Just thought I would write a few hints and tips on planning your wedding from the photographic side of things.

Most people when planning a wedding concentrate on the venue from the point of view of location and cost and rarely think about the photography  that will happen on the day. When selecting a venue things to think about from a photographic point of view are:

• in the event of rain (or other freak weather) where will the photographs be taken, is there an area under cover (does not have to be inside a building, just under cover i.e. an entrance canopy or 3 sided barn) with enough light and space for all the people and the photographer.
• Is there space enough in the gounds for the group photograph
• if there is bright sunshine is there a shaded area for the photographs to be taken in, you need this for 2 reasons, 1/ bright sunlight for people photography does not make for good pictures, so you need shade to remove the bright areas from peoples faces and remove people squinting or sunspots (those bright dots of colour in pictures where you are pointing the camera in the direction of the sun), and 2/ to keep everyone cool on a really hot day.
• Look at the voliage around, is it fairly consistent and not too busy, are there pretty flowers around to be used in the background.
• Is there a building site on the other side of the fence of the property, makes for ugly backgrounds and possibly noise so making it hard to give instructions.
• how far from the bar is the area to be used for photography too far and it will take ages to get the people needed in the picture to the right spot and so the photographs will take ages to complete (if they do get completed).
• how close to the church are the photographs going to be taken, are the bells going to be ringing and so make it difficult to hear people.
• what kind of ground do you need to cross to get to the area to be used, is it a long way for people in high heeled shoes (a complaint I often hear) or across wet ground or soggy grass.

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