Digital Wedding Photography for Dummies
is an excellent overview of all the skills required to be a wedding
photographer. These include not only taking pictures and printing
them, or making them available of DVD. It also goes into how to
handle clients, set up you business and use social media to get your
business recognized.
If you're already an experienced
photographer, the photo sections are a good review, but are too
simple for a serious photographer. Basically, they tell you how to
use techniques to get the mood you want, but it requires a great deal
of practice, as the author points out. Likewise, photo editing is
discussed in terms of Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop. I enjoyed
the discussion. It was a good review, but having used both programs,
I know you need a great deal more information to make them work the
way you want.
The sections on building your business:
writing a business plan, researching the requirement for getting your
business registered with the proper authorities, and learning how to
write a contract, are excellent. Again, this gives you a start and
places to look, but a great deal more work is required to bring the
business to fruition.
I particularly enjoyed the sections on
dealing with clients. I love the idea of bringing your clients into
the decision making process, but not letting them take over and delay
the final product. It's a section well worth reading.
This book is not only good for wedding
photographers, or aspiring wedding photographers, it could also be
used by anyone who plans to photograph an event. Since the wedding
covers skills from portraiture to photo journalism there's something
that applies to almost any event where a photographer is required.
This is a great basic treatment of the
subject. If you want to get your feet wet, this is the way to do it.
I reviewed this book for the Amazon
Vine Program.
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