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Getting ready and capturing candid moments

Getting ready and capturing candid moments

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Getting ready and capturing candid moments

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Now that we've talked a bit about vision and about gear and all the pre-planning that we can do which leads up to photographing a wedding, well, now we're ready. Now is when the fun begins, when we get to start capturing photographs. You know, one of the things that you want to do as a wedding photographer is you want to show up early. So that you can document and capture those photographs of the bride getting ready. So with our shoot, that's exactly what we're going to do. We're going to pickup at that moment. Let's check it out. >> (UNKNOWN). >> Cara, you look wonderful. >> Oh, thank you. >> And then, as you start photographing the bride getting ready, you want to do so quietly. And as I've mentioned, you want to be unobtrusive and you want to shoot from the sidelines. Yet, at the same time, this is a perfect opportunity to build rapport with really important people. The bride, the makeup artist, maybe some of her other friends who are there as well. This will be a nice moment…

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