Make a Wedding into a Story

We are in the wedding season, and as the days become sunnier there are more and more opportunities to create really good photo stories of a wedding occasion.

Whether you are the official wedding photographer or just a family member or friend taking pictures remember that there is far more to the occasion than getting some good formal or posed pictures.  The story book should reflect the spirit of the occasion.

You can, of course make a record of a wedding without anything in print.  However first you will be competing for attention with video.  And like a video the story is invisible unless it is on a machine.  You can’t pick up a DVD and just start looking at it.  You have to see a substantial amount to get the spirit.  How many videos or slide shows are seen once and that is it.  Worse still how many are never looked at at all?

As a supplier of software for wedding albums, dg Foto Art, Album Design 3 (AD4 this month), and print-your-own wedding albums and paper, we have invested a lot of time in writing our own guide to making a wedding album.  We have also sourced a some guides to wedding photography.  It is our intention to publish a book  “How to transform wedding photos into wonderful preserved memories.”.  Still partially complete it is waiting for the 30 hour day.  It won’t be out for the next month or so, so I’m providing a summary of blogs and ideas which I hope you will find useful.

Ten Tips to transform wedding photos into wonderful preserved memories.  From the subject matter to a finally presented book – for the amateur at a wedding.

Saying “Thank-you”.  Your album, montage or even a photo-accordion is a good way to say ‘Thank you’ to the bride’s family (or whoever) for their hospitality.

A challenge for the Professional Photographer

Some observations from SWPP 2009 - Wordpress Blog

How award Winning Wedding Photographer Paul Callaghan increased his profits tenfold using dg Foto Art -  Paul Callaghan - one of the leading wedding photographers in the British Isles, has shown me a few more benefits of using this amazing software.  He claims his profits increased tenfold – for three main reasons:  He can get more done – of course – so he can take on more assignments  but far more importantly  - He can charge 60% more for his work! 

How a Wedding Photographer increased his profits tenfold by Product Differentiation   - Paul Callaghan again – some useful advice.

How Photographer Gary increased his Workflow Efficiency by 700%    “I use it (dg Foto Art) for making wedding albums for clients and it is fantastic. Worth every penny. What would take a day in Photoshop can be done in less than an hour.”  

How to Photograph a Wedding – Five articles by Bobby Jones

• How to Photograph a Wedding
• Posing and Photographing the Bride
• The Bridegroom and Groups
• Photographing the Wedding Cake Ceremony
• Photographing after the Ceremony 

Why you should use dg Foto Art for your Wedding Albums in 2009

Wordpress Blog

Choose the Right Album Software

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There is more to come

You have some more ideas or recommendations – then e-mail me (daniel@opusalbums.com).  We will put them on the web (with a link to you); we may put them into our forthcoming guide.

You want some guidance – e-mail me on this too -  (daniel@opusalbums.com

Want to know more about our products and services – go to one of our sites:

 www.OPUSalbums.com - print-your-own albums, digital photographic and creative papers and the best album/scrapbook software for digital photographers

http://www.printalot.org- Paper, Albums, Software and other consumables - guaranteed quality, guaranteed service, guaranteed price - for people who print a lot.
www.u-printit.co.uk - Albums and papers to make printing elegant, productive and fun
www.photo4.biz - A great source for graphics software - under development
www.incartek.com - an great resource for digital photographers and anybody interested in digital printing.
Octopus Blogs on Wordpress: - an ever increasing wealth of ideas, tips etc fro digital photographers