From the course: Wedding Photography: Bridal Portraits

Introducing location

From the course: Wedding Photography: Bridal Portraits

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Introducing location

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Now that we've had some important conversations about some of the pre-planning that we can do, before the actual shoot. Well here, we can now shift our focus to the location. And the location is really important, and you know you can go to a wedding at so many different types of locations. You could go to a wedding at a backyard, at the beach, on a boat, at an old historic museum, at a hotel, country club, a vineyard and the list, it goes on and on. And as a photographer, you really want to kind of think about the location in a unique way, because it sort of sets the scene for all of the type of photography that you're going to do. So here, what I want to do is introduce you to our location, a fascinating spot. It's the Santa Barbara History Museum. This location has some really interesting details. And you know, a lot of weddings take place here, and you'll see why, because there are these wonderful old adobe buildings. They're beautiful inside and also out. There also are a couple of wonderful courtyards with beautiful fountains, and all of the details are just, they're really nice. There's nice textures and colors and tones, and again, as a photographer, you want to sort of clue in to these things. You want to be paying attention to those little details, and once you find out where the location is, the next step, of course, is to start to think about, what type of photographs do I want to capture here? How can I actualize my vision in this location? Well, in the next movie, we're going to talk more about that. We're going to talk about The pre visualization that we can do in regards to story boarding or just sketching out some ideas. So let's pick up where we're leaving off here in the next movie and continue this conversation as we look at and think about our location.

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