Wedding Photography - What Equipment You Should Have on Your Bag

If you are a Photographer and if you are thinking onwith 4GB, 8GB or larger. Don't forget to check how
start shooting some Weddings, I would advise youmany MB/second the card is capable of writing and
to read few other articles about becoming areading. I would recommend something between 25
Wedding Photographer, but if you are experiencedand 30MB/second.
photographer and you want to start adventuring into4-Shoe Mount Flash
shooting Weddings, here are some more detailed listBuy always the best Flash for your camera. Wedding
and explanation of what equipment you should lookCeremonies and Receptions are generally very dark.
for;A good flash is always handy.
- Buying the Right Equipment - Here I am going to list5-Battery for the Camera and for the Flash
few of the most important things that you will haveNeedless to say that you need not just the batteries
to have in order to become a good Weddingto your camera and flash, but you will also need few
Photographer.spare batteries.
1- Digital SLR Camera6- Tripod
You have many choices when you are buying yourIf you have a very good lens you might be able to
new camera (Canon, Nikon, Sony, Leica, Olympus andtake very good and sharp pictures even if the room
etc). If you have the choice of choosing what brandis a little dark, but I always bring a tripod to my
to buy, I would have to say that most of Topweddings anyway, you never know if you are going
Wedding Photographers prefer CANON over anyto need it or not.
other brand. Each company develop its own line of7- Computer and editing System
products, this means that if you buy a camera bodyBecause you are doing Digital Photography, it is very
from Canon, you certainly would have to buy yourimportant you to have a good and fast computer
lenses, flashes and etc specific designed to fit Canonand a very good editing system. Photoshop is the
cameras. So, you will have to do your homeworkchoice of almost 100% of professional
before you go shopping.Photographers.
2- LensesYou could also buy some strobes, radio slaves, and
Ask any good Photographer, and you will have themany other more advanced equipment, that certainly
same answer; "The most important part of thewould help to improve the quality of your work, but I
camera is the lens". You can buy a camera with 10 orthink that for now, you would be ok with just the 7
20 Megapixel, but at the end, it is the lens on thatitems from that list.
camera that is going to make the difference, soRemember that you will be responsible for memories
always buy good lenses.of the most important day of somebody's life, so
3- Memory Cardwould be wise to you to have backup equipment.
With the technology improving the number ofYou got it right; another camera, lens, memory card,
megapixels that each camera can record its data,batteries, etc and etc.
would be good if you could buy few memory cards