From shooting formal family portraits in a dimly lit church to capturing lively candids at a bustling reception, this valuable reference presents 100 tips for handling the process from start to finish—choosing the best equipment, capturing the best moments on film, and enhancing and presenting them afterwards. Numerous professionals offer valuable advice for digital wedding photography, giving technical guidance on lighting, exposure and metering, and color management, as well as ideas for scouting locations, dealing with nervous brides, and photographing large groups. Ample time is spent on the many aspects of posing and lighting—for both formal and informal situations—with an eye toward enhancing the efficiency of the shoot and the natural beauty of the resulting images.

Bill Hurter has been a photographer for 30 years and is currently the editor of Rangefinder magazine. His previous books include The Best Wedding Photography, Group Portrait Photography Handbook, Portrait Photography Handbook, and The Portrait Photographer's Guide to Posing. He lives in West Covina, California. View detail at Amazon.

Deal for beginning and experienced cakemakers, The Wedding Cake Decorator's Bible is packed with design ideas, methods and techniques for making and decorating unforgettable wedding cakes. Full step-by-step photographs and descriptions make this book an invaluable resource for a variety of wedding cake designs. View detail at Amazon.

Organize With Ease... in a 3-ring binder Everything from calendars and time schedules to contracts and lists for delegating duties has been put into one easy-to-use, centralized system guaranteed to guide you from your engagement to your wedding day looking calm, cool and beautiful. The Bravo! Wedding Organizer is what every bride needs to plan the perfect wedding.

LOVE this planner!
By Snoopy
I am in the first stages of wedding planning. I bought this book mainly because I have no clue what it entails to plan a bash for the big day. When I received this, I immediately noticed the perfect design of the book - elegant style, 3 ring binder, nice, large tabs to separate and organize.

Most of the pages inside are for "final" decisions. For example - there are pages for catering, cake, jewlery, etc....but no pages for comparisons of different vendors. Because I am in my first stages of wedding planning, I have several different vendors that I'm considering as of right now, and my only quirk with this book is that I don't have pages to fill out to compare and contrast different companies, reception halls, etc. However, I am fixing that by making copies of each page and making a page for each vendor I am considering, and when I make my final decision, those other pages will go to the back of the book.

This book also does not have any kind of pocket organization. In other words, there is no pocket or folder within in the binder to store brochures, pictures, or magazine cutouts. This fact doesn't bother me too much because one can always go to their local office supply store and buy some binder folders (this is a standard 3-ring binder after all, which makes for easy changes and easy additions.)

I couldn't recommend this book more! My friends already are impressed with how organized I am. My guest list is in the works, and I am using the planner's handy guest list form - with space to check if I've sent the invite, save-the-date, and thank you, also has space for how many adults and children have RSVP'd for each person/family. I just love the ease of use that comes with this binder! If you are a bride just starting the planning process, you will not regret this purchase!

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