The Digital Photography Show #38: Learn Wedding Photography with Kevin Kubota
The Digital Photography Show #38: Learn Wedding Photography with Kevin Kubota (26MB, 74 mins)
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February 10, 2007: Welcome to throaty 38th episode of The Digital Photography Show!
Have you ever had a friend ask you to photograph his or her wedding? Did you want to run away screaming? Wedding photography is tough work, and you don’t want to mess it up – its unlikely they’d want to do it again for the photographer.
Our guest this week is Kevin Kubota, a great photographer and teacher who tells us everything we need to know about getting started in wedding photography. His tips are really helpful, not just for photographing nuptials, but for any kind of event shooting.
Kevin also does workshop and sells his own actions for Photoshop. Check out his site here. You’ll find the answer to this week’s trivia question here. Send your correct responses to TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com by the date mentioned in the show. We’ll pick one at random to the latest pack of Kevin’s super-cool Photoshop Actions, Artistic Tools Vol. 3.
Speaking of winning – have you sent an entry into our photo contest yet? You may now that you know that Wacom is the official contest sponsor of The Digital Photography Show! Yes, they will be providing prizes for all our photo contests.
Wacom, you light our lives, you give us hope, to carry on….
The prize this week is a a flat little dream come true. The fabulous Intuos III 6X8 – a $329 value! Check out just how cool a tablet can be here.
The theme for the contest is “love†(just in time for Valentine’s Day) and the instructions are as follows.
For this contest, you must send us a BW photograph with a Love theme and one major twist…at least one item in the picture has to be red or pink.
You can listen to show #36 if you wants hints on how to achieve that look in Photoshop.
Some caveats: It’s a black and white picture with one spot color. You can’t win if you have blue, green or any other color in it. Please include the EXIF information if you can. And please, make sure you’re entering a picture you really took. Remember, kids, when you cheat us, you’re really cheating yourselves.
Send the picture no bigger than 800 pixels at its widest edge to TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com. You can also check out the competition at www.dps.phanfare.com.
The deadline for your submissions is February 19, 2007. So hurry! Happy Valentine’s Day!
Thanks to our advertiser DXO (www.dxo.com) for the 20% discount they are only offering to listeners of this show. Try the program for free, and when you’re ready to buy, use the code DPSSHOW.
And don’t forget the fifty buck discount on Alien Skin’s Snap Art. Just call and tell them you heard about it on The Digital Photography Show.
We love our sponsor, Alien Skin (www.alienskin.com), and our advertiser, DXO Optics Pro (www.dxo.com). These guys have fantastic programs that every enthusiast should try.
Thanks to everyone for listening and joining us there on the blog. You light up our days and fill our nights with song. It can’t be wrong, when it feels so right, cause you, you light up our lives.
Scott
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February 12th, 2007 at 12:19 am
Hi Scott and Michael,
Just filled out a five star review in iTunes:
I am listening to you show now for about a month. Still got 4 to go until I catch up with the current shows. I think I will have some withdrawal symptoms if I have to wait more then a few days to listen to the next show ;). Anyway, your show is an absolute must for any photo enthusiast!
Remed (the Netherlands)
February 13th, 2007 at 5:00 am
Another great show guys.
When asked about equipment, I don’t think Kevin said anything about camera bodies. Do you know if he uses full-size-sensor or APS-size cameras? Thank you.
February 13th, 2007 at 9:08 am
Hello Michael & Scott,
I do hope you get well Scott.
The show was very good and informative , I enjoyed the list idea and look forward to seeing kevins list if he send it to you.
Eric
February 13th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
Steve,
Kevin is a Nikon shooter and all the Nikon cameras have APS Sensors.
–Michael
February 14th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
Hey guys great show again. Thanks for the interview it really helped a lot. I’m shooting a wedding in September and this is a great start to get ready.
February 15th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
Guys,
A great show and I loved how freely Kevin gave advise and words of wisdom. Well done guys and keep up the great Pod cast.
Mark Hudson
Melbourne Australia
February 15th, 2007 at 5:06 pm
Guys,
Couple of quick tips for your listener who is about to shoot a wedding. (i) Try and arrange to meet up with the couple and visit the venues at around the same times they will be there on the big day. You will get a real idea of how the light is likely to be and you will be able to take a few test shots and go through the pictures list so that there will be no real surprises on the day. I have done this a couple of times when asked to shoot weddings for friends and it makes everything a bit more relaxed on the day as both the photographer and the couple know where they are going and what to expect. By having already tried your shots, the photographs take much less time on the day. (ii) Make sure you have more than enough memory card capacity. It is surprising how many shots you can take on a shoot - we all remember Michaels story about the pro shooting bursts fo 4-5 shots at a PR event to avoid half closed eyes. (iii) Even though it is a hassle take more smaller capacity cards rather than one big 8GB card just incase there is an issue with corrupt cards. This doesn’t happen very often but has happened to me and is rather embarrassing. (iv) Try and at least appear relaxed and like you are enjoying yourself - this will give everyone the impression that you really do know what you are doing and they will take much more notice of everything you say.
Julian
May 31st, 2007 at 6:44 am
If you get the chancde to see Kevin in person, don’t miss it. He’s very funny and entertaining. We had him at our state association convention to speak. He also does a great job at actaully teaching, rather than just “showing.
Bob Dale
http://www.dalestudios.com
October 29th, 2007 at 3:28 pm
Hi guys…
Great show. Always good advice!
Let me ask you something…
Where you guys are located? Do you go to semminars or teach classes?
Would be great have a group with “hands on” with a real wedding.
What do you guys think about the idea?
Paulo
http://www.paulopics.com