Event Photography – Bringing intrigue and insight to your pictures
While taking pictures at certain occasions like birthday parties, baby showers or even corporate dinners, the person you hire is an event photographer. With certain radical ideas and methods however, you can simply do the job yourself! All the while, enjoying the event in question and interacting with all the guests as you take pictures of them.
Here are some novel techniques you can try out at your next social event:
1. Making your group shots more interesting
First things first, at any event when you are faced with a group of people having a conversation or catching up, you’re faced with the prospect of group shots. Guests generally align to form a shoulder- to shoulder marching line (Quite a drab click). To make these pictures more exciting, try avoiding the dead centre shot. Move a tad to the left (or right) and take a picture from the side of the group that is closer to your lens. This tends to add depth to the picture. Bringing into focus, what would have been an otherwise unassuming line of people.
2. See the Big Picture
Sometimes, the sum of the parts is bigger than the whole. Take a look at the party, feel the vibe, listen to the music. It isn’t about how many pictures you take, so much as it’s about capturing random moments people share. Images are taken where people connect.
3. Always being at the ready
Taking candid shots is a major part of event photography. A photographer is the one who has got all those deliciously random moments captured on camera when people interact. It’s those moments, the candid ones that show you people sharing in laughter, having a drink or just gazing into oblivion. These are the shots that really give you the feel of the event.
4. Talk to your audience
Today, a photographer’s job is more than just pointing the camera lens and saying ‘cheese’. Talk to the people in front of your lens, tell them a joke. Have them thaw and laugh naturally rather than capturing fake smiles and awkward poses. Also taking numerous shots makes sure you have others incase people blink or focus elsewhere in a few.
5. Focusing
Instead of going for the same old uniform photos, you may try different angles. By using a ‘Dutch angle’ you can make the scene in your picture come to life. You can do this by simply picking a point in your frame that you would want to highlight and angling your frame while focusing on it. This can be used to accentuate someone’s smile, or a candid expression.
While taking pictures at certain occasions like birthday parties, baby showers or even corporate dinners, the person you hire is an event photographer. With certain radical ideas and methods however, you can simply do the job yourself! All the while, enjoying the event in question and interacting with all the guests as you take pictures of them.
Here are some novel techniques you can try out at your next social event:
1. Making your group shots more interesting
First things first, at any event when you are faced with a group of people having a conversation or catching up, you’re faced with the prospect of group shots. Guests generally align to form a shoulder- to shoulder marching line (Quite a drab click). To make these pictures more exciting, try avoiding the dead centre shot. Move a tad to the left (or right) and take a picture from the side of the group that is closer to your lens. This tends to add depth to the picture. Bringing into focus, what would have been an otherwise unassuming line of people.
2. See the Big Picture
Sometimes, the sum of the parts is bigger than the whole. Take a look at the party, feel the vibe, listen to the music. It isn’t about how many pictures you take, so much as it’s about capturing random moments people share. Images are taken where people connect.
3. Always being at the ready
Taking candid shots is a major part of event photography. A photographer is the one who has got all those deliciously random moments captured on camera when people interact. It’s those moments, the candid ones that show you people sharing in laughter, having a drink or just gazing into oblivion. These are the shots that really give you the feel of the event.
4. Talk to your audience
Today, a photographer’s job is more than just pointing the camera lens and saying ‘cheese’. Talk to the people in front of your lens, tell them a joke. Have them thaw and laugh naturally rather than capturing fake smiles and awkward poses. Also taking numerous shots makes sure you have others incase people blink or focus elsewhere in a few.
5. Focusing
Instead of going for the same old uniform photos, you may try different angles. By using a ‘Dutch angle’ you can make the scene in your picture come to life. You can do this by simply picking a point in your frame that you would want to highlight and angling your frame while focusing on it. This can be used to accentuate someone’s smile, or a candid expression.