Fine weather guarantees a bright and cheerful holiday.

Summer time makes it possible to spend a holiday not only in a banquet hall or restaurant – you can rent a country cottage, go on a trip on a river boat or steamer, have a fun party in nature.

At this time, there are many more options for choosing wedding dresses – you don’t need to think about how to “warm up” or protect yourself and guests from snow and rain.

Well, and of course, one of the most important moments: it is the summer photo shoot that will become the brightest and most multifaceted – bright natural light, green foliage, flowering flower beds, clear blue skies, beaches – all this will fill your wedding photo album with unforgettable pictures that you and your loved ones will be happy to view for many, many more years!

Confused about how to organize your wedding day shoot? Then our material “Ideas for a summer wedding photo shoot” will certainly come in handy – because in it we have collected the most original ways to capture one of the happiest days in your family’s life!

A professional photographer will be able to bring to life almost any of your ideas, but for this you need to think through everything in advance, decide on the shooting locations, and select the necessary accessories. At the same time, remember that a wedding should not turn into hard work in front of a photographic lens. Do not deprive yourself of the opportunity to feel the wonderful atmosphere of the holiday, have fun and give each other the most vivid and sincere emotions!

Ideas for a summer wedding photo shoot

In the park

So, by tradition, most couples go to be photographed in the city park. And not by chance. First, it’s easy to get here. Secondly, there will definitely be a place in the park that is of particular importance for newlyweds – acquaintance, first date, first kiss. And thirdly, beautiful landscapes, a sea of greenery, picturesque alleys and colorful flower beds – all this guarantees a couple of bright, stylish and romantic shots.

Picnic

The main attributes of wedding shooting at a picnic are a bright plaid (checkered in the classics), wicker baskets with food, a bottle of wedding champagne. Great if you can decorate the photo zone with flowers and fruits, bright pillows and balloons. Such photographs always turn out to be alive, natural, emotions literally go wild on them, the eyes of the newlyweds sparkle with joy and happiness

With flowers (bouquets, wreaths)

Any experienced photographer will tell you that no wedding is complete without flowers. And in any wedding photo album there must be a place for these invariable wedding attributes. The bride’s bouquet, bridesmaids’ flower wreaths, flowers presented by guests – all this together and separately will help create beautiful compositions for original and unforgettable pictures.

Do you want to stand out from the crowd of couples? Add a bouquet of cacti to roses, orchids, lilies and peonies! Stylish, original and symbolic: after all, family life is not only tenderness and affection, but also sharp thorns!

In the field (wheat, flower field)

If the couple has time, then you can go for a photo shoot on a field or a picturesque forest lawn. A wheat field is a symbol of well-being, fertility. In many cultures, it is the grain that represents the beginning of a new life, which can be a great idea for a symbolic wedding photo shoot. Photos on a poppy or cornflower field look incredibly bright.

Be sure to discuss with your photographer the possibility of using themed accessories – straw hats, wreaths, sunglasses.

A stack of hay

Such a photo shoot does not mean shooting exclusively in folk style. Newlyweds can easily be dressed stylishly and modernly, and it is precisely due to the contrast that the photos will be bright and memorable. You can lie down, stand or sit on a haystack, or you can try to give the shots a bit of dynamics – dancing or jumping from a haystack. Oddly enough, but city dwellers quite often choose to shoot in the field!

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Technique .
The main reason why wedding photographers charge so much for their services is the cost of the photographic equipment with which the master works. A semi-professional or, better, a professional full-frame camera, 2-3 high-aperture lenses, flashes, batteries, memory cards – this is the basic set of a professional wedding photographer, which is quite expensive and will cost him $2-5 thousand.

Equipment for post-processing
In order for a wedding photographer to give customers really high quality and cool pictures, they need not only be taken on a professional camera, but also carefully processed after the photo session. To do this, the master will need a powerful personal computer with good technical specifications.

Advertising and promotion
It is important for a professional to constantly promote his services and develop his personal brand. That’s why the honor of funds regularly goes to the promotion of the photographer’s website, his social networks and advertising.
Training and professional development
Every photographer, in order to start his professional activity, should first get a basic special education. Mastering the technique of photography and different genres, the ability to process, retouch and create beautiful and really high quality pictures – all this requires an investment of time, effort and financial resources.

Other factors
There are still some reasons why a good wedding photographer is usually expensive. Additional factors also affect the price of the master’s services.

Duplicate photographic equipment
In addition to the fact that the master must have high quality professional equipment, he can not go to the customer for a photo session with one set of equipment. If something fails during the shooting, the photographer must have a similar apparatus for replacement. It turns out that there should be two sets of professional photographic equipment and 2-3 sets of rechargeable batteries. This is a necessity, and it costs a contractor a lot.

Depreciation of equipment
Every photographer takes into account depreciation of equipment and photographic equipment in the cost of his services, which wears out and has a certain limited lifetime (no more than 5 years). Also, from time to time it is necessary to update the software and some equipment due to wear and tear and obsolescence. Such periodic modernization is also expensive and affects the prices for the master’s clients.

Author’s style
Customers are much more pleasant to receive their photos not on a disposable dummy, but on a beautiful flash drive made of wood or leather, and the photo book – in a presentable package or box. These costs are not so big, but they are also there and form positive impressions from the customer’s work with the photographer.

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The white dress will be put away in a closet, the cake will be eaten in an hour during the banquet, the bouquet will be taken away by a happy girlfriend who caught it, and only wedding photos will remain with you as a memory of the brightest and most important day in your life.

And that these magical memories were kept in your family in the best quality, you need to be very careful in choosing a wedding photographer.

Not every photographer, even if he is engaged in photography for many years, can be a wedding photographer.

They say that in the circus, the most difficult profession is the clown. This is an artist who should not only make the audience laugh, but also be able to juggle, walk a tightrope, manipulate wild animals, do tricks, balance on one leg on a ball, soar under a dome, and much, much more …

A wedding photographer is just such a “clown” among photographers (in a good sense of the word, of course).

Modern photography is conventionally divided into many genres. And the difficulty of such a profession as a wedding photographer is the ability to work in almost every one of them.

Here are the basic genres that a wedding photographer should master:

• Staged Photography. One of the most important skills for a wedding photographer is to be able to frame a beautiful shot. Many people participate in a photo shoot for the first time just at a wedding. They don’t know how to stand, where to look, what emotions to portray and where to put their hands. They do not know when to look at the camera, and when to look at each other, which perspective will be more advantageous for them.
• Reportage photography. Some moments of a wedding day, such as registration at the registry office, do not lend themselves to any, even the slightest stage direction – everything goes strictly according to protocol. And the photographer must be able even in a situation that he can not influence in any way to make excellent emotional photos, choose the right angle, set the accents and remove from the frame everything superfluous.
• Macro Photography. Details are a very important part of any wedding. It is they who create the atmosphere of the celebration, making it unique.
• Interior photography. For wedding walks, ceremonies and banquets, newlyweds choose the most beautiful places: luxurious Wedding Palaces, restaurants with beautiful interiors, temples, museums, historical buildings. And, of course, the photographer should be able to convey to the picture all the beauty of the chosen place.
• Landscape photography. It doesn’t matter when your wedding is – hot summer or freezing winter. A wedding photographer will be able to create the feeling that this time of year is perfect for the wedding.

But it is not enough for a good wedding photographer to be able to shoot in different genres. A wedding photographer is also a person of many professions.

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But it’s not just knowing how to photograph in different genres that makes a photographer a master wedding photographer.

A good wedding photographer has many skills and knows the nuances without which it is impossible to get great wedding photos.

Often the wedding photographer takes on the role of director. Helping plan the wedding day is a service that is in the arsenal of any professional. Who better than a photographer, based on his experience, can tell the bride and groom how to plan the route of the wedding walk or how will the wedding ceremony in the registry office, and what the main points to pay attention to, so that the photos looked the most winning.

A wedding photographer is also a psychologist. Emotions in wedding photos – that’s what is most valuable for the bride and groom, everyone wants a memorable and emotional wedding photo, looking at which the viewer can feel the same feelings. It can be bright and cheerful, or, on the contrary, pictures saturated with romance and tender melancholy. But very often, both the guests and the newlyweds are shy, embarrassed, worried and do not know how to behave in front of the camera. And it is at this point to help them come to the wedding photographer: he knows how to loosen up, to point to the most advantageous angle, tell (and often show) how to convey a particular emotion.

Look into a wedding photographer’s bag, and you’ll be surprised. A good photographer has with him a lot of, at first glance strange, but absolutely indispensable things at the wedding. These are wet wipes, pins, invisible pins, a needle and thread, a painkiller pill and much more. After all, at almost every wedding suddenly inadvertently something gets dirty, rips off, the bride gets knocked out of her hair curls or nerves begins to hurt her stomach.

And, of course, the photographer is a person who always has a “plan B”. This is especially true for our city, with its unpredictable weather. A wedding photographer will always offer an alternative location for the wedding reception. If it suddenly rains, or organize a mini photo shoot with the guests if the limo is late.

From all of the above we can draw only one very important conclusion: take the full responsibility for choosing a photographer for your wedding.

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But how in today’s world with so many ads, variety of services and an increasing number of professionals in the wedding industry to choose the very specialist who will help make your celebration truly unique and unrepeatable, will not fail during the wedding and will please with excellent results after, when they give ready-made photos?

Here are a few points to pay attention to and the choice of a wedding photographer will not be a guessing game, but a conscious step that will bring only positive emotions.

The style and quality of the shooting. It seems obvious, but not everyone realizes that before you agree with the photographer, you need to see examples of his work. And not just look, but decide that his shooting and processing style suits you completely, and you want your wedding photos to look exactly the same. Some newlyweds send the photographer pictures that they like and ask to do exactly the same at their wedding, and then get disappointed with the result.

Having a wedding portfolio. It is very important that your future photographer has not just a portfolio consisting of portraits of children, a pet cat and pretty girls, but also examples of photos from weddings. The wedding photo session is a separate genre and if a photographer is good at portraits or corporate events it does not mean that he will also do an excellent job with weddings.

Full wedding photography. Usually only the best photos are put in the portfolio. Often, beginners meet situations where those 2-3 photos from the wedding that they posted are the only decent ones from the entire shoot. Therefore, do not evaluate the level of the photographer only by those few dozen photos that are on his website or group in a social network.

Attention to detail. The newlyweds are preparing for the wedding for several months, with love and attention selecting accessories and outfits, decor elements, decorations for the hall, flowers, ordering beautiful cards for the tables… All these details should necessarily be reflected on your wedding photos.

Emotion. Often you can find photographers who take static pictures: here is the bride standing, and here is the groom sitting, here they are looking into the camera, and here they are kissing. If you want really great wedding photos, look for a photographer who knows how to convey emotion. On his photos of the newlyweds do not just look at the camera, they are laughing and hugging, sincerely anticipating the start of a new life, with tenderness and love enjoy the holiday and each other.

Processing. Beware of masters, who are too exaggerated by the decoration of photos with various computer effects. Often it is only a way to hide the technical imperfection of your pictures.

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