St. Donat's Wedding
At Silver Birch Photography we are often asked “what if it rains on our wedding day ?” The main thing for the bride, and indeed the photographer, is to make the weather work for you and not to worry about it. We have a selection of different style umbrellas that we keep with us at all times – the clear / transparent ‘hood type’ work well for fun and intimate photographs while the large golf type are used for group shots. One tip when choosing umbrella colours is to stay with cream, white or black (or even transparent) – the last thing you want is a bride holding a red umbrella and casting a pink shadow over her beautiful white wedding dress. We often encounter this problem when some limo drivers and wedding venue managers supply the umbrellas with patterns, stripes and even advertising logo’s from bridalwear stores – Yuk !!!!
Many classic traditional style hotels and manor houses have sheltered architectural features such as archways that can be used to great effect – also look out for fairy walks through trees. We poor photographers are usually the ones bearing the elements but providing the bride and groom are sheltered – fine. We use rain suits and also camera protective equipment by Kata (although the new pro camera bodies and Canon L Lenses are pretty much weather sealed) It is also a good idea to carry transparent plastic sheets or even a white shower curtain (without the fixings :)) to place on outdoor benches or low walls before seating the bride and groom. I also have two pair of boots – one for the bride, and another for the groom to wear while walking across wet and muddy areas – these shots look great (especially if you can get the groom to carry the bride)
BTW- it is considered GOOD LUCK if it rains on your wedding day.
Andy
Wedding Photographer Wales 