Advantages of having a Second Shooter in a Wedding

A Second Shooter will take some extra candids while the Lead Photographer is covering a variety of situations, ex.: let’s say the Lead Photographer is shooting the Groom with the Groomsmen, meanwhile the Second Shooter could be taking pics of the Bride having fun with her Bridesmaids… Those are nice pics to have…

At a Church, the Lead Photographer will be shooting from the altar the entrance of family members, bridesmaids and the bride, meanwhile a Second Photographer can be in the back taking pics before the bride’s entrance, with her dad or mom, those moments of anxiety… And then, the beauty of the bride doing her entrance from the back…

There are super short ceremonies lasting only 10 to 15 minutes, with 2 Photogs, you sure get pics from all sides… One only Photographer can’t move that fast to cover everything in such tight timing…

When getting ready, ceremony and receptions are held in different locations, a Second Photographer can be the driver… So the Lead can jump out of the car and do his/her thing without wasting time looking for a parking spot…

Also, you get another point of view, remember each individual Photographer has his/her own personal style…

At Al Ojeda Photography, we always work as a team no matter how big or small a Wedding is !!!

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Info: ida@alojeda.com – 908 240 3240

Wedding Photography and how not sticking to the planned timings could affect the outcome of the Wedding Pictures…

This is something we came across in several Weddings. We had two Brides having make up and hair done at another location and were getting dressed at the venue, we were supposed to wait at the venue for them to arrive at a certain time, they came 2 hours late… so we ended up shooting 6 hours instead of the 8 we were booked for… We can’t enumerate all situations but, we’ve seen numerous other types of lateness… 

You hire a Photographer for a certain amount of hours, you plan your Big Day minute to minute… But, what happens when for different reasons everything turns late and the timings are not followed?

 

Usually the Photographer is the one who is going to have her/his/their matters complicated… With less time left, the Photographer will take a lesser amount of pics of the Bride alone or with her Mom/Dad/Bridesmaids or will rush to get all others pictures taken… and most likely, the Bride & Groom will end up enjoying very little of their cocktail hour…  

 

Suggestion: Brides and Grooms, confirm timings with all your vendors, make sure they will stick to the timings, because otherwise you may have fewer opportunities to have taken all pics you wanted before or after the Ceremony… Make the Dollars spent on your Photographer worth it… Your Photographer shouldn’t be responsible for situations that are out of her/his/their control… 

 Al Ojeda Photography

Info: ida@alojeda.com – 908 240 3240

Wedding Photography and a Graphic Designer Bride

So this Bride is a fantastic Graphic Designer. Her Wedding was held at the Jersey Shore. Her vision has been transmited in these pics taken by Al Ojeda Photography… Cool colors, logos and sea horses combined in a creatively manner…

A gallery of her view !!!

Invitations !!!

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Contact info: ida@alojeda.com – 908 240 3240

Wedding Photos at The Manor, West Orange, New Jersey

Some Al Ojeda Photography images from a Wedding held at The Manor in West Orange, New Jersey.

Al Ojeda Photography

Contact info: 908 240 3240 – ida@alojeda.com

Al Ojeda Photography… June Promotion !!!

June Promotion: free engagement session when booking any Wedding Package that includes an Album. Please mention June Blog Promotion.

Includes: 1 hour engagement session, a CD with selected and edited images in high and low resolution (printing and online purposes)

Al Ojeda Photography

Contact info: 908 240 3240 – ida@alojeda.com

Presenting: Memory Lane Photobooths !!!

At Memory Lane Photobooths, they specialize in photo booth rentals in the Tri-State area and pride themselves in making every event a memorable one. The elegant and spacious design of their booths are sure to impress at any event.

The elegant exterior allows their booths to blend well with the furnishings and design of any social event, from Weddings and graduations to holiday parties and birthday celebrations. The spacious interior is ideal for couples who want to capture that sentimental moment together or groups of family and friends who want a keepsake from a night to remember.

Packages include:

– One large photo booth (fits up to 6 people)
– Unlimited color or B&W prints
– Customizable background and curtain colors
– Personalized photo captions (at no extra charge)
– One or more photo booth attendants on site
– CD with all the pictures of the event mailed within one week after the event

Additional options:
– Double prints of all photos
– Guestbook/Scrapbook

www.memorylanephotobooths.net  732 850 5644

memorylanephotobooths@gmail.com

Us, at Al Ojeda Photography, having done so many Weddings, we can say that any Wedding that had a Photobooth, brought  much more fun for the Bride & Groom and their guests !!!

Newleweds love checking their guests fun pics after their Big Day !!!

Funny Pics from Friday’s Wedding

We were at The Brettonwood’s on Friday… Al is taking a pic while the Bride is texting the Groom right before the Ceremony…

Blacklight !!! It was our 11th Anniversary… having a little fun eventhough we were working !!!

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Capturing The Moment

Back from Tour of Duty to marry his sweetheart…  Al sneacked in to a private moment, right  before the Ceremony…

No color to distract… The power of B&W…

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Guide for Albums

Designing an album takes time an effort… We start from scratches, opening a blanc page for each layout we are going to generate, using the theme, colors of the wedding, and/or sometimes using some faded images as backgrounds… we use our creativeness !!!

But we use the pictures that the Bride & Groom loved the most… telling them not to overload their albums, in doing so, it could take the classiness and simplicity out of them…

We have created a guide to help Brides & Grooms to choose their pics for their albums… It’s complicated to narrow down from 500 to 60 or 70… So, this guide/list helps them in that process…

Once we have a layout completed, we send the B & G a link for them to go over it, they can tell us which pages/sides they would like us to make some changes or simply tell us, they loved what we have done…

We never order an album to our providers without the approval of the Bride & Groom !!! At the end, it’s them who will store their albums as lifetime memories of their Big Day…

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Ceremony Restrictions

We love when we hear as Wedding Photographers that we are allowed to do anything to get the job done during a Ceremony, though we won’t be intrusive respecting prudent distances…

Church Ceremony by Al Ojeda Photography

But, FYI on Ceremony “Restrictions” for your Wedding Photographers. Some Priests, Pastors, Rabbis, etc., provide the Bride & Groom with a list of “Photo Restrictions”. The B & G usually forward it to their Photographers.

Gazebo Ceremony by Al Ojeda Photography

Every now and then, Photographers find out on location. Celebrants could be kind and tell us in a polite way that they don’t want any flashes or to only move up to certain distance to the atrium for the duration of the Ceremony…

Rings... Ceremony... by Al Ojeda Photography

Others aren’t very nice about it. Some time ago, right before shooting a Ceremony, a Priest was rude, offensive on the way he told us how we should handle our work… the Groomsmen were listening next to us shocked, and later on informed the Bride & Groom about the episode. The Couple ended up putting a complaint to the Church authorities.  

Anyway, a Pro Photographer can handle the situation, the right gear and knowledge will do it.

Al Ojeda Photography

info: ida@alojeda.com – 908 240 3240