How to Use Your Digital Camera to Capture Candid Wedding Moments

by Susannah Singer

So much happens at a wedding that without photographic images, many of the days events would be lost. Professional digital wedding photographers are usually hired to ensure that memories of the day stay captured and ready to be looked at whenever the couple desires. Looking at an image captured during the wedding or reception can bring the memories back even more than watching a DVD!

Creating that perfect shot isn’t easy if you are taking photographs without help as there is only so much you can do on your own. Here are some tips if you find yourself at a friend or relations wedding taking photos with your digital camera.

If you only remember one piece of information from this article, remember to make sure that the photographs have a nice background as it is one of the first things you’ll notice when you look at them. Don’t worry too much if you can’t get a full body shot of the couple. One way to get around this problem is by taking a portrait shot of them.

Try to get guests that have spectacles on to either remove them or hold their head at an angle so that there isn’t a reflection obscuring their eyes. If you are shooting into the light, remember to compensate and increase the aperture otherwise the couple (or guests) will appear dark in the image.

Candid shots are also dramatic and these portraits often reveal more than the quality of the picture itself. In fact, many professionals use the zoom to capture intimate and memorable moments. With digital wedding photography always remember to be ready for the shot as it saves people posing and looks more natural.

Your digital camera should be equipped with enough memory to ensure that no great moment is missed. In other words, make sure to have an extra memory card - especially if you want to preserve as many moments as possible. As a general rule, if your camera has a 6 mega pixel resolution then you will need a large storage capacity card that will hold a few hundred shots at high resolution. A 1 gigabyte card should be sufficient.

The reason you need to set the cameras resolution to the maximum is because the colors will be richer. Plus, if you want to enlarge the photos, it won’t be a problem. This is achieved by saving the images to your computer where you can print them out at your leisure on special photographic paper.

A new generation has grown up not really knowing what film photography is like, so to them digital wedding photography is quite normal.

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