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Dream Wedding Photography is a complete guide to producing stunning photographs of the perfect wedding. Packed with exciting and original images, it will inspire you to create your own professional wedding portfolio.
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Lorna Yabsley began her career as a model, but soon moved to the other side of the camera, establishing her own portrait studio. She quickly became one of the most sought after wedding photographers in the UK, creating a style that has been widely emulated.
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If you're a photographer and wanting to get into wedding photography there are two books that I heartedly recommend, Dream Wedding Photography, by Lorna Yabsley and Digital Wedding Photography, by Glen Johnson. There are other good books about the subject, but after spending more time than I should have at both Barnes and Noble and Borders, checking many out, these are the two that I thought should be in my photographic library.
If you go through these two books, you'll have a pretty good idea if wedding photography is for you. It's a lot of work and you'll find that out between the pages of these books, but there's an art to it as well, which I believe Ms. Yabsley covers in her book while Mr. Johnson covers the technical side. These books compliment each other and though you might want others, I don't believe you need them, everything you need to know to get started, Lorna Yabsley and Glen Johnson can teach you. Sure, you can never get enough learning, but eventually you have to put the books down, pick up your camera and do.
Ms. Yabsley will take you through the whole wedding process, from securing the commission, planning the day, the ceremony, the reception and post production. She will help you develop your own style, she will help you plan for the wedding, she will show you what it means to be a wedding photographer and she will do it in only 160 well written pages with beautiful photographs. I read this book in one sitting, drinking coffee in a Barnes and Noble bookstore, but a month later, after having read several others from cover to cover, I bought this one. I have it to show brides, because I believe brides should understand what wedding photography is all about. It'll save them from having heartaches later, because no bride wants horrible pictures and no bride wants to overpay a wedding photographer. This book will educate her so she can get what she pays for.
Mr. Johnson will also take you though the whole wedding process, but his book is almost twice as thick has Ms. Yabsley's and it cannot be read in one sitting. He assumes you know a little bit about your camera, and I hope you do, because if you don't you shouldn't even be considering wedding photography. He shows you various techniques, which I've found to be invaluable. If you don't already understand good composition or how to work with light, you'll learn it. He goes through both shooting in and outdoors. He shows you how to document the ceremony in a photojournalistic style. He shows you how to jazz up the reception (photographically speaking) and he gives you some very good post production advice. Although this book is more technical that Ms. Yabsley's, I believe a bride would be well served if she bought it and spent three or four evenings with it. If you're spending upwards of two or three thousand dollars for a photographer, learning how to talk to him in his language and understanding the process he's going through to make your wedding photos truly shine just makes good sense.
In conclusion, after having poured through dozens of books on wedding photography, I really believe if you're a good photographer, if you understand how your camera works, really understand it, then with the knowledge learned in these two books, a will and a little bit of courage you can get started on a career as a wedding photographer. And I also truly believe a bride would be well severed by buying and reading these books.
If you go through these two books, you'll have a pretty good idea if wedding photography is for you. It's a lot of work and you'll find that out between the pages of these books, but there's an art to it as well, which I believe Ms. Yabsley covers in her book while Mr. Johnson covers the technical side. These books compliment each other and though you might want others, I don't believe you need them, everything you need to know to get started, Lorna Yabsley and Glen Johnson can teach you. Sure, you can never get enough learning, but eventually you have to put the books down, pick up your camera and do.
Ms. Yabsley will take you through the whole wedding process, from securing the commission, planning the day, the ceremony, the reception and post production. She will help you develop your own style, she will help you plan for the wedding, she will show you what it means to be a wedding photographer and she will do it in only 160 well written pages with beautiful photographs. I read this book in one sitting, drinking coffee in a Barnes and Noble bookstore, but a month later, after having read several others from cover to cover, I bought this one. I have it to show brides, because I believe brides should understand what wedding photography is all about. It'll save them from having heartaches later, because no bride wants horrible pictures and no bride wants to overpay a wedding photographer. This book will educate her so she can get what she pays for.
Mr. Johnson will also take you though the whole wedding process, but his book is almost twice as thick has Ms. Yabsley's and it cannot be read in one sitting. He assumes you know a little bit about your camera, and I hope you do, because if you don't you shouldn't even be considering wedding photography. He shows you various techniques, which I've found to be invaluable. If you don't already understand good composition or how to work with light, you'll learn it. He goes through both shooting in and outdoors. He shows you how to document the ceremony in a photojournalistic style. He shows you how to jazz up the reception (photographically speaking) and he gives you some very good post production advice. Although this book is more technical that Ms. Yabsley's, I believe a bride would be well served if she bought it and spent three or four evenings with it. If you're spending upwards of two or three thousand dollars for a photographer, learning how to talk to him in his language and understanding the process he's going through to make your wedding photos truly shine just makes good sense.
In conclusion, after having poured through dozens of books on wedding photography, I really believe if you're a good photographer, if you understand how your camera works, really understand it, then with the knowledge learned in these two books, a will and a little bit of courage you can get started on a career as a wedding photographer. And I also truly believe a bride would be well severed by buying and reading these books.
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I just loved this book! As a budding wedding photographer I thought the advice given in this book was invaluable to helping me get my career of the ground. The photos are superb and the book was great value for money. Highly recommended.
I just loved this book! As a budding wedding photographer I thought the advice given in this book was invaluable to helping me get my career of the ground. The photos are superb and the book was great value for money. Highly recommended.
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