August 2006
Beginner
336 pages
10h 55m
English
Content preview from Digital Wedding Photography: Capturing Beautiful Memories
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
O’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.I’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
2
CHAPTER
Developing Your
Own Style
T
his chapter begins with a discussion about various methods for pricing wedding photography.
Although the topic may appear to be misplaced, it is actually vital to understanding the different
styles of wedding photography because the price structure you use determines your motivation for
shooting the images you do.
Your “style” of photography is a combination of the way you act while shooting the pictures, and what
sort of pictures you create. Wedding photographers generally fall into one of three styles; however, it is
possible for one photographer to shoot in more than one style. This chapter takes an in-depth look at the
three main stylistic approaches to wedding photography: traditional, photojournalistic, and portrait jour-
nalism. Topics include discussion on the different photographic techniques used in each style, how the
images differ, what the clients want, and which style is right for them?
07_790176 ch02.qxp 6/16/06 6:49 PM Page 11
12
Part I ✦ Understanding Digital Wedding Photography
Two Business Models
There are two financial models for a wedding photography business. I call them the Aftermarket Sales
business model and the Creative Fee business model. The one you choose determines your motivation
for taking pictures, which then determines what sort ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Read now
Unlock full access
More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly
O’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.Julian F.
I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.Addison B.
I’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.Amir M.
I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.