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I would recommend this book to anyone who is looking to start doing wedding photography as a good resource guide. I was looking for a book that would help me with not only the technical issues, but poses and other questions I had before shooting my first wedding. This book had all that and more.
The author covered the basics of wedding photography quite well, with plenty of good advice for novice photographers who wish to consider wedding photography.He even covers business issues to consider, to include the three types of wedding photography: photo-journalism, portrait, and the mix of the two.
Yes, every wedding is different, but there are basic WEDDING SPECIFIC standard techniques that seem to be missing.Also, way to much space is spent on `location photographers'. Not enough wedding specific help if you are already an experienced photog, yet need to improve your wedding specific skills. I bought this book because of all the very high ratings this book received. Anyone going to shoot a wedding, should already be assumed to have a good basic grasp of work flow, how to load images to the computer (Really. Too much basic information, yet not a truly comprehensive primer. These things can be found in any basic photography primer and is a waste of space in this genre specific book. There is not enough information on posing a B&G for formals and not enough lighting diagrams to go with this.
Overall, this is both too much and not enough. It seemed to be more of a glorification of the Author, in a pseudo modest way (oh, it's very hard, all that travel and diarrhea.)., than valuable information for the reader.
Yes, this is also described in this book) and should certainly know the `rule of thirds'. And if you are at that level, you don't need this book, that's for sure.
This was mostly a waste for me.There is far too much basic information. Seriously, how many of us will ever be invited to the Bahamas to shoot a wedding.
Yes, there are some redeeming points, like etiquette in certain situations, some ideas to be on the lookout for, some creative directions to thing about, yet on the whole, not enough to warrant this pricey book. Are you serious.
These are just a few examples, there is much more that is superfluous.
There are sections from lighting to handling brides which made my first wedding a piece of cake. The author starts off by saying this is not a manual to learn photography but a manual to learn how to photograph weddings. I shot a wedding the week after I finished the book and used it to capture every photos a bride could want.
I feel confident now to expand my business after reading this. Best money ever spent. Thanks Glen Johnson for such a wealth of information. I wish I found this book 2 years ago when I photographed my first wedding. This book answers every question you ever had about digital wedding photography and brings up topics you didn't think of.
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