On Friday I was the second photographer at a wedding supporting Russell Whitehead photography.

Being second photographer gives you a lot of flexibility to move around looking for candid photos and taking the usual wedding highlights from a different angle.

I love using a long zoom for this as it enables you to pick out individuals and situations and get a close tight shot without people being aware so enabling you to get some very natural photos, which give a contrast to the necessary staged photos which are the staple of wedding photography normally.

As well as looking for the candid shots you are also free to take some video of the wedding to produce a short highlights film if the couple haven’t hired a videographer.

So if you are hiring a photographer for a wedding I recommend that you request a second photographer for candid shots and a highlights video.

https://youtu.be/IOmweu7T8rc

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