“I get emails all the time from different people asking similar Photography, Wedding and Portrait related questions, and Ask Your Photographer is an attempt to answer them.”
Q6. “Will you allow our guests to take pictures at any time during the wedding?”
Answer: – YES, guests are free to snap away as they please, as its your wedding after all. But there are a few points to consider.
Although this guest is holding a video camera, I included it becasue its such a cool shot !! - Captured for Pixxil Photography by my awesome assistant Ryan Lawson.
1. If there are a half dozen cameras pointed at someone, they often don’t know where to look. So during formal or posed shots, especially with groups, I will ask that guests refrain from shooting a setup until after I have finished, that way I know I have the groups full attention and wont have to repeat shots due to wandering eyes !
2. As a wedding is an exciting time for both you and your guests, some people have been known to get a little too enthusiastic with their camera and accidently get in the way. It occurs at a few weddings and some guests have needed to be told off. My favourite quote from a bride dealing with this situation is ”Uncle Bob, please go and sit down, you acting like a peanut !!” And yes, of course he went and sat down !
The only restriction I have is clearly stated in my contract, that I am the “exclusive provider of photographic services”. This just means that you cannot hire another photographer to shoot guest table shots at the reception as an example, without having it fully detailed and written into the contract.
Thats about it really, not too difficult.
by Robb Duncan
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