Honeymoon Photography

I only wish this image could have been taken at a different time of day. Used just a hint of fill flash from an SB800.

An SB800 flash head was hand held over my head, and another was placed camera left.  We were on a hanging bridge which was only about 3 feet wide.  Very little space to work with at all.

The sun was setting on camera right.  To the left of the subject I had mounted an SB800 flash head to provide some fill.  There was a bit of light leaking into the lens from the sun, but that was removed mostly with photoshop.

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I flipped this image horizontally.

Taken during my client’s honeymoon in Germany.  This shot was hand held with natural daylight.

Always try to use off camera lighting whenever possible.  This will give your subjects a more three dimensional feel in the final portrait.  This shot was taken on my client’s Honeymoon in Germany last December.

When photographing a male subject have the chest facing into the light to make the shoulders more broad and shoot from a lower angle.

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This portrait has actually been flipped horizontally. in the original capture declines were facing to the left. Talk to almost any professional photographer that competes on the national level and they will tell you that it is best to have your subjects in the lower right-hand corner.

This space I was shooting in to create this portrait didn’t allow for the subjects to move closer to the edge of the image as there was scaffolding just in front of the subjects. In fact, support legs of the scaffolding were intruding into this image it had to be retouched out.

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I absolutely love this photograph. It was one of about ten shots I captured at BMW Headquarters in Munich, Germany. Above the bride is an awning which had a can light pointing straight down. to the camera right in slightly behind the subject was an SB 800. The camera left and slightly behind the bride was the groom was repeatedly tossing the bride’s veil into the air.

The temperature outside during the shoot was roughly 15°F.

It I love the fact that photography allows me to travel. I love the travel with my clients so much that I have invented a new product. Honeymoon photography!

If you can think back and imagine the first wedding photographers. Their cameras, more than likely only held one piece of film. What do you suppose that shot was taken of? I think it would be safe to assume that it would be an image of the wedding ceremony, or a formal family portrait. I think it would also he safe to assume that photographers quickly realized what each additional photograph they created came with it additional opportunity for larger sales.

And so it went. Photographers expanded their wedding photography services to include the reception.  Bridal and  Engagement Portraits  more than likely followed soon after.

So there you have it.  Wedding photographers, for quite sometime now have been expected to photograph pre-ceremony images, ceremony images, formal family portraits, and the reception to follow.

I have a saying, “100% of the images I do not take, will not sell”.  In my mind if photographers are to continue to expand their wedding photography services, they must find additional things to photograph.   And while it would seem logical that the honeymoon would be the next area to expand into, as it turns out this was not the case. For the past 2 years now a new form of photography has swept the country, that being “trash the dress” sessions.

Honeymoon photography is the final frontier for wedding photographers! It’s time has come, and if you would like to learn how I am accomplishing this, then I would suggest you attend my next workshop.

The image contained in this post has taken 72 hours after the couple’s wedding in Venice, Italy.

I love photographing in Las Vegas. Every time I’m there shooting on the strip I always make sure to take my clients to the welcome sign.  During this session I was actually traveling with my couple on their honeymoon in Vegas.

I shot this image without an assistant. My camera is mounted on a tripod, and I was standing camera right with an SB 800 in my hand tethered to the camera.

If you ever have the opportunity to photograph your clients in Vegas, and you decide to take them to the welcome sign, there are two things that you should remember. First, finding parking at this location is not easy. More than likely you will have to park on the median. The second thing to think about is how hard it can be to concentrate with cars passing on both sides of you honking their horns to congratulate the couple. The sound can be deafening.  It can make it hard for you and your clients to concentrate as well.

This image was taken at Nymphenburg Palace last December.  I was traveling with my clients on their honeymoon in Germany.  In the next few months I will finish my eBook on how to start photographing your clients on their honeymoon.

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