Wedding photography: tips, technique & practice (tutorial)

In this multi-part tutorial, I would like to tell you a bit about wedding photography and introduce you to this field. This tutorial series is primarily aimed at beginners, but also at ambitious amateur photographers who would like to improve their skills in this field. Perhaps you've already been asked if you'd like to photograph a friend's wedding? Or maybe you've already covered a wedding or two with your camera and would like to learn a few more tips and tricks. Then this series is just right for you. I hope you enjoy reading it.

In this part of the tutorial series, we will cover the preparation of a wedding reportage. What do we need to consider in advance? What do we absolutely need to know? What needs to be on our to-do list for the equipment and what do we need to discuss with the bride and groom?

I'll also give you some useful tips that are sure to go down well with your wedding couple. I hope you enjoy reading!

In this tutorial, we would like to take a closer look at the equipment of a wedding photographer. We will show you what you should definitely have in your photo bag if you want to accompany a wedding as a photographer and how you can gradually upgrade your equipment. We hope you enjoy reading this tutorial.

In this tutorial, we would like to take you through the preparations for a wedding. The bride's make-up, the nervousness on the big day, dressing the groom. We'll show you which moments you should capture and what's important so that the preparations for the wedding day end up perfectly in the "box". We hope you enjoy reading the tutorial.

In this tutorial, we would like to show you the complete process of a civil and a church wedding. From the arrival of the first guests to the preliminary talk with the priest/registrar to the wedding vows. What is important, what do you need to pay attention to and, above all, what happens after the wedding vows? We will tell you. We will also discuss the camera settings at a wedding. We hope you enjoy reading this tutorial.

Now it's time for the must-have part of every wedding, the family and guest photos. We've put together a colorful mix of different group photos for you and will tell you how best to take them! We hope you enjoy reading the tutorial.

After the wedding ceremony, we devote ourselves to the festivities. Wedding cake, bridal bouquet, dinner, games and the party atmosphere are also something we don't want to miss. There are many surprises waiting for our bridal couple and we will accompany them. We hope you enjoy reading the tutorial.

Now we come to my absolute favorite part of wedding photography: the couple reportage! You have the bride and groom all to yourselves and can realize all your creative ideas. This part is all about posing, lighting and staging. Have fun reading the tutorial.

After we have dealt a little with posing and animation in the bridal couple reportage, I would like to give you further inspiration for your shots in this tutorial, tell you about my own experiences on the subject of finding a style and give you a few tips on the subject of backgrounds/locations. Have fun reading the tutorial.

Whether it's rings, bouquets or decorations at the location: sometimes it's the little details that count, which the bride and groom naturally want to have captured in pictures. In this tutorial, you'll find lots of sample images and small ideas for your wedding reportage. Have fun reading the tutorial.

All the photos are in the box and now it's time for post-processing and image editing. I'll show you my typical workflow for batch processing (Bridge) and of course further image processing in Photoshop. Here I show both subtle and more time-consuming retouching and how to work with filters and actions. Enjoy reading the tutorial.

I would like to conclude this series with part 12! There are still two shoots that have not been mentioned so far and to which I would like to dedicate a separate tutorial! The previous "Save the Date", which is increasingly in demand, and the subsequent "Trash the Dress", which has now also made a name for itself here. There are also a few tips on picture ideas and on the subject of invitation and thank you cards. Enjoy reading the tutorial.