By Rick Sammon – Follow Rick on Twitter
In this trying economy, almost everyone is looking to save a buck, or make a few extra bucks. That includes me – who faces four years of writing checks, as a very proud and happy dad, to Johns Hopkins University starting this fall.
So when Wiley, one of my publishers, asked me to write a book on wedding photography, I gladly accepted the challenge. I worked with some of the top wedding photographers in the country, getting their best photos, tips, tricks and techniques.
For the book, Digital Wedding Photography Secrets
The book, my 33rd, is geared toward those who want to be weekend wedding photographers, which was actually the original title of the book. It’s jammed packed with
one-page ideas on covering a wedding from start to finish. Chapters include:
*Rick’s Recipe (top tips for great shots)
*Light, Cameras, Computers, Action (wedding photo gear)
*The Studio Shoot (basic lighting set-ups)
*The Weekend Wedding Photographer (from start to finish)
*Pros Share their Secrets (inside info from the pros)
*The Woman’s Touch (a very special chapter)
*The Creative Touch (a must read)
*Photoshop Must-Know Info (Photoshop basics)
*Photoshop Enhancements (Awaken the artist within)
What . . . you think you can’t shoot a wedding? Sure, it is a specialty. However, if you are a good photographer, you can apply the same set of basic shooting skills to
photographing a bride and groom on their special day.
So if you have skills, why not ask local wedding photographers if you could get a gig as the “second photographer” on a wedding? It never hurts to ask – something that I have learned by experience.
What follows is the introduction to the book. As you’ll see, photography is photography – no matter what the specialty. To illustrate my philosophy, I used some istock.com wedding photos and some of my travel and studio photographs. My photographs are the right or bottom images. Here comes the . . . bride and groom wedding tips.
