Wedding photography - free course from Skillbox, training, Date: December 3, 2023.

Ranked among the best wedding reportage photographers according to NEVESTA.MOSCOW magazine. Winner of the Wedding Awards Russia 2018 competition in the “Best Reportage Wedding Photographer” category and the Nikon 100th Anniversary Award 2017 in the “Portrait of the Groom” category.

Introduction
Get acquainted with the history and features of the genre. Find out the main trends in wedding photography and learn how to apply them. You will understand how to become a sought-after specialist.

Finding your style and inspiration
Learn to look for and use references, and you will be able to develop your powers of observation. You will understand how to develop your own shooting style.

Selection of equipment
Make a list of equipment for filming. You will understand which camera settings make it easier to process frames. Explore useful apps for photographers.

Staged shooting
You will understand how to help the bride and groom feel at ease and confident on camera. You can prepare and film a pre-wedding love story. Learn to select locations for filming.

Reportage
You will learn how reportage photography differs from staged photography and how to take lively emotional shots.

Wedding day. Part 1
You will understand how to work with natural and artificial lighting. You will understand the features of photographing the morning of the bride and couple on their wedding day.

Wedding day. Part 2
Learn how to effectively photograph wedding ceremonies indoors and outdoors. Practice using on-camera flash. You will learn how to photograph a banquet and work in a team with an assistant or second photographer.

Personal brand and promotion
Learn to effectively use social networks to find clients, collaborate with magazines and blogs. You will understand whether the photographer needs to comply with the wedding dress code and how to dress for the shoot. Collect a portfolio in a single style. Learn to evaluate and promote your services abroad.

Interaction with the team
You will understand how to work with wedding agencies. Learn to effectively interact with stylists, organizers, and videographers. Find out where beginners can look for a team for wedding photography.

Interaction with the client
Learn how to interest a client when meeting. Learn to work competently with the customer at all stages: from the first meeting to the delivery of finished photographs.

Legal aspects
Choose the appropriate form of doing business. Learn to draw up a contract for the provision of services and pay taxes correctly. Learn the specifics of wedding photography abroad.

Photo processing. Selection and color correction
Learn to select the best shots from a shoot and form them into series for your portfolio. Learn how to do color correction in Photoshop and Lightroom. Master batch processing.

Treatment. Retouch
You will understand the features of retouching wedding photographs. Learn how to effectively design finished material.