The Wedding Day: No Reshoots, No Excuses
The best-laid plans of brides and men unravel on W-Day, with no margin for error. Are you ready?
For such an often-held, well-organized, synchronized event, a wedding can spin out of control in the hands of the unprepared photographer. The two nice people you made arrangements with suddenly balloon to a hundred uncooperative sponsors and family members. This workshop, handled by veteran wedding photographer Richel Mascariñas, guides you with lectures and a simulated reenactment of several key sequences including the dressing of the bride, the ceremony, and bridal portrait. You'll also identify possible problem areas and how to deal with them, how to set up a seamless workflow, right up to preparing and delivering the finished album.
What will be covered
- Basic and recommended equipment
- The importance of long and wide lenses
- Shooting with and without flash
- Building a shot list
- On-location reenactment with models, makeup artists, and actual gowns
- Church regulations and policies
- Non-Catholic weddings
- Planning for and covering the ceremony and reception
- Location and studio bridal portrait
- Shooting the wedding entourage
- Different traditions among different religious sects
- Production and post-production workflow, including backing up, weeding out, cleaning up
- Producing the album and enlargements
Who should attend
- Photographers in the process of setting up a wedding photography studio
- Existing wedding photographers who want to improve their product and services
- Film photographers who are adopting a digital workflow
- Photographers who assist at weddings
- Amateur photographers who want to train for wedding photography or any event photography
Prerequisites
- Digital SLR, preferably with wide to tele zoom
- Separate flash
- Completion of the PCCI basic photography workshop or equivalent experience with basic photography and lighting principles
- Completion of the creative studio lighting or commercial studio workshop ideal but not required
- Attendance in "The Ins and Outs of Wedding Photography" seminar highly recommended
Instructor
Richel Mascariñas has been a wedding photographer long enough to have seen its ups and downs as the industry swelled with more business, higher pricing levels, and more new photographers every week, and then became vicious with photographers resorting to cutthroat pricing and cutting corners. Knowing the business well enough has also taught him that the best response to underpricing and product compromises is better and more flexible packages. This workshop is a rare opportunity to learn from a real pro.
DATE(S):
- Jan 10–11 (Tue to Wed)
- Apr 23–24 (Mon to Tue)
TIME:
9 AM to 5 PM
INSTRUCTOR(S):
FEE:
PhP 5,995 (USD 150)
Includes materials, lunch and snacks.
Be sure to read the Registration Info before registering.