What To Do When Photographing A Wedding In Bad Weather
December 14, 2009 by Jason King
The weather is one thing you can not control in a wedding event. You can plan everything else but no matter what you do weather is out of your hands.
Well as a photographer bad weather is something you can plan for.You hope you do not need to deal with it obviously.But if you have been assigned a duty to do the pictures you want to be ready for whatever weather may happen. So here are some things you can do in case of bad weather in a wedding.
First and foremost you need a backup plan.No matter what you do you need to be prepared with another option for those outdoor shots you planned to capture. As a San Diego wedding photographer I usually don’t have to worry about this.But basically bad weather can also happen sometimes. The thing you can do is make sure you have a backup location ready if the weather does get bad. With a backup place identified you can plan the photographs you will take.
Planning to have more time for the wedding photos is another thing that you can do. What this will allow you to do is to take cover when it is showering. When the rain lets up you can hurriedly take photos. I have had to do this several times as a San Diego photographer.It will work but it is not the best way to take photographs.
Finally you must have set up umbrellas.In some situations the weather will not let up and umbrellas will let you take them anyway. In my San Diego event photography business we already have umbrellas ready for many reasons.Taking photos with overcast skies look great in pictures in reality.So it is not bad at all.
So there are plenty of tips you can use to make the very best out of a bad weather in a wedding event.As mentioned, the weather is beyond your power to control but you can control your plans and still have great photos.
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