YOTD Monday and When You See Red Shoot It

I actually remembered it was YOTD Monday for me today. I need to start planning and practicing my angles and my shots for my first ever wedding shoot in June. My bride will be walking down this path around the marina to the boat on which her groom will be waiting, and she will be coming from those stairs just behind this random couple. One thing I realised from these photos today, is that this is not an ideal place to shoot her and her entourage because of the sign boards and ugly water tanks etc. at the end where the road is - like here I have a sign board almost growing out of this lady's head! Good thing I'm starting to practice and plan now!

[Annie-Sue]

if your bride needs something to calm her nerves and relax her you could take the doggies along! ;-)

[Desi]

@anniesue hahaha. No way. I don't need to be watching out for my doggies as well as the bride! She will have her two grown up daughters coming over from Australia, whom she hasn't seen in a year or more, so I think her excitement is divided. They will be walking her down the path. I'm the one more likely to need something to calm the nerves

[Annie-Sue]

@seacreature great you've started thinking about it in good time and are seeing the traps for the unwary

[Desi]

@anniesue Yes, those sign boards would have trapped me. I haven't managed to totally train myself to really "see" the background distractions when I'm trying to focus on my subject. They say to look all around the frame - but when I'm in a live situation with people or animals moving, I just don't seem to notice it :(

[Annie-Sue]

@seacreature there's nothing to say you can't post process - but if you get the focal length right you should be throwing the background out of focus

[Desi]

@anniesue Yes - I was actually too far away, so although this was done at f5.6 the background is as much in focus as the subject

[narayani]

I was thinking short dof... You are so organised Desi! This woman’s body language - looks terrified of your tiny pup! Also, glad to see YOTD is catching on 😄 (with you too I’ve noticed @anniesue)

[Margo]

Good luck with the wedding shoot

[BeckyJo]

Since you’re planning and scoping things out ahead of time, you will do great!!

[Annie-Sue]

@narayani I didn't backdate - but I thought why should @narayani have all the fun?!

[Margo Sayer]

I admire your pluck and forward planning. You've got time to take several shots from different distances and decide which would give you best what you want to achieve. Good luck, patience and satisfaction in your run up to Your Big Day too!