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Creating the shots of the first family group

Creating the shots of the first family group

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Creating the shots of the first family group

In the next couple of movies, we are going to be talking about how we can photograph the family and how we can photograph groups of people together. Sometimes you will have the chance to photograph the bride and the groom and the relatives before the ceremony. Other times it will be after. Regardless of when you capture these pictures, an important thing to keep in mind is that what you're trying to do here is to capture family togetherness. This is a really significant moment. Sometimes this is one of those moments where these family members are together for the first time in their lives, that may be the only time that you're together. Your goal is to try to capture this. So first we are going to talk about capturing the family, the bride and the groom together, and then we will look at adding in some of the other relatives. Let's take a look at a few photographs that I think will help us start to think about how we can capture good family pictures. Well, this first image that I am…

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