Controlling the Chaos and Capturing the Boys
Photography Showcase – Pittsburgh Photo.com
We love all of our Pittsburgh wedding professionals and have been honored to showcase their services on PittsburghWedding.com for over seven years! In an effort to take our advertising to the next level we’ve created the Bridal Blog…which you’ve obviously found. Yay! We’re delighted to feature lots of great tips, ideas and trends as well as tons of great wedding videos to help you effectively plan your wedding. Look for a continous stream of new ideas coming your way!
We also want to introduce the newest addition to the Pittsburgh Wedding family – Pittsburgh Photo.com, an additional resource for brides to explore and discover the perfect photographer for their upcoming wedding celebration. This impressive format offers our photographers an opportunity to represent their talents and abilities and show you, today’s brides, just how creative they can be.
Pittsburgh Photo showcases the wedding photography of Pittsburgh’s finest, most talented photographers in an original and impressive format. The images are big and beautiful, a reflection of all the fabulous details of previous Pittsburgh weddings. All of our featured photographers present a description of what they do best and how they can do it for you! And be sure to check out the blog on Pittsburgh Photo. We have tips, ideas and even some funny stories from the pros! Have a look – let us know what you think, and tell us how we can help make your wedding planning experience a peaceful, easy journey with amazing results!
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10 Questions for Your Video and Photo Team
Wedding days are so full of memories that sometimes brides get lost because of the crazy schedule of the day. To help the bride and her family and friends capture every moment she should hire a photographer and videographer. There is nothing better than sitting down and being able to review every moment that went on during your wedding day. The silly, emotional, fun, exciting, tearjerking, and loving moments will all be forever yours with beautiful wedding photos and videos.We know how important capturing this day is. Therefore, Fred at Fineline Weddings is going to help by answering a few questions about photos and video that most brides should consider before her wedding day.Here are 10 questions to consider for your video and photo team:What is the best way to understand a photographers style other than browsing pictures online? Ask them to discuss what types of photos they like to take and what types of photos they don’t like to take. Let your photographer speak and just listen rather than nodding in approval or disapproval. If a photographer can pick up on what you seem to agree with, they’ll tell you what you want to hear. By letting them discuss what they like and don’t like, you can get a better sense of their style.What should a bride-to-be expect in a normal package of photos? There are three main things brides should look for. 1. Shooting Time – A photographer’s package should clarify how long their wedding day shooting time is. Most basic packages should be a minimum of 6 hours. Some photographers still set their packages per a set number of hours while some are full day regardless of the package.2. Post-production – Make sure your photographer is going to provide post-production on all the photos you will receive. At minimum they should be taking care of exposure correction, tone, and color correction.3. Digital files with copyrights – One of the most important things to verify is whether or not your package includes all the digital files with copyrights. Some photographers will provide this but at an additional cost. Avoid photographers who will not release the digital files and copyrights.How long does it take for pictures and videos to get back to the customer? Every company is going to be a little different and much of this depends on the nature of the package and everything included. However there is really no excuse for your photographs or video taking more than 3 months at most. There are three main things brides should look for.What happens if equipment fails? How do most videographers prepare themselves for such situations? We encourage you to ask your potential videographers how they prepare but we prepare by not only bringing a backup camera for all weddings but also by allocating the day before the wedding to a complete check of all the equipment.What do you think about Photobooths? They’re fantastic!Wedding Photography & Videography in Pittsburgh, PA
Videography is all about catching candid moments of your guests enjoying themselves and photobooths provide just that.
How long do most family and bridal formal pictures take? The average formal session immediately after the ceremony takes approximately 30 minutes. This depends in large part to the size of the family, how organized and cooperative everyone is, and how much priority the bride and groom have on this part of the day. Most of our brides like to move through these formal photos in as short amount of time as possible in order to allow more time for the fun / romantic photos afterwards.
How many video cameras should a bride expect to have at her wedding day and what kind of cameras are the best to use? Our average package includes 2 camera operators at the ceremony and 1 at the reception. While a wedding can be shot with just one camera, having 2 guarantees a much cleaner production as well as helping to make sure certain moments that may happen quickly can be covered. We have some packages that includes 2 cameras at the reception, but 1 is just fine.
How do you find out if the videographer has won any awards or is very reliable? You can ask your videographer and if they do have awards hopefully they are sharing that information on their website. Some of the typical awards organizations include the videographer awards and the accolade competition. A quick search within these organizations’ websites can provide information. Often ‘googling’ your videographer can even turn up results from the videographer awards or accolade competition websites.
What is better for the final cut, DVD’s or VHS’s? Clearly DVD is a better delivery platform than VHS. We do educate our clients a little and let them know that there are two types of consumer DVD formats; DVD-R and DVD+R. In order to ensure playback compatibility we give our couples both formats just to be safe.
How much of a factor does weather play? Weather can certainly play a large role, especially if the wedding is to be held outdoors. However, any photographer or videographer should be able to adapt. Unless the wedding is planned to be held outdoors, the part of the day most reliant on good weather is the photo shoot session after the ceremony. In instances of poor weather most photographers will spend more time at the church and finding nice spots to come away with beautiful photos. If the bridal party is unable to head to an outdoor location due to poor weather conditions then finding a nice spot at your reception venue is the next best option. It’s good to have a back-up plan for this part of the day, but for the remainder of the day everything should proceed just as planned.
Think Creatively, Not Collectively
Pittsburgh is an incredible place to get married. We have the most amazing areas and iconic backdrops that can create seriously vivid and everlasting settings for your wedding photography. Sometimes this can create what I call a “bottleneck of creativity” when it comes to the photographs of your wedding party and details of your wedding day. If you have ever driven past the Mellon Pillars on a beautiful Saturday afternoon you know exactly what I’m talking about.
The beautiful Mellon Pillars at the Institute for Industrial Research
For those of you that are unfamiliar, what you’ll see is anywhere from 2 to 4 full wedding parties from different weddings waiting in line for their turn at being photographed with the pillars of the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research. As you’ll see from the photo to the right, I love the Mellon Pillars! I totally dig any type of dramatic architecture that will give dimension to any of our photos. But here is what I want you to keep in mind; Pittsburgh has a wealth of gorgeousness and fabulosity that you cannot overlook when considering locations for your creative portraiture.
So here is where you can think creatively, not collectively. When you are considering where to have your creative portraiture taken, talk with your photographer about thinking outside the box. Yes, Pittsburgh has the most fantastical bridges, but did you ever consider rather than just capturing the perfunctory shot of you and your honey in front of the bridge, you pull a wham-slammy (as I like to call it) and stand up on the bridge and see things from a completely different perspective?
The perfect wedding day photo on the Clemente Bridge
Thank you Clemente Bridge for being such an awesome part of our day!
So take your blinders off sister! Gaze around you with open eyes because you never know when something you just thought was a fire hydrant could turn out to become a part of an uber-cool shot. Or maybe that door handle you thought was just a door handle becomes an exquisitely stylish setting for a pair of shoes.
Remember that your photography for your wedding day is a collaborative effort. Don’t get so caught up in the schedule of your day so much that you just slide right through it without looking around you and seeing all the beauteous and dazzling delights that our city has to offer.
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