The wedding day for the bride and groom is a once in a lifetime event. It is a very unique day where emotions run crazy and anything can happen. As a photographer you need to capture this feeling: that it is a one of a kind day not only for the bride and groom, but also for everyone invited to the wedding. The photographer needs to focus not only on shots of the bride crying or the groom looking nervous, but also on candid photos of the guests.

Guest candid shots help convey the uniqueness of this day to the bride and groom. It could be a photo of an uncle teary eyed, or the shy, college roommate tearing it up on the dance floor that confirms their feelings that everything seemed different on their wedding day.

Be aware of everything that is going on around you is the best advice I can give for photographing great candid shots of the guests. Being aware will help you to be able to expect what is going to happen before it happens. This is the key to taking candids.

An example of knowing what to expect during the ceremony: when the priest is talking to the bride and groom. You should get your normal couple shots of the bridal couple at this point. Great. But for the next few minutes you know that the priest will keep talking, and the bride and groom are pretty much going to look the same. This is the time to turn around and see what the guests are doing.

The most important thing to remember is that these shots of the guests need to be candid. I do this by looking back at the guests in a casual way, then I face front again. The guests do not know that I was zeroing in on any one in particular as it seems like I was just looking around. While I am still facing front, I am planning the image I want to shoot of one of the guests that appears to have an interesting look on his or her face or a child doing something interesting. I put my camera settings where they need to be, then all of a sudden I turn around and shoot the guest before anyone realizes what is happening.

Right when the music begins at a reception is one more example of having a sixth sense at a wedding for good photo opps. As you have seen many times before, people are still kind of sheepish at this point and may not start dancing until later. The kids though, they all run out to the dance floor and start to play around. They need some way to get rid of all this pent up energy from having to behave during best man speeches. Just adjust your camera to shoot at high speeds as you walk over to the dance floor. As children never let you down for good candid shots, it is a good idea to keep track of their whereabouts during the wedding. If you get a break from your other shots, go find them and try to get a genuine moment.

Hope this advice works at your upcoming weddings. Thanks again for reading.

Kevin Heslin is one of the leading Wedding and Commercial Photographers in Costa Rica. Besides commercial and wedding photography, Kevin also specializes in Travel and Cultural Portraits. To see more photo tips click on his blog Costa Rica Photographer Or to see photos of his weddings in Costa Rica, or travel and cultural photography in Central America check out his website Costa Rica Photography. Unique version for reprint here: Wedding Photography Tips for Beginners – Candid Guest Shots.

I’ve written these two articles to give you some basic and intermediate tips to correctly color balance your photos during a wedding. As I stated in the other article, a wedding has many light sources and these light sources compete to be the main light in your photos. The problem is, if these light sources have very different color temperatures, your images will have an incorrect white balance.

Visualize a room that is illuminated by a fluorescent ceiling fixture, and in the corner of this room there is a table lamp with a tungsten bulb. These different light sources have vastly different color temperatures, and will give a color cast to your final image. You can keep this from happening by noticing the different sources of light around you. As I stated in the first article, you do not need a colored gel for your flash if you are using it to fill where the main light is daylight. Now I am going to talk about how to correctly choose a gel for your flash in more complex lighting situations.

You will normally find three major sources of light for interior shots. These sources of light are: tungsten, fluorescent, and daylight. As you enter a room, the first thing you need to do is to identify the primary source of light, then try to match the same color temperature for your fill light. Obviously, using a reflector is the easiest way. But sometimes you will need to use a flash as well. As I stated in the first article, if your main light is daylight coming in through the windows or an open door, you will not need to put a gel on your flash. Your flash is already calibrated to roughly match regular daylight hours. But if you are in a room and the primary source of light is fluorescent, then you will need to put a fluorescent gel on your flash. After putting on the gel, you just need to set the white balance on your camera to the setting for fluorescent light. There are a few types of fluorescent gels you will need to bring around with you to be able to chose the one that best matches the light in the room. The same goes for tungsten gels to match tungsten lighting. Just put on a tungsten gel and change your white balance on the camera to tungsten. The different types of tungsten gels are 1/4 CTO, 1/2 CTO, and full CTO. As with fluorescent lighting, chose the gel that best matches the interior light.

If you enter a room and see competing light sources you will need to remedy the situation. In the opening example with the room lit by candles and fluorescent lighting you have two choices: blow out the candles or turn off the overhead lighting. If the candles are not going to be in frame, or they are far enough from where you are shooting such that they are not giving off competing light then you can shoot no problem. Following this principle, if I enter a room and there is tungsten light, I am not going to shoot with my bare flash (which is made to match daylight). I need to identify that the main source is tungsten, and put on a gel to match it.

Another important thing to remember is that you will need a CTO gel for sunrise and sunset. Sunrise and Sunset are not normal daylight hours. If you were to use your flash without a gel your photos would have a bluish cast to your subjects. Because this sunrise/sunset light is so warm, a CTO gel is needed. Try different CTO gels to find one that best matches the natural light of where you are on the globe, and the time of year you are shooting.

Kevin Heslin is one of the leading Wedding and Commercial photographers in Costa Rica. To see more of his photography tips click on his blog Costa Rica Wedding Photographer Or to see destination wedding photos from Costa Rica, or travel and cultural portraits from Central America click on his website Photography in Costa Rica. This article, How to Correctly White Balance Your Images – Wedding Photography Tips for Novices is released under a creative commons attribution license.

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