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What do you bring with you to a wedding in the way of props ?
Trev
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Seeing Neil's latest Tangents post on getting this shot with this great hand-held mirror gave me a thought of maybe even getting something similar as a prop to add to the 'range of shots' I normally take which in turn led me to posting this for ideas, etc.
So what do you bring to use maybe as props and when are props too 'kitch' and too bloody predictable to use, or downright plain ugly.
Some of the things I bring, but only use 30% of the time, not every wedding and only when a bride wants it when I tell her what I have or in some cases they ask me prior what I have.
1] I have a great bedside table lamp, tungsten lighting I take with me, to get those moody shots, as a lot of places/hotels have those energy saving white bulbs or LEDs which give a lousy light.
2] I do have some umbrellas as in the see-through paper types with cane/bamboo framing, handles to use so I can shoot through them or use to effect similar to this article by Josh Lynn and other ideas of their use. They also have various motifs printed on them, flowers or butterflies, birds, etc.
3] Picnic style blanket/s, to spread on ground under a great tree or in general especially when flower petals lying around the place like this shot I saw during the practice ceremony; and she wanted a shot under that tree with the flowers and since the ground was wet, it was a 'rainy' wedding, she brought her own blanket she wanted in this case when I told her what I had in mind.
4] Also in conjunction with the blanket, maybe an actual picnic basket and an empty wine bottle [good quality one that looks great] lying on it's side as in empty. Once again, only when they want that.
Some ugly things I have seen: Images where they bring toy guns or water pistols and do a 'gangster' shot. Cringe factor up in the 1000s. Ugggh! Now it's fine if it's a 'themed' wedding but when they are done up in normal attire and don't have the clothes/cars, then it's downright ugly, in *my* opinion.
Anyone else?
Trev.
So what do you bring to use maybe as props and when are props too 'kitch' and too bloody predictable to use, or downright plain ugly.
Some of the things I bring, but only use 30% of the time, not every wedding and only when a bride wants it when I tell her what I have or in some cases they ask me prior what I have.
1] I have a great bedside table lamp, tungsten lighting I take with me, to get those moody shots, as a lot of places/hotels have those energy saving white bulbs or LEDs which give a lousy light.
2] I do have some umbrellas as in the see-through paper types with cane/bamboo framing, handles to use so I can shoot through them or use to effect similar to this article by Josh Lynn and other ideas of their use. They also have various motifs printed on them, flowers or butterflies, birds, etc.
3] Picnic style blanket/s, to spread on ground under a great tree or in general especially when flower petals lying around the place like this shot I saw during the practice ceremony; and she wanted a shot under that tree with the flowers and since the ground was wet, it was a 'rainy' wedding, she brought her own blanket she wanted in this case when I told her what I had in mind.
4] Also in conjunction with the blanket, maybe an actual picnic basket and an empty wine bottle [good quality one that looks great] lying on it's side as in empty. Once again, only when they want that.
Some ugly things I have seen: Images where they bring toy guns or water pistols and do a 'gangster' shot. Cringe factor up in the 1000s. Ugggh! Now it's fine if it's a 'themed' wedding but when they are done up in normal attire and don't have the clothes/cars, then it's downright ugly, in *my* opinion.
Anyone else?
Trev.
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I don't offer of course since I don't want to have the extra burden of carrying stuff, but the table lamp I have started taking as a lot of the newer hotels where I live by law now have to have those eco light bulbs and they look terrible so the nice tungsten lamp gives me a great backdrop for a few shots.
Trev
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