Take Beach Wedding Photos

Whether you are a beginner at professional wedding photography or you will simply be taking wedding photos for a friend or family member on a budget, you have been given a significant responsibility to document a very special day in the lives of the bride and groom. A beach wedding is not necessarily any more challenging to photograph than an indoor wedding, but there are a different set of considerations you will need to keep in mind to ensure your success.

Instructions

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     Avoid using your camera's flash function if it is a sunny day, as outdoor photography does not generally require the use of artificial light. Be sure that the sun is always behind you, on an angle slightly to the right or left, when you are taking a picture on the beach. Though this will improve the quality of the lighting in your shot, the people in your photos may be squinting due to the sun in their eyes unless you take the time to find the right amount of shade or wait until a cloud slightly obscures the sun.
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     Ask the bride and groom for a list of specific shots that they would like you to try to capture during their beach wedding. This might include a list of them posing with grandparents or other specific relatives or less traditional shots such as the couple dipping their bare feet into the rising tide after the ceremony. This type of list will help keep you organized and feeling confident that you and the bride and groom will be pleased with the results.

     
     

     

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           Take a few silhouette shots of the bride and groom by having them stand in position facing each other with the sun behind them. This will place the source of light behind them, creating a shadow effect. Silhouette shots should be used sparingly as in most cases you will not be able to see much detail in the photos.
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          Keep the subjects of your wedding photos as the primary focus in the camera's frame as you snap pictures. A common challenge with taking beach wedding photos is drawing enough attention to your subjects, rather than to the wide-open landscapes. Do try to keep the beach in the background of your photos, though, to create a visual frame of reference for your shot.
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          Take some creative photographs of simple objects related to the beach wedding as an alternative to shots of people. Some of the most popular and artistic wedding photographs are the ones that capture the candid moments and basic things involved during the day, such as a picture of the bride's veil draped over a chair or a bouquet of flowers resting on the table. For a beach wedding you might consider taking a picture of the bride and groom's footprints in the sand or a beach blanket with a bouquet of flowers on top of it.

Beach Wedding Invitations

Destination weddings to Hawaii, the Bahamas, the Virgin Islands, Maui, Jamaica and more are becoming more and more popular as destination wedding planning online has become easier and easier. The beach is the most popular destination wedding theme these days and many brides want to start their wedding theme off right with a beautiful beach theme wedding invitation.

Many beach wedding invitation sites like BeachWedlockInvitations.com exist to offer hundreds of beach wedding invitations, but beach brides aren’t worried about finding the right beach invitation as much as they are worried about their beach wedding invitation wording.

Every bride wants her wedding to be unique and her wedding invitation is no different. Finding the perfect beach wedding invitation wording is as important as finding the perfect beach wedding invitation itself, so here are 5 beach wedding invitation wording tips.

1. Know yourself and your spouse to be - Your beach invitation wording should reflect you and your future spouses personalities, love and quirkiness … yes, quirkiness. Wedding invitations have been done for millions of years, if you want to be original, you are going to have to capture what makes you and your beach love different than other couples.

2. There is no wrong wording - Certain wedding invitation wording ethics exist, but most people don’t know them and wouldn’t notice if you went according to the rules or not. Besides, more and more brides and grooms are throwing the rules to the wind these days and just writing what they want. Don’t worry about trying to follow all the rules. The reason you’re probably having a beach wedding is because you didn’t want the traditional wedding ceremony anyway, so have your beach wedding invitation reflect the same free flowing spirit that the beach has.

3. Know your audience - Even though we just mentioned that your beach wedding invitation wording should be about you and your future beach spouse by placing your quirkiness in your beach invitation wording, remember who your audience is. If you are sending this invitation to an 80-year-old grandma, you probably don’t want to use profanity or other inappropriate language.

4. Beach phrases - Find a single beach phrase that fits you and your spouse but also suits the beach setting you will be married in. “Once upon a time on a beach …” or “What happens on the beach … stays in our hearts,” are just some examples.

5. Match your wording to your invitation - Simple beach weddings with simple beach themes should have simple beach wedding invitation themes as well. A beach wedding with 10 - 50 people is an intimate setting and the invitations should reflect that. Don’t bog down the wording with a 20 line poem to begin the invitation. A beach wedding with over 500 people can be reason for the 20 line poem.