| Wedding Photography is one the hardest areas of | | | | some money, but as everything else, you should be |
| photography, if not the hardest of all. If you are | | | | a Wedding Photographer because you love to help |
| already a photographer, understand about | | | | people to preserve the memory of the most |
| composition, light, Photoshop, and you own enough | | | | important day of their lives, and not just because |
| equipment to start adventuring into shooting | | | | you want their money. |
| Weddings, here are some tips to how you could | | | | As I mentioned before in one of my other articles, |
| start your own Wedding Photography Business. | | | | Wedding Photography is not just to have your |
| 1- The Right Equipment | | | | camera and start shooting the wedding. Wedding |
| First, let's check a list of equipment that you need | | | | Photography is an art and you should learn this art |
| for the job; | | | | from someone that can teach and inspire you to be |
| - Digital SLR Camera | | | | a better photographer. |
| - Zoom Lens | | | | Here are some places to start; |
| - Memory Card | | | | - Wedding Photography Conventions |
| - Shoe Mount Flash | | | | - Wedding Photography Seminars |
| - Battery for the Camera | | | | - Wedding Photography Workshops |
| - Battery for the Flash | | | | - Wedding Photography Coaches |
| - Tripod | | | | - Photography Associations |
| - Computer | | | | One of the best places to start with your Wedding |
| - Photoshop | | | | Photography Business is offering yourself to help |
| All these equipment are very basic and you should | | | | some experienced Wedding Photographer as his/her |
| consider having a backup for each one of them. It is | | | | assistant. This would give you the experience that |
| very common, in digital photography, when | | | | you need, and you wouldn't have the responsibility or |
| something goes wrong with the equipment. You | | | | the stress of shooting the wedding by yourself. This |
| could also invest in some little more advanced | | | | is so important that I would recommend you to go |
| equipment like; Top of the line cameras, lenses, | | | | out and find a Photographer that you like his/her |
| strobes, Radio Slave Transmitters, Radio Slave | | | | style and offer yourself to be his/her assistant, even |
| Receivers and etc. | | | | if there is no money involved. |
| 2- The Right Start | | | | After a while helping few different photographers, |
| You probably want to go out and start shooting | | | | you would be shooting few weddings as the |
| weddings and make a lot of money as soon as | | | | photographer's "Second Shooter". When you get |
| possible. Most of the beginners want to do that, but | | | | confidence and experience enough you would be |
| first you will need to learn the basics of this specific | | | | ready to start your own Wedding Photography |
| business. | | | | Business, and who knows, somebody else would be |
| Wedding Photography could be a good way to make | | | | asking you to be your assistant. |