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The art of previsualization

The art of previsualization

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The art of previsualization

After you've found out the location where you'll be capturing photographs, the next step is to start to think about how you might capture photographs in that location. How are you going to actualize your vision there? One of the things you might want to do perhaps is look up the location online, and just get familiar with what it looks like. Or maybe if the location is a place where you can go and visit, go take a visit. Walk around, perhaps the wedding will take place in a good friend's backyard. Well, go there and think about it photographically. And then what I like to do is to storyboard or to sketch out some ideas. Now if you're not good at sketching, that's okay. You can always write out an idea in list form as well. Here, though, let's look at a few ideas that I've sketched out beforehand. Some of the photographs that I want to make are these here. I want to get one which is close up, where I have the bride pretty close up, but I'm showing the texture of the background, because…

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