Weddings are very significant occasions and therefore the people charged with capturing this day on film should ensure that they have the right equipment for it.
This is especially so bearing in mind the kind of wedding photography prices that are charged.
These prices can range from one thousand to three thousand dollars or possibly more for just a single shoot.
With these kinds of prices, clients expect and deserve the best quality wedding photography that they can possibly get.
To achieve the highest quality, the photographer should bear in mind the following simple wedding photography tips.
Essential Wedding Photography Equipment
The photographer should always carry at least two cameras of different focal length lens, one with a short telephoto lens and the other with a wide angle lens attached.
The most convenient are 35mm and digital SLRs (single lens reflex).
The Canon SLR’s are also very popular.
However, it is advisable to also use a medium format system whenever possible especially for photographing the bridal pair as you will likely be asked to produce prints larger than 8×10.
Medium format negatives can produce large prints of superior quality unlike the 35mm or digital which begin to lose clarity and detail for 16×20 or larger prints.
Wedding Camera Tips
The faster the lens speed the better, especially if shooting indoors with poor lighting. Lens’ with a shutter speed of f/2.8 or more can give you 
the option not to use the flash and also make your subjects stand out by creating a soft blurred background.
Three sets of zooms are usually used by professional wedding photographers; a wide-angle zoom which allows photographs in small confined spaces; a wide-to-telephoto zoom which is wide enough for group photos and also long enough to take a three quarter portrait photo of the pair without wide-angle perspective distortion: and an image stabilized telephoto zoom which allows the photographer to take a group photo way down the aisle without switching lenses.
Wedding Photography Lighting
For lighting you could either use studio moonlights, good for their lighting power and many light modification options such as soft boxes, barn-doors and snoots or speedlight TTL flashes which are advantageous because of their ease in set-up and their light weight.
Speedlights are good for personal wedding photography as they do not require power outlets, extension cords and are very easy to set-up.
Whichever lighting you chose you will require light modification tools for every flash. Umbrellas are easy to set-up but softboxes are better at softening light and have greater directional ability.
Photographer Accessories
A flash/light meter is indispensable especially for flash photography irrespective of how good your camera meter.
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The flash meter will give you a good idea of the ratios and exposure of the different flashes you may be using.
Every photographer should have a flash meter as part of his wedding photography kit since it is economical and does not take up too much space.
Most photographers who follow the few wedding photography tips enumerated above are be able to take professional quality photographs and thus can be able to charge top wedding photography prices.
