Isolate Wedding photo detail shallow depth of field

Telling a story during the Wedding day does not just involve snapshots.  There are a bunch of techniques that can really bring the viewers eye into the intended subject.  One of these techniques is using shallow depth of field.  This technique blurs out a portion of the image to bring the viewers attention to the intended subject matter.  I personally like to use this technique to highlight detail during a Wedding while including the bride and groom out of focus.   This particular image above I used the bike to place the bride and groom on location.

This particular image was at a Vineyard in California.  I used the grape vine and bud as a detail and added the couple in the background out of focus to tell a story about the bride and groom’s Wedding location.

This Wedding couple had a Wedding ceremony location near a natural area.  This image places them in the environment and tells a story of their Wedding day.

Another stylistic idea is to create images of the Wedding favors with shallow depth of field.  This isolates the target interest and tells a small story from the Wedding day.

Using shallow depth of field to highlight details will really separate your images from the “snapshots” that uncle Harry will be capturing during the Wedding day.  There are a ton of lenses to consider and I suggest just experimenting with the lenses you have in your bag.  Maybe you will find that what you have will work just fine.  I personally prefer Canon L lenses for this technique.