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Overview

Hey everyone!

I remember getting ready to photograph my first wedding six years ago - I WAS SO NERVOUS!

No matter how much I searched online, all the knowledge I could find back then was really technical and talked about how to frame, how to shoot and how to edit. Nowhere actually covered how to approach a wedding day and what to expect. Being a wedding photographer is about so much more than just taking photos, and I wish I'd known that back then. 

These are the videos I wish would have been around when I was getting ready for my first wedding.

I am going to talk you through an entire wedding I photographed last year, using 50+ examples of photos I took, and share with you how I approach each part of the day to take beautiful, unposed photos. I'm going to tell you how I took the photo and share the technical information behind the image. 

The wedding I will be covering was featured on Rock My Wedding earlier this year!

I'm going to cover everything I know about:

1) How I organise myself for the wedding day 
2) How I conduct my in-person meetings to get all the information that I need 
3) The mindset and guiding principles behind my candid, documentary-style approach
4) The equipment that I use and how I use it 
5) How I approach the entire wedding day, part by part 

Whether you are:

A confident and experienced wedding photographer with your own business and approach

Have never photographed a wedding before but feel comfortable around a camera 

Have done a few weddings and you want to learn as much as possible

Simply curious about wedding photography and have an hour to spare 

I believe that you will find something in this course helpful!

Weddings are entirely unpredictable by nature, and I hope that by watching this class you will gain the tools needed to approach any situation with confidence. 

Let's jump into it!

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You can see all the images with their corresponding technical information here. They are all referenced throughout the course. 

Want to see what gear I use? Check out my Kit page here.

PLEASE CHECK THE CLASS PROJECT TAB FOR HELPFUL .PDFs!

OUTRO SONG

Song: LiQWYD - Weightless Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music. Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 Unported Video Link: https://youtu.be/4qUAQZ48M8Y

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • The Wedding - Prep
  • The Wedding - Ceremony
  • The Wedding - Drinks & Formals
  • The Wedding - Meal & Speeches
  • The Wedding - 1st Dance & Party
  • How Do I Organise Myself?
  • How Do I Set Myself Up For Success?
  • Which Equipment Do I Use?
  • A Few Closing Thoughts

Taught by

Michael Maurer

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