Tips From the Best Wedding Photographers: How We Help You Get the Best Photos!!
Here are a few decor ideas that have helped us achieve amazing photos for our couples.
1. If you’re hosting a daytime outdoor event, it’s essential to use a white canopy or covering over the mandap or stage. This helps diffuse the sunlight, ensuring soft, even lighting. Without this, harsh direct sunlight can create unflattering shadows and high contrast, which will affect the overall quality of your photos and videos, leading to undesirable results in the final captures.
2. Avoid using pink, yellow, or green coverings for both outdoor and indoor setups. These colors can cast unwanted tints on the skin that are challenging to correct during post-processing.
3. Please avoid using pink or blue LED lights in the ambiance or decor. Additionally, refrain from using laser lighting during the sangeet and DJ portions, as it can interfere with our cameras.
4. For a sangeet or an outdoor evening/night wedding, face lights with a consistent warm white setting are essential.
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5. For any sangeet background with LEDs, use a black display instead of a white one. White LEDs can cause overexposure, which affects the focus and overall appearance of the footage.
6. To ensure your stage presence is captured well in photos and videos, avoid using plain or predominantly white backgrounds, as they tend to become overexposed. Opt for a background color that contrasts with your outfit for a more balanced and visually appealing result.
7. Kindly ensure that the decorators have the setup completed well in advance, so we can capture clean shots of the decor before the guests arrive. If the decor isn’t ready on time, we may miss the opportunity for these important shots.
8. Always choose fresh flowers over artificial ones, especially around the mandap and in the backdrop. They create a stunning visual impact, enhancing the beauty of your photos and videos.
9. Select a stage backdrop that complements but contrasts with the bride and groom’s attire, creating a visually striking balance.
10. Avoid placing the mandap in the corner of the hall. Ensure there’s ample space around it for the photography team to move freely. Seating should be arranged at least 5 meters away to maintain clear access.
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11. Make sure the mandap or varmala stage background and decor are aligned with the seating arrangement in the east-west direction. Pandits often require the couple to sit facing either east or west, and if the setup doesn’t align with this, the decor you invested in might be missed in the photos and videos of the rituals.
12. If your sangeet or cocktail event is indoors, we advise against using a fog machine. Fog tends to linger in enclosed spaces, making it difficult for faces to be clearly captured in photos and videos. This may result in poor visibility of guests in the final footages. Please note that we cannot be held responsible for any issues with visibility in your photos or videos if a fog machine is used indoors.