
My good friends Matthew and Sharon got married at the Turcs and Caicos this past summer. I’d like to show this simple photo I took in order to educate my brides on the importance of composition in wedding videography. Notice I intentionally cropped out certain key elements of the main subjects; the eyes and the rest of their bodies. By cropping out certain visual information, the viewer automatically engages with the picture, imagining what their eyes look like, if they’re posing or dancing, etc. There is no right or wrong answer to this picture. The composition has given us enough information with the smiles, the body language, and the mood as conveyed through the environment and lighting. Now imagine this picture in motion and you can begin to see how much more powerful your visual story becomes!

