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Wedding photography in a bad weather
By guest | December 29, 2009
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In a wedding event one thing you can not control is the weather. You can plan everything else but no matter what you do weather is out of your hands.As a photographer, well, bad weather is something you can plan for. Obviously you hope you don’t have to deal with it.But if you have been assigned a duty to do the pictures you want to be ready for whatever weather may happen.So here are some useful tips you can follow in case of bad weather in a wedding day.
First and foremost you need a backup plan.But no matter what you do you still need to prepare another option for those outdoor shots you planned to capture. As a San Diego wedding photographer I usually don’t have to worry about this.But there will be times when bad weather happens.The thing you can do is ensure that you have a backup location that is ready if the weather does get bad. With a backup place identified you can plan the photographs you will take.
Another thing you can do is plan to have more time for the wedding photos. What this will allow you to do is to take cover when it is showering. When the rain lets up you can hurriedly take photos. I have had to do this several times as a San Diego photographer.It is not the perfect way to take photographs but it will work.
Finally you must have set up umbrellas.Sometimes the weather will not let up and umbrellas will let you take them anyway. In my San Diego event photography business we already have umbrellas ready for many reasons.In reality taking pictures with overcast skies look really great in photos.So it is not bad at all.
So there are plenty of tips you can use to make the very best out of a bad weather in a wedding event.As mentioned, you have no power to control the weather but you can definitely control your plans and still have great photos.
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