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Looking for transitional shots

Looking for transitional shots

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Looking for transitional shots

Here we're going to shift our focus to photographing the ceremony. Yet before we get to the ceremony, you want to capture those transitional images right before the ceremony happens. Perhaps it's the groomsmen hanging out like we saw in one of the last chapters, or maybe it's someone getting something ready. One of things that you need to do in order to differentiate yourself from other people who are photographing at the wedding-- because many people have cameras--is what you want to do is you want to capture those moments that only you have access to. All of the guests at the ceremony, they're sitting down. You're not, you're free to roam. And what you want to do is roam around and capture those small images which lead up to the ceremony. Let's take a look at a few photographs which will illustrate some of the ways we can think about capturing transitional shots right before the ceremony. The first image that I have up here is a photograph of people getting the Church ready. You…

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