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Wedding Storyteller, Volume 1: Elevating the Approach to Photographing Wedding Stories

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In Wedding Storyteller, Volume 1: Elevating the Approach to Photographing Wedding Stories, photographer and educator Roberto Valenzuela delivers what so many of his readers have been asking for: a book specifically dedicated to helping photographers improve their wedding photography. A wedding photographer himself, Roberto built his business from the ground up based on high-quality imagery that tells a compelling and beautiful story of his clients’ most important day.This is not a standard wedding photography book. In Wedding Storyteller, you will not find a collection of “looks,” which neither inspire nor teach you anything. You will also not find a wedding shot list―at least not in the traditional sense. Instead, this first volume of the two-part Wedding Storyteller series goes beyond the superficial and dives deeply into the truly important topics, themes, and subject matter you need to learn about in order to drastically elevate your wedding photography. Most importantly, Roberto stresses the crucial role that storytelling plays in creating compelling, meaningful, and unique photographs for your clients.In this book, Roberto has created a unique approach that anyone can learn to implement. Roberto’s “wedding storyteller skill components” system is divided into four sections: Foundation Components: Location Techniques. Learn how to conquer the locations you encounter as a wedding photographer. Roberto teaches you how to work with light, context, clutter, walls, depth, and other compositional elements such as frames and reflections.Foundation Components: People Techniques. Weddings are often high-energy, high-stress environments; your attitude and behavior have a huge impact on your ability to succeed as a photographer. Roberto discusses the crucial people skills you need to know and also teaches his unique approach to “situational posing” and group posing.Storyteller Approach Components. Roberto discusses the five approaches he uses to build a “wedding story” for his clients. These five approaches are: photojournalism, interactive photojournalism, stylized aware posing, stylized unaware posing, and story development.Expert Components. The final section builds and expands on everything covered in the previous components, as Roberto addresses such topics as Emotionally Valuable People (EVP), lens choices, helper light, posing patterns (and when to break them), capturing “peak action,” achieving a unique perspective, and creating multi-layered stories within a single photograph. At a wedding, each photograph has the opportunity to convey a special moment and contribute to the rich, visual story of your clients’ most important day. As the photographer, you are both the director and the documentarian of that story.With Wedding Storyteller, Volume 1, by your side, you finally have a book that teaches you the skills you need to learn in order to create amazing images and craft masterful stories filled with beauty, emotion, and meaning. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Rocky Nook (September 28, 2017)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Paperback ‏ : ‎ 384 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1681981866


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 64


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.36 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.25 x 1 x 10.25 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #644,452 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #25 in Wedding Photography #508 in Photography Reference (Books) #530 in Digital Photography (Books)


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    • USEFUL & INSPIRATIONAL FOR EVENT PHOTOGRAPHERS
Why do I love this book? Unlike standard photo books, it does not try and milk oft-repeated advice about poses, lenses, composition etc .... or try to show off the writer's photographs. Many photographic writers are guilty of this sin, which is why I am posting this note. This book is worth buying as it feels fresh and authentic. If you shoot weddings (or important events), and if you want to improve your thought process and work-flow, this book could help a lot: * It has some fresh ideas on how to plan and execute the event. * It outlines mistakes made by the writer and how he corrected them (with pictures) * It gives several helpful, somewhat original tips about handling the people and process. * Well written, simple and effective writing style * His passion for wedding photography comes through and I think it will help me improve my results with some practice (Please note I have not finished studying the recommendations, and have not tested at a real wedding as yet). Highly recommended in paperback form (personally I dont e/ Kindle books for this genre of books, though I have several). ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2018 by tvphoto
    • An Awesome Read!
I bought this book after reading a previous book written by Roberto Valenzuela and I was not disappointed. While he covers some technical topics, he does it in a way that is understandable. I found one of the most valuable aspects of this book to be his examples he gave of photos that he had shot early in his career when he was still learning his craft. He critiques his own early work and it makes it so much more understandable because there is a visual for you to reference with his explanations......invaluable!! Then he shows more photos he took later in his career and you can see all the elements that makes up a fantastic photo. If you are looking to take your photography to the next level, I would highly recommend his books. I bought this book and also Wedding StoryTeller, Volume Two. I haven't gotten to reading Volume Two yet because I am still digesting all the great info in Volume One. Thank you for sharing your talent and knowledge, Roberto! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2019 by Daniel E Wehrle
    • Wealth of knowledge
Roberto is one of those teachers you never forget. His passion for photography and teaching oozes out of this book. This book is worth its weight in gold! He explains everything, including his failures, which many amateur photographers can relate to. He explains why the picture is wrong and the solution. There is an enormous amount of knowledge in this book. I also want to point out that the guy is as humble as they come given his status in the photography realm. He’s a Canon Explorer is Light which is the best of the best in his niche. He has other books as well and they are just as great. If you are just getting into photography, check out Picture Perfect Practice. Although it comes across as a wedding photography book, the principles will apply to many different aspects of photography. I’ve learned more from his books than any other books I’ve read on the subject of photography. Once you start reading it’s hard to stop. Great job Roberto! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2021 by Majestic
    • Four Stars
Still reading but so far so good.
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2017 by Kindle Customer terry
    • BRILLIANT!!!
BRILLIANT!!! That was my first thought as I began reading Roberto Valenzuela's newest masterfully written book - Wedding Storyteller. As a wedding photographer, I had recently found myself in a rut - taking pretty images of pretty people all smiling at my camera. I knew I was ready to raise the bar, but I just wasn't sure what I was missing. This book came at the perfect time! I couldn't put it down as I read deeper and deeper into the book as Roberto laid out how to capture a true story at a wedding. Not only does he deal with the technological aspects, such as finding and capturing the most beautiful light, but he also deals with effective posing and subject interactions. This book broke down the different types of images to capture and why, giving clear and organized examples. I also appreciated the down-to-earth honesty and humor in his delivery. Light bulbs were going off chapter after chapter as I read through the book. It is a game changer for wedding photographers lucky enough to get their hands on this book! I have read and learned a great deal from the other three books Roberto has published: Picture Perfect Posing, Picture Perfect Lighting, Picture Perfect Practice and greatly look forward to Wedding Storyteller Volume II. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2017 by Pamela Engilis
    • Hands down, the best author on posing.
Let me say.. I'm a fledgling photographer who's addicted to learning. Roberto Valenzuela writes the best books on posing. They're not always the easiest to read, but his explanations are the most thorough and most researched. He shows, gives examples and explains WHY you should direct and the different combinations you can use. Everyone else just say "do this, do that, tell them this." they never go into WHY.. For that reason this is one of the best wedding books I've read. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2018 by DaveSincere
    • This is an outstanding resource for wedding photographers. I ...
This is an outstanding resource for wedding photographers. I read through it to shoot my first wedding and just the little information I was able to retain helped me tremendously. This was Alot to take in for one read through. Insanely high re-read value.
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2017 by Amazon Customer
    • Kindle version is amazing! Clickable links make reading with pictures a breeze.
I have Roberto’s course on Creative Live, which was amazing. But this book goes even deeper into the mind states and principles, making it a great compliment. Photography is one of those skills that translate REALLY well into a book. He breaks down bad photos of his and compares them to his good ones. REALLY helpful comparisons. It’s also very apparent that he is a master of weddings and has so many under his belt, it’s crazy. Well worth it to get this book. I have the kindle version since I didn’t want to wait for shipping and it translates perfectly with the clickable links that bring to the image that the text is describing. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2019 by Cody

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