Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Wedding Photography: What to Shoot During the Wedding Banquet

Wedding banquet is one of the important events of your wedding day. Every wedding album should always have a decent photographs of the important moments in the wedding banquet. To make sure that your wedding photographer got their checklist ready, you can use this guide to decide which moments you should immortalize in your wedding album.

  • The venue of the wedding banquet. Take photographs of the banquet hall, the building in general, and the details of the decorations too. Make sure you capture the ambient of your wedding banquet in the photographs.
  • The guests. Start from the important guests, family and friends. Take formal pictures as well as candid pictures. Let the camera capture their joy upon attending your wedding day.
  • If there are children or family pets, take pictures of them also. It will add a little cuteness to your wedding album.
  • The wedding cake. You've taken a lot of time and energy to pick the perfect wedding cake, better take a shot of it while it's still standing. You can also take pictures of the cake when it's being cut.
  • The first dance. When the bride and the groom takes the center stage and move on the dance floor, it's very important that your photographer includes this in the wedding album. This is one of the most important moments on your wedding banquet. So, make sure you take a lot of photographs. Don't forget to take pictures of the audience too.
  • The wedding toast. The toast is always something to look forward too. A picture can speak a thousand words, so, eventhough you can't record what they were saying, you can still capture the moment.
  • The toast. The toast for the bride and the groom must not be forgotten too. Make sure your photographer got this on their check list.

You can also shoot random wedding photographs on your banquet, but don't forget these essential things. What's important is, make sure you capture the happiness that pours that day. A wedding is something to celebrate, and your wedding album should be able to remind you of the joy you experience on that important day.