3 Mistakes Bridal Photographer Makes, with Vanessa Joy
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One of the newest episodes posted by AdoramaTV covers a topic that many wedding/bridal photographers might find useful. Featuring Vanessa Joy’s Breathe Your Passion channel , the theme is “3 mistakes you’re making when posing your brides.”
It is not a secret that many photographers who decide to turn their passion into full time profession, find out that wedding photography is one of the top paying niches. And in this niche your skillset is competing with a large number of others in the ocean of freelancers.
Thanks to Vanessa Joy, here are some fix ups you can apply to your bridal photography and become more competent on market.
Now before we begin, we must say that all three mistakes are erroneous against the same rule:
Now that we know the basis of these flaws let’s get to the first one.
Double Chin Mistake
Shooting from the low angle is not a good idea when it comes to make subject look better. After all, usually people want to appear prettier (read “skinnier”) on photos. So try shooting from above or on the eye level of the model.
Big Nose Mistake
Wide lens when shot at the close distance makes the features of the subject look bigger then they are due to lens compression. Thus shooting with wide lens might give your model big nose problem.
Try switching your lens to classic 50mm or 85mm or even zoom 70-200mm when doing closeup portraits. Portrait photographers’ all time favorite 85mm lens usually makes your shoot golden.
Wrong parts in camera
Some people don’t like their ankles. Or their hands. Or their hips. On photos they want to see less of what they don’t like and more of what they like. So if they think their hips are less attractive, get it away from the camera. If their hands are too long, get it way from the camera.
Example above on the left shows right hip and hand turned against from the camera making them to be perceived thinner. Example on the right also shows model’s left elbow drawn away from the camera and again perceived smaller, more photogenic.
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