Your Wedding Photos Are Going To Be Awesome

Anita Buzzy-Prentiss

Anita Buzzy Prentiss graduated in 1993 from Allegheny College with a degree in Communication Arts. She studied documentary filmmaking, and fine art photography. After college, she became an assistant to a commercial and fashion photographer. Working on model portfolios taught her the subtle nuances of lighting, as well as the nuts and bolts of how to make her newfound passion into a sustainable business. At that time, weddings didn't seem very appealing; shooting rigidly posed portraits of people in uncomfortable formal wear was not exactly a dream job! Her future career began to materialize almost by accident, when friends began asking her to take a few candid pictures at their weddings! The overwhelming reactions she got from doing these whimsical side-projects showed Anita the direction that her life, and her art, was about to take. In 1996 Anita made Buzzy Photography a full time business."Most of my clients feel like friends to me. I love what I do so much, that I think people really respond well to that and can relax. In this way, I'm able to capture natural expressions and genuine emotion." To reach Anita visit www.buzzyphoto.com, send an e-mail to anita@buzzyphoto.com, or call 412-371-5212.

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It's very important to let everyone who will be in the post-ceremony formal pictures know to be ready immediately after the ceremony. By this time, you'll be ready to get right down to the partying aspects of the evening, so the faster the pictures get done, the quicker you can get to the reception! You want to avoid having Uncle Johnny waylaid by your chatty Aunt Beatrice, while all the little nieces and nephews queue up for the restroom! Try that delegation thing again (diplomacy, like communication, is another essential skill for planning a wedding – but I'm sure you realized this while organizing the seating charts)! Appointing someone in your family or bridal party to help gather everyone, and keep a list of those to be included in the pictures can be invaluable! Incidentally, this "contact person"– you can make them a clever nametag if it'll help convince them to take the job – can help the photographer during the reception by pointing out important guests who weren't in the formals, but who you'd like photographed. Just for your reference, the three standard group shots are as follows: Immediate families (including spouses and children) of the bride and groom; parents with the bride and groom; and the bridal party.