{"id":491,"date":"2012-07-23T17:16:33","date_gmt":"2012-07-23T16:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phototechnique.com\/?p=491"},"modified":"2014-10-23T11:19:34","modified_gmt":"2014-10-23T10:19:34","slug":"how-to-photograph-weddings-after-the-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/wedding_photography\/how-to-photograph-weddings-after-the-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Wedding photography tips – After the wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

So the wedding is over, you’ve taken all of the photographs that you needed to. What do you do next? We give you advice on how to choose the final selection and create a photo book.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Choosing<\/h2>\n

As most digital photographers know, taking the shots is only half the process and having taken all the wedding shots, the work really begins.<\/p>\n

From a good day’s shooting you can expect to have anywhere between 300 and 2,000 shots, hopefully all backed up to a drive.<\/p>\n

Editing the shots<\/h2>\n

Your first challenge, once you have all of your images visible on your computer, is to reduce the number down to something that is a bit more manageable.<\/p>\n

For an initial set this should be down to no more than 400 and potentially closer to 300.<\/p>\n

Once you’ve removed all the obvious duds, start to rate the images to allow you to build up collections of definite \u2018keepers’, \u2018maybes’ and \u2018maybe nots’.<\/p>\n

Software such as Apple Aperture and Adobe Lightroom are specifically designed for this kind of heavy image crunching and allow you to whittle down your selection fairly quickly. Their non-destructive image management also make it easy to apply simple image adjustments individually or globally.<\/p>\n

You can then perform more specific and accurate adjustments once the final selection has been made.<\/p>\n

Final selection<\/h2>\n

At this stage it is standard practice to show the images to the couple, to allow them to pick their favourites for the album, or individual prints.<\/p>\n

This can be done by creating a preview book, or a series of contact sheets. Some photographers may offer to display these on a website, either in addition or as an alternative to the printed version.<\/p>\n

Give the couple a limit in the number of images, so as not to overcrowd the album – depending on the layout, this should be around 150 images. Once the images are chosen, individual image tweaking can be done to ensure each one is as good as possible.<\/p>\n

Books<\/h2>\n

\"wedding<\/a>There are two main options when it comes to creating the album: the traditional, with prints mounted into the pages; or a modern photo book where the images are printed directly onto the pages.<\/p>\n

The photobook comes in a range of prices from cheap paperbacks to high-quality coffee-table books for hundreds of pounds a time.<\/p>\n

Photobook companies provide customisable layouts using their own software to produce the album. Many pros, however, will choose to design the layout themselves using a design or photo-editing program.<\/p>\n

For album ideas see blurb.com<\/a> and loxleycolour.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So the wedding is over, you’ve taken all of the photographs that you needed to. What do you do next? We give you advice on how to choose the final selection and create a photo book…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":323,"featured_media":512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[212],"tags":[],"product-category":[],"class_list":["post-491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wedding_photography"],"yoast_head":"\nHow To Photograph Weddings - After The Wedding<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"So the wedding is over, you've taken all of the photographs that you needed to. What do you do next?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/wedding_photography\/how-to-photograph-weddings-after-the-wedding\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wedding photography tips - After the wedding\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"So the wedding is over, you've taken all of the photographs that you needed to. What do you do next?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/wedding_photography\/how-to-photograph-weddings-after-the-wedding\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Amateur Photographer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Amateur.photographer.magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-07-23T16:16:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-10-23T10:19:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2012\/07\/BEL_Acrylic_12x12_Spread_1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"420\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"205\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Rosee Woodland\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AP_Magazine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AP_Magazine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Rosee Woodland\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/wedding_photography\/how-to-photograph-weddings-after-the-wedding\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/wedding_photography\/how-to-photograph-weddings-after-the-wedding\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Rosee Woodland\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#\/schema\/person\/f95a396031978ed0ea69236f11b520a5\"},\"headline\":\"Wedding photography tips – After the wedding\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-07-23T16:16:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-10-23T10:19:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/wedding_photography\/how-to-photograph-weddings-after-the-wedding\/\"},\"wordCount\":431,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/wedding_photography\/how-to-photograph-weddings-after-the-wedding\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2012\/07\/BEL_Acrylic_12x12_Spread_1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Wedding photography\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/wedding_photography\/how-to-photograph-weddings-after-the-wedding\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/wedding_photography\/how-to-photograph-weddings-after-the-wedding\/\",\"name\":\"How To Photograph Weddings - After The Wedding\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/wedding_photography\/how-to-photograph-weddings-after-the-wedding\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/wedding_photography\/how-to-photograph-weddings-after-the-wedding\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2012\/07\/BEL_Acrylic_12x12_Spread_1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-07-23T16:16:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-10-23T10:19:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#\/schema\/person\/f95a396031978ed0ea69236f11b520a5\"},\"description\":\"So the wedding is over, you've taken all of the photographs that you needed to. What do you do next?\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/wedding_photography\/how-to-photograph-weddings-after-the-wedding\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/wedding_photography\/how-to-photograph-weddings-after-the-wedding\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/wedding_photography\/how-to-photograph-weddings-after-the-wedding\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2012\/07\/BEL_Acrylic_12x12_Spread_1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2012\/07\/BEL_Acrylic_12x12_Spread_1.jpg\",\"width\":\"420\",\"height\":\"205\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/wedding_photography\/how-to-photograph-weddings-after-the-wedding\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Technique\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Wedding photography\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/wedding_photography\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Wedding photography tips – After the wedding\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/\",\"name\":\"Amateur Photographer\",\"description\":\"The world's number 1 weekly photo magazine\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#\/schema\/person\/f95a396031978ed0ea69236f11b520a5\",\"name\":\"Rosee Woodland\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5feeb1a4d1e56e291627b3f9b7727d89?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5feeb1a4d1e56e291627b3f9b7727d89?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Rosee Woodland\"},\"description\":\"Rosee Woodland developed a taste for adventure at a young age, growing up in a home where camping was the default holiday, and good weather was a vacation bonus rather than a necessity. After bike-packing the length of France in her teens with her family, she started to undertake solo adventures in her 20s. Always a keen swimmer, she discovered a love of wild water 15 years ago, and has since swum the Dart 10k three times, qualified as a swim coach and learned to freedive. She is formerly editor of Advnture.com and deputy editor of Mountain Biking UK magazine and jumps at the chance to swim somewhere slightly muddy and remote, no matter how cold the water.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/iswim.likeagirl\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/author\/roseewoodland\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How To Photograph Weddings - After The Wedding","description":"So the wedding is over, you've taken all of the photographs that you needed to. What do you do next?","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/wedding_photography\/how-to-photograph-weddings-after-the-wedding\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Wedding photography tips - After the wedding","og_description":"So the wedding is over, you've taken all of the photographs that you needed to. What do you do next?","og_url":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/wedding_photography\/how-to-photograph-weddings-after-the-wedding\/","og_site_name":"Amateur Photographer","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Amateur.photographer.magazine","article_published_time":"2012-07-23T16:16:33+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-10-23T10:19:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":420,"height":205,"url":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2012\/07\/BEL_Acrylic_12x12_Spread_1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Rosee Woodland","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AP_Magazine","twitter_site":"@AP_Magazine","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Rosee Woodland","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/wedding_photography\/how-to-photograph-weddings-after-the-wedding\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/wedding_photography\/how-to-photograph-weddings-after-the-wedding\/"},"author":{"name":"Rosee Woodland","@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#\/schema\/person\/f95a396031978ed0ea69236f11b520a5"},"headline":"Wedding photography tips – After the wedding","datePublished":"2012-07-23T16:16:33+00:00","dateModified":"2014-10-23T10:19:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/wedding_photography\/how-to-photograph-weddings-after-the-wedding\/"},"wordCount":431,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/wedding_photography\/how-to-photograph-weddings-after-the-wedding\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2012\/07\/BEL_Acrylic_12x12_Spread_1.jpg","articleSection":["Wedding photography"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/wedding_photography\/how-to-photograph-weddings-after-the-wedding\/","url":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/wedding_photography\/how-to-photograph-weddings-after-the-wedding\/","name":"How To Photograph Weddings - After The Wedding","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/wedding_photography\/how-to-photograph-weddings-after-the-wedding\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/wedding_photography\/how-to-photograph-weddings-after-the-wedding\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2012\/07\/BEL_Acrylic_12x12_Spread_1.jpg","datePublished":"2012-07-23T16:16:33+00:00","dateModified":"2014-10-23T10:19:34+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#\/schema\/person\/f95a396031978ed0ea69236f11b520a5"},"description":"So the wedding is over, you've taken all of the photographs that you needed to. What do you do next?","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/wedding_photography\/how-to-photograph-weddings-after-the-wedding\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/wedding_photography\/how-to-photograph-weddings-after-the-wedding\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/wedding_photography\/how-to-photograph-weddings-after-the-wedding\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2012\/07\/BEL_Acrylic_12x12_Spread_1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2012\/07\/BEL_Acrylic_12x12_Spread_1.jpg","width":"420","height":"205"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/wedding_photography\/how-to-photograph-weddings-after-the-wedding\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Technique","item":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Wedding photography","item":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/wedding_photography\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Wedding photography tips – After the wedding"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#website","url":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/","name":"Amateur Photographer","description":"The world's number 1 weekly photo magazine","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#\/schema\/person\/f95a396031978ed0ea69236f11b520a5","name":"Rosee Woodland","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5feeb1a4d1e56e291627b3f9b7727d89?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5feeb1a4d1e56e291627b3f9b7727d89?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Rosee Woodland"},"description":"Rosee Woodland developed a taste for adventure at a young age, growing up in a home where camping was the default holiday, and good weather was a vacation bonus rather than a necessity. After bike-packing the length of France in her teens with her family, she started to undertake solo adventures in her 20s. Always a keen swimmer, she discovered a love of wild water 15 years ago, and has since swum the Dart 10k three times, qualified as a swim coach and learned to freedive. She is formerly editor of Advnture.com and deputy editor of Mountain Biking UK magazine and jumps at the chance to swim somewhere slightly muddy and remote, no matter how cold the water.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/iswim.likeagirl\/"],"url":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/author\/roseewoodland\/"}]}},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2012\/07\/BEL_Acrylic_12x12_Spread_1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-01 19:15:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/323"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33222,"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491\/revisions\/33222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491"},{"taxonomy":"product-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product-category?post=491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}