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Question #1: I recently watched one of Jerry Ghionis’ videos as you suggested, and I was really surprised to see how much direction *[almost all-posed candid’s of the groom prep].*  During your prep shops, I normally tend to give a little direction but just let it happen.  What are your thoughts on this?

Dave: That’s an awesome question because Jerry has influenced me a lot in my career.  It’s certainly one of those things where I take inspiration, but I’m not a clone by any means, like the technique of slowing things down and setting up the “hero” shots that you want – like, the groom looking really cool.  Jerry does this great thing where he turns the body away from the window and has the nose back over the shoulder into the window, creating a really skinny light on the short side of the face and drops the shadow, and making it look killer.  And every guy wants to look awesome.

I personally believe that wedding photographers have a responsibility to create beautiful classic images and then do whatever they want outside of that.  But I think there are certain shots that every photographer should be able to do well.

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