One of the first questions I received during inquiry is if I shot a wedding already in their chosen church and reception venue. In my ten years, I’ve shot almost all churches in Metro Manila which make them confident that I’ll do a good job.
In most cases, having experienced a wedding in a particular church is an advantage. Most photographers would secure all their favorite spots and give their client what they expect. Everybody happy. :)
Last January 5 & 6, I had a wedding at St. James (Alabang), both at 3pm. You might say it’s very easy. But it’s not. Not in my case at least. There is a big pressure on me to come up with different shot even though my two couples didn’t know each other. Thing is, I don’t want to work on a template or a shot list.
Just to illustrate:
Jan 5, portrait of bride in the car
Jan 6, portrait of bride in car
Both in car, both beautiful, both before getting off the car but different angle.
Jan 5, preparing for walk
Jan 6, preparing for walk
The angle are almost the same, I just capitalized on their veil. They have different veil. One advantage of Jan 6 is that I was able to remove the dress-code sign. For Jan 5, I’ll try to photoshop it.
Jan 5, bridal walk
Jan 6, bridal walk
I’m on the left side on Jan 5 and I did it on the right side for Jan 6.
Nobody would really notice if the photographer work on a template. Although I hear stories from brides who are officemates and found out that their album look very similar. It’s just the faces that’s different.
Anyway, what I’m doing is that I try to be different everytime. I made it easier by having a system – it’s in my instict. Although there is a temptation during peak season like this December and January but the difference doesn’t have to be grand anyway.
The advantage of doing this is that I don’t get bored and hopefully I don’t bore you.
by dinolara
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