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ide and one on the ladies waiting for the bouquet. Your
timing has to be excellent, as the bride will often “fake
out” the group just for laughs. This might fake you out, as
well. Try to get the bouquet as it leaves the bride’s hands
and before it is caught—and if your flash recycles fast
enough, get a shot of the lucky lady who catches it.
TABLE SHOTS
Table shots don’t usually turn out well, are rarely ordered,
and are tedious to make. If your couple absolutely wants
table shots, ask them to accompany you from table to
table. That way they can greet all of their guests, and it
will make the posing quick and painless. Instead of table
shots, consider one big group that encompasses nearly
everyone at the reception.
LITTLE ONES
A great photo opportunity comes from spending time with
the smallest attendees and attendants—the flower girls and
ring bearers. They are thrilled with the pageantry of the
wedding day and their involvement often offers a multitude
of memorable shots.
BELOW—J. B. Sallee saw this beautiful painting hanging over the bar
and decided to duplicate it in a suitable manner by posing the bride
across three bar stools. He used a 24mm lens on his D2X and an ISO
of 640 and manually set the white balance to daylight so that the tungsten
lighting would record with warmth.
BELOW—The little ones are especially fragile on the wedding day and
present some wonderful photo opportunities. Photograph by Marcus Bell.
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