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06/15/2010 04:34:15 AM · #1 |
I've got my first wedding this weekend ... eeeeek!! I think I'm fairly organised, I have plenty of kit (inc 2 spare bodies), I have the plan agreed with bride and groom of what they want, scouted the location for some test shots, have plenty of ideas for poses and locations for the couple shots, pre ceromony, ceromony, etc etc ....
I have the list of all the group shots they want but I am just wondering about positioning people for the smaller family group shots (<10 people), do you try and do any kind of height order or just let them stand where they want? I assume just keeping them all tight together works well? If people ask to be positioned
Do you try and organise the medium friend/hen/stag group shots (~10-20 people) at all?
Any other group shot tips?
cheers
Robert |
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06/15/2010 05:28:52 AM · #2 |
I always organise my wedding groups...from 2 people to over 300 people in a photo. It always works well and takes me anywhere from 10 seconds to 10 minutes dependant on the size. Remember...older people don't kneel or sit well...unless on a chair...so keep the low levels for the younger ones.
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06/15/2010 06:27:48 AM · #3 |
Dumb thought, since I really don't know what I'm doing, but I'd assume that most groups would WANT you to organize them. They want to feel like someone's in charge. Many people don't like having their picture taken, and feel dumb standing there, so it's even worse if they're not sure what to do and are left to their own devices. I think you'd get a lot of blank stares, and "where should we stand" questions, which wouldn't put them at ease going into the picture.
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06/15/2010 06:33:48 AM · #4 |
| ok cool .... so what kind of order do you put them in ... group together to start with presumably (bridesmaids, best men and ushers, parents ect) then have kids at the front ... do you then try and get them in height order around the bride and groom? |
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06/16/2010 09:01:32 AM · #5 |
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06/16/2010 09:57:34 AM · #6 |
Congratulations and Good luck with the wedding. I hope to see some samples.
What's the date??
I would suggest you go out and look at group wedding shots and just observe what is going on in the image and what looks good to your eye. For the family shots most people say that shorter folks and kids go in the front, elderly people could be sitting down and taller people go in the back. Use good composition, triangles and diamond shapes, lines of all sorts. Print some out and draw shapes and lines on them to see the composition. Imagine what you will do in your setting since you have already visited the site.
As for the bridal party, the standard groomsmen on the grooms side, bridesmaids on the brides side all facing in toward the bride and groom. For the groomsmen, there's the typical album cover shot... groom in the front holding his jacket casual or standing with hands folded in front with the groomsmen farther away in the background spread out posed with hands folded in front... use shallow depth of field to focus on the groom but ensure the groomsmen are visible. For the bridal party, bridesmaids and flower girls surrounding the bride all looking at her with the bride looking toward the camera all holding bouquets... stuff like that. for the shots of two or three, make sure they are relaxed and relating to one another somehow.
Also you have to rely on your creativity when you are out there. After all, you are the creative mind they hired. I would also invest a few bucks in a posing guide. Buy one from Amazon and have it shipped to you in time for you to study and come up with a game plan before the wedding. Lastly, I think there are some group posing guides out there on the internet somewhere... A google search would be another place to start.
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