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The hottest, most lucrative trend in wedding photography is gorgeously illustrated and explained in this cutting-edge guide that shows professional photographers—and those aspiring to be—how to create the arty, hip, yet elegant wedding albums sought by today’s brides.
Images that look like they’re from magazines or art galleries fill these inspiring pages. Taken by a highly successful specialist in wedding photography, the pictures tell their unique, romantic story with a visual artistry and excitement that differs from staid, traditional wedding albums of the past. The book explains all the creative techniques—including wedding photojournalism—that produce such compelling pictures, and also fully explores the business side of wedding photography. Everything from finding clients to modeling the event and capturing the heartbeat of the day to selling the album and getting referrals is covered lucidly, with wisdom, authority, and humor—adding up to an immensely useful guide that can transform the career of anyone wanting to break into the profitable field of wedding photography. And for future brides, the book will provide visual inspiration on the must-have photography they want for their big day.
Publisher : Amphoto Books; First Edition (October 1, 2000)
Language : English
Paperback : 144 pages
ISBN-10 : 0817433252
ISBN-13 : 978-0817433253
Item Weight : 1.25 pounds
Dimensions : 9.2 x 0.39 x 9.33 inches
Customers say
Customers find the book helpful for improving their wedding photography with great pictures and advice. They also appreciate the good information on composition and equipment listings. The book provides a window into the author’s soul and is a useful reference tool for wedding photographers.
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Robert F. Weir –
Unbelievable!!
I wish Ms. Cantrell would write more books. I loved this book. While I have been out of wedding photography for a few years, this book got me back in with a new, inspired vision. Not only does she cover the basics of how to shoot a great, realistic wedding, she discusses marketing, bridal shows, how to assemble an album, pricing, and equipment. Every one of her photos carries the camera type, lens used, film used and other details. Here’s a hint even if you don’t buy the book. Keep an antique wedding album in your display at bridal shows. How could you better communicate the value of photography with that kind of display.
Tim –
Traditional and behind the times
This book’s almost 5 years old now, and it’s showing its age. Almost every photo in the book is taken with a medium format camera, 35mm cameras are rarely mentioned, and digital cameras aren’t mentioned at all. To do things the way this book recommends you need an assistant and at least $15,000 worth of gear, minumum. You can extrapolate to work out how to do some of these things by yourself, but it’s not mentioned. There are a lot of great inspirational photos in the book, with camera settings and instructions on how to reproduce them, often with your assistant helping with lighting.The book’s squarely aimed at very traditional American weddings, but mentions other cultures in passing. Virtually no mention is made of the photojournalism style, the phrase is mentioned, but that’s all.If you’ve never done a wedding, this book will give you one useful viewpoint, but it’s not a single book that will teach you how to take photos at a wedding. Some important topics, such as hwo to take photos of the actual ceremony, are touched on but not in the depth that I would have liked.If you want to take traditional pictures, this book, along with others to compliment it, is for you.
Vernon L. Rogers –
Excellent!
The author is a top notch photographer, whose work is outstanding. She is a much admired wedding, portrait and fashion photographer, and a Nikon Ambassador. She has much to offer.
TheBronze –
A good book for the beginner
I’ve been an amateur photographer for many years but have never shot a wedding. Recently a friend asked me to shoot his wedding and how could I refuse? So, off I go to Amazon to look for a book on the subject.With this book I wasn’t disapointed. It tends to be focused on people with general photography knowledge and does go to deep into the technical. Instead, it focuses more on what to shoot and when and where.This is exactly what I needed. The book is written in a manner that is easy to read without being a “Dummy” book. The photos illustrate the points well. The book also talks a lot about a photographers conduct at a wedding. This was a huge benefit for me. I wish professional conduct would be discussed more in photography. Without it we all suffer.If you need a good sound guide on the subject of wedding photography I don’t thing you can go wrong with this one.
K. C. Ramsay –
Better than most…
Get this one! There are scads of average books out there on every subject in photography. Most are dry, dull and a waste of ink and paper. This one opens a window into the soul of the author (well, the photographer.. I think the actual writer was the co-author.) I have the distinct impression this is an expression of joy and enthusiasm from someone who started by doing what she loved and then slowed down long enough to write about it.
Watanabe Craig –
What a deal!!
Borrowed this book from a friend and ended up on two different islands here in Hawaii. It was cheaper for me to buy him this book and drop ship it to him than it would have been for me to send it via USPS to him from me. Now both of us have this in our library of photography books! YAY!!
Sérgio Schröder –
Waaay too old material !
I was disappointed with the book because it was first published in the year 2000 and apparently it hasn’t been updated ever since. The book talks a lot about how to abtain your best results using films! It stresses the importance of not worrying about saving films, it advises the photographer to shoot as much as possible – I doubt that is ever a worry for today’s digital shooters. Wanna have an idea about how out-dated that is? Page 116 :” …In the mid 1990’s Bambi made the decision to go proofless(…)To use Montage, send your film to the lab and ask them to put the images on a CD, or scan the negatives into electronic form yourself” – That was one of the “hottest” pieces of advice on the book! The pictures are ok, nothing really impressive – It might work well for a beginner, though!
granger –
There’s better
I agree that this book is getting long in the tooth. Its completely film based and frankly its not that informative. You’ve got a lot of nice, if dated, pictures and a few cute comments next to each picture. Comments such as, “Don’t worry about how much film you’re using. You’re goal is to capture the excitement, sensitivity, and passion of the ceremony”(p56). That’s about as good as it gets unless your looking for some info on the film types that she likes; or you want to hear for the twentieth time how much she likes her Hasselblad fisheye. I also own wedding books by Bell and Johnson which I feel are much better whether you’re a novice or have some experience.
Dante Juan Manno –
Se nota la experiencia de esta profesional en el tema de la fotografÃa de bodas, imágenes diferentes y tratadas con calidad. Cuando los editores sacarán versiones en castellano de obras de este calibre ?.
simon schaetzle –
was soll ich schreibenalles top und wie versprochengute Lieferzeiten , alles bestenswas kann man da noch schreiben ?
R –
Not a very thick volume, then again it doesn’t need to be. The book is pack full of useful tips and ideas of what to look out for in a wedding shoot, the photographs are all first class.This book is more suitable for advance photographers, you should know your techniques and your equipments inside out, if not, then you will need another book to help you out in those departments. Get this book anyway, it truly is an inspiring read.I have read the book from cover to cover and have found myself going back to re-read chapters again and again, not because it is difficult to understand, but because it is such a good book. The whole book is well written and illustrated with great photos.Conclusion: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
funwagon –
Good information for new photographers. Seasoned photog’s, look elsewhere.
Jonás Giraldo –
Pense que este libro vendrÃa con mejores fotografió.Es un libro de pasta blanda escrito en ingles y con fotografÃas muy normalitas.