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Small Disasters, Large Disasters, and Opportunities
Disasters are going to range from small to large. Anything can happen on a wedding day. The flower girl might wet her pants or the groom might faint, forget his vows, or forget where the church is and what time he is supposed to be there. Using your potential disasters as an opportunity requires a very special mind set, but one that anyone is able to achieve. Weddings become so important, especially to women, because they earmark an event that is “supposed to happen” in a very “specific manner.”
When we can start to let go of the “supposed to” and “should” theories, then we can focus in a more determined fashion on what is most vital to us, why we are going through with this highly expensive and taxing endeavor, and how we can make sure we enjoy our own wedding day. For all the money, time, energy, and thought that we put into a wedding, so many men and women alike find that they either barely even remember the day or didn’t have time to enjoy the day. We usually spend more money, time, and energy on wedding planning than we do for vacations and yet we don’t completely enjoy them or at least remember them? How logical is that?
Turning a problem into an opportunity is not easy, but it is very simple. The primary step is learning to recognize any chance or room for improvement or change from the traditional wedding ceremony. The second is learning to allow yourself an ideal emotional day and let the details fall as close to as you hoped as possible. If your emotional experience is beautiful and life affirming, the physical experience around you will be better.

Planning Advice for Photography Poses
1) Prepare For The Event
Prepare for the event by thinking about every photograph you want to take and what kind of photography pose(s) you would like to capture. Consider who, where, how, and the type of environment. Thinking about it beforehand will always produce better results.

2) Take Multiple Photographs
Take multiple shots of each pose (remember, digital memory is reusable, a.k.a. “free”). Regardless of what you say or do, people will blink. And don’t count on spotting small problems on the tiny camera LCD screen (even on full magnification); which leads to…

3) Check the LCD Screen
Check the digital camera’s LCD screen only for general framing of the picture, extreme movements, confirmation that all faces can be seen, and the histogram.

Do not use the LCD screen for any fine review of the picture! (That is what your computer is for.)

Note that you can have a fantastic photography pose; arrange everyone perfectly; and, have the photograph “frozen” (no blinking, and no shaking of the camera)…but, when you check it out in the LCD, you see 2 drunks fighting in the background!

4) Funny Phrases
Have some funny phrases (or something humorously appropriate to your group) handy to use just before you take the photo.

Don’t use them when setting up for the shot. And, don’t use the same phrase all the time. Throw in funny anecdotes, phrases, names, words that you know your family will find more amusing than “cheese.” A natural smile looks four times better than a fake one.

Our second category is…

Location Advice for Photography Poses
Taking INDOOR family photography, is very different than OUTDOOR family photograph (duh!). For INDOOR pictures…

1) Wide Angle
You will tend to use the wide angle more often than your telephoto setting. Pay particular attention to your “end people” (those farthest to the right and the left in your viewfinder). There is one specific tip to insure that if cropping is eventually required for your picture, the end people won’t have to lose a limb.

2) The Flash
Flash considerations are critical. Do not be outside your “flash range.” For example, if at ISO 100, your flash can properly illuminate 12 feet, don’t attempt a pose that requires anyone to stand at 14 feet (unless, of course, it’s evil cousin Ira who you want to appear in darkness).

3) Plan “B”
If you need to be further away than your on-camera flash allows, here are 4 things you can try…

1. Consider purchasing an external flash unit for your camera.

2. Increase the ISO setting so that a flash may not be necessary. However, don’t increase the ISO so much that you produce “noise.”

3. Use a tripod, and increase the exposure time enough to properly expose the image WITHOUT USING A FLASH.

4. Physically move to a significantly brighter location.

4) Watch Your Background
If there are distracting (or competing) features, change the background. The best photography pose in the world won’t look right with a distracting background. And finally…

5) Mirror, Mirror, on The Wall
If there are mirrors or reflective surfaces in the background and you can’t find a different location, only take the picture in such a way that the flash is not perpendicular to the surface, but at an angle (unless you want a nice photo of your flash).

Outdoor photography addresses different issues…
6) The Sun
Avoid photographing in direct sunlight, or in mixed light and shade, especially faces. Optimal lighting for almost any photography pose, results from a slightly overcast sky.

7) Shade
When photographing in shade, use fill-flash when necessary. And, really finally…

Beauty
If practical, take the picture at one of the beautiful natural settings near you. Imagine the result of a creative photography pose captured in a stunning environment. Can you say: “over the mantle!”?

Picture quality settings

When you think about taking pictures you have to think about the final image. The more information your digital camera can capture, the larger your final print can be.

Understanding picture quality settings
Pixel is shorthand for “picture element.” It is the smallest part of a digital camera’s sensor. The word “mega” means “million.” So megapixel means the picture is made up of one million pixels, or picture elements.

The size of a digital camera’s sensor, the part that records the image, is expressed in megapixels. The greater the number of megapixels, the more information this sensor can capture and the more an image can be enlarged.

Making sense of resolution
With all those pixels in my camera, how do I know how much I am capturing? To make sense of capture resolution, think about the area of a rectangle. The area is the length multiplied by the width. In the case of a digital camera sensor, the number of horizontal pixels times the number of vertical pixels is the capture resolution.

Maximum Print Size Capture Resolution Needed
5 x 7 inches (15 x 20 cm) 1 megapixel
8 x 10 inches (20 x 25 cm) 2 megapixels
11 x 14 inches (28 x 36 cm) 3 megapixels
20 x 30 inches (50 x 75 cm) 4 megapixels

So what do “Best,” “Better,” and “Good” mean?
Some digital cameras let you select the level of compression that the camera will apply to your captured image by choosing settings, such as “Best,” “Better,” and “Good.” When you want to make large prints, use the “Best” setting for your camera. If you don’t have a high-capacity picture card, consider using the “Better” setting, which lets you capture a lot of images and still retain acceptable image quality. If you want to create pictures for Internet use or online display only, consider using the “Good” setting.

Capture Option Picture Quality Results of Capture Printing Capability
Best Excellent Larger file size, most detail. Fewer images captured per picture card. Requires more storage space. Largest prints possible for file size. Cameras with resolution of 3 to 4 MP will give prints up to 20 x 30 inches (50 x 75 cm).
Better Acceptable Medium file size. More images captured per picture card. Limits size of final print to 8 x 10 inches (20 x 25 cm) or smaller.
Good Lowest acceptable quality Less detail. Greatest number of images captured per picture card. Print sizes limited to 5 x 7 inches (15 x 20 cm) or smaller.