7 Wedding Photography Tips for Spring Weddings

Ah, spring! The season when nature comes back to life, everything is green and love floats in the air. Many couples choose to tie the knot during spring when the weather is warm enough for a great party yet cold enough to not force men to wear short sleeved shirts. We have comprised a list with the most useful tips for wedding photography for spring weddings and we are now sharing it with you!

Wedding Photography Tips for Spring Weddings

1. Take Advantage of the Natural Light During Spring Weddings

Spring is usually the season when you have the sun on your side so why make the best out of all that natural light? Invite the married couple in a place filled with the natural light coming from the sun and take some amazing shots without having to use any props.

Celebrate nature and the newly wedded couple and emphasize the scenery in the same amount as the couple to create contrast. Keep in mind that both the bride and the groom will eventually grow tired of seeing just plain pictures of them and they will expect something else even if they might not kno that yet.

2. Pay Attention to the Weather Forecast

Although you might have the sun on your side, during spring, showers are also common. If you want to be sure you are prepared for all scenarios, you need to check the weather forecast prior to the wedding and be sure your gear is waterproof if any rain is predicted. Even though you will not have as much natural light as you would during a sunny day, a photo shoot in the rain can be quite astonishing.

If the married couple can also adapt their wardrobe to the weather conditions (for example, they can choose to wear waterproof boots instead of fancy shoes), you will be able to create funny and touching stories through your photographs.

3. Play Around with Colors

You will most likely have a lot of flowers and green patches at your hand if you are the designated photographer at a spring wedding so make sure you include all of them in your photos. Any bride will look gorgeous with a flower crown on her head while the groom can have flowers instead of a napkin in his suit jacket. Use flowers to portray a picture where the groom surprises his wife.

To make the most out of all the freshness spring provides, make your couple put their imagination at work and see how they let their inner child loose in the middle of a green field. This way you will not only capture a wedding photo session, but a story of two people who were lost but found each other.

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4. Choose a Lively Background

There is nothing duller than a plain background that does not put anything in context, especially when it comes to wedding photography tips. Given the fact that you will probably have an entire sea of green available to use, seize the opportunity and create contrasts.

A great idea is to make the couple interfere with the wildlife. Let them explore the fascinating world of insects such as bees in search for flowers or see how birds begin building their nests. Be careful though! Do not consider dangerous wild animals as pets and do not put anyone’s life in danger.

5. Communicate

Before starting to plan your photo shoot, communicate with the bride and groom. What are they expecting from this photo shoot? Where would they like to go? What do they want to do? These are all questions to which they will most likely not have an answer but that gives you the opportunity to start getting creative.

If the couple is not entirely sure what to expect from their wedding photography session, you have the possibility to juggle around with different ideas and then ask the couple what would they like to go with.

6. Be careful with the Details During your Wedding Photography

Try to find one or more focus points in all of your pictures and do not ignore the simple or small things. Be careful to not overexpose details by using your built-in flash or simply by using too much sunlight. On the same manner, be careful to not underexpose your pictures if you are shooting on a rainy day. In order to make sure that everything is in the right place take a couple of test shots before proceeding with an idea.

The test shots will help you see what settings you need to work with to achieve perfection on your wedding photography tips.

Wedding Photography Tips for Spring Weddings

7. Capture feelings

One of the most important things you can do through photography is to capture the essence of a feeling or a moment. Always advise your subjects to avoid posing and be as natural as possible. Try presenting them a photo shoot idea and capture the moments when they start preparing for your photo.

Another idea is to catch them gazing into each other’s eyes, as eye contact is a true love statement and not only in photography. When two people are staring into each other’s eyes you can almost feel the passion and the love floating in the air. Imagine that if you capture the most perfect moment in the most perfect angle you can make that feeling last for eternity (or at least for a couple of decades until the photo will start decomposing).

As a photographer, it is your job to make sure you surprise every important and special moment, even though you might not consider it special. This is why it is very important to communicate and try to know the people you are about to work with and see what they like and what they are expecting.

Even though your mind might be filled with amazing photography ideas, you must always be aware of the fact that people have different tastes and different expectations and the only way to make sure that your ideas will be appreciated by others as much as they are appreciated by you, is through communication.

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About Amanda Jones

Professional photographer and freelance writer, Amanda is specialized in wedding and travel photography. Every day she enjoys taking long walks around the city, from where she takes inspiration for her day-to-day work. She always hunts magical locations to astonish her subjects.