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If you are going to take photographs in a church, you must obtain photography permission from the priest if required. To take photographs during the service, you must take a blessing from the rector of the temple or one of the priests who serve in it.

If you went to the church at a time when there is no worship, this need may not arise. However, if there is a warning on the door stating that photography is prohibited in the temple, you need to ask permission.

During photography in the church, the photographer is strictly prohibited from:

- to talk and ask the newlyweds to look into the lens during the service;

- interfere with the movement of clergy;

- go to the elevation in front of the iconostasis;

- walk on carpets (they are only for the priest and those who are getting married);

- to pass between the priest and the iconostasis;

- stand up and sit on church furniture in order to catch a good angle;

The first thing is that a photographer who is going to shoot a wedding or baptism in a church, the temple has its own rules, must be treated with respect to the holy place.

It is advisable before you start shooting, ask for this blessing (permission) of the priest.

How to take pictures in a church?

Many aspiring photographers find that photos taken in church are dark or washed out.

Usually the church is quite dark, so it is preferable to shoot with a low-noise camera with a large sensor (Nikon d610, D 750, d4 or Canon 6d, 5d mk 3). If you have a cropped camera, you will need an additional led light. In order to get beautiful wedding photos with natural light (without flash), you need to:

When shooting a wedding, it is important to choose a suitable shooting point in advance. Basically, photographers stand on the side of those who are getting married or behind the back of the priest, standing sideways to the altar. When photographing in a church, the photographer can move around, but this should not be done often, only when it is really necessary. Do not forget to photograph the newlyweds also from the back. Don't forget to include the priest in the frame; without it, it is unlikely that a complete picture of the sacrament of the wedding will be obtained.

The same goes for shooting baptisms. Feel free to squat or stand on tiptoe when necessary. Try to take such an angle that the face of the child, his mother and the priest are clearly visible in the frame.

In church, it is better to refuse to shoot with a flash. No matter how good flash photos turn out, it is not able to convey the atmosphere of mystery that is created by the natural dim light in the temple and the flame of candles. In addition, a bright light pulse from the flash will distract the priest from the sacrament of the wedding.

To get sharp photos in the church, use fast lens. When shooting a wedding, remember to raise the ISO to 2000 or 2500. great importance The ISO speed will be fast enough so that you can photograph the wedding from your arms and other props.

Of course, shoot only in RAW format so that later you can reduce noise and correct it in the color editor. The shutter speed should not be longer than 1/60 sec, otherwise you may end up with blurry blurry photos. The best option shutter speed - 1/80 - 1/100 sec. You can take a tripod with you, but it will not allow you to quickly move around the room if many guests are invited to the ceremony. Therefore, it is better to take a monopod.

In some cases, the lens aperture is not enough. Then use external flash, after putting a diffuser on it, so as not to get the unpleasant effect of “flash on the forehead” and soften the shadows. In this case, try to take such a position that the bright light from the flash does not distract the priest, guests and main subjects from the sacred ceremony.

Photographing a wedding is no less responsible than photographing weddings. But here the situation is more difficult for the photographer. There are nuances and rules here.

1. Before shooting a wedding, the photographer must ask the blessing of the rector of the church for the shooting. If the rite is not performed by the rector, it is enough to ask the blessing of the priest who will conduct the rite. You also need to check with the rector whether it is possible to use a flash and additional (necessary) lighting, if necessary.

2. When doing this business all the time, it is desirable for the photographer to have the permission of the ruling bishop to take photos and videos in the temple, on the territory of the temple courtyard and near churches. With this permission, it will be much easier to resolve possible conflicts with the employees (clergy) of the church and individual parishioners.

3. The photographer must know all the rules and norms of behavior in the temple during the service and the sacrament. He must know where and what is possible, and where and what is impossible. Otherwise, the photographer may be asked from the temple in a soft or rough manner, and they will be right. As they say, they don’t go to a foreign monastery with their charter.

4. During the shooting, the photographer should move as little as possible around the temple, if necessary, do not cross the line of open gates, do not stand with his back to the gates, do not take a position between the royal gates and those who are getting married.

5. When moving around the temple, create as little noise, creaking, shuffling as possible. In some rural and ancient temples there are creaky floorboards, try not to step on them a second time, or bypass this place. Try not to whisper, sneeze, or break the silence. It is forbidden to interfere with the parishioners present. And it is even more impudent to ask a priest to stop and repeat this or that episode, to ask to pose for a photo. A photographer at a wedding is like a reporter, just an observer.

6. While reading the Gospel, it is recommended (in some cases required) to stop filming, and bow your head, stand like an ordinary parishioner. After the words “Let us be vouchsafed to hear the Holy Gospel…” it is better to stop and stand calmly for two or three minutes.

In the temple, the photographer needs to dress simply, without bright colors, be sure to wear trousers (jeans are not particularly welcome), have a shirt or jacket with long sleeves, the collar is buttoned or covered. If the photographer is a female, then a floor-length skirt or dress and a scarf are required, a minimum of makeup, no flashy colors, jewelry, baubles, etc. Trousers, stiletto heels, clattering horseshoes on shoes are prohibited, soft “silent” slippers or soft sports, discreet shoes are better. Before the service, it is advisable to put a candle, cross yourself on an icon or several, show those present with all your appearance that you are not only a photographer, but also a believer. This calms and pacifies the parishioners and clergy.

Some priests, although they give their blessing for shooting, all the same, during the sacrament, no, no, yes, they will let go of a few sidelong (I would say, unfriendly) glances in the direction of the photographer. After the service, make it a rule to thank the priest for the ritual performed, express a few words of admiration for the rite and the beauty of the sacrament, this will be pleasant for him as a person and will serve as a more pleasant meeting if you have to shoot in this temple again. Don't think that he won't remember you. Most priests remember all the parishioners by sight, and even more so those who constantly stuck a lens in their faces.

Conducting the sacrament for a priest is hard and responsible work, many do it after a long liturgy (or before it), respect what he does, try not to interfere, not interfere with the action. Do not direct the flash into the eyes of the priest, church servants and parishioners, this can irritate them and interfere with the calm conduct of the ritual. Use natural sources of light available, turn the flash to the side (fill light), and if this is not possible, use diffusers, or simply attach a sheet of white paper folded in half or three to the flash. So you won’t blind people’s eyes, knocking them out of their prayerful mood, and the shots will come out more tender.

Remember - you are only a parishioner in the church, who has a huge responsibility and trust to capture the sacrament of the wedding. One of the seven miracles (sacraments) of the church. Be worthy of this honor, and with great responsibility and joy do the assigned work.

And one more thing .. It will be very pleasant and joyful for young people if, after shooting a civil wedding (when they ask to shoot the wedding as well), you make a feasible discount or do not take money for these services at all. Remember that the scripture says: "To God - God's ...".

Marriage is one of the seven Sacraments Orthodox Church. Someone prefers to enter into a Church marriage immediately after civil registration, someone - after a few years, firmly established in their desire. After all, this is a very serious step in the life of any person and it must be done, first of all, with the heart.

Stages of the wedding ceremony

First, the ceremony of the Betrothal of the bride and groom takes place in the porch of the temple. The groom is on the right, the bride is on the left. The priest blesses the young couple three times with wedding candles and passes them into the hands of the bride and groom. After saying the prayers, the father puts the rings on the ring fingers of the right hand of the bride and groom and exchanges them three times, thus symbolizing the return of the newlyweds to each other. After that, the bride and groom solemnly go to the middle of the temple.

This is where the wedding ceremony itself begins. The newlyweds stand on a white or pink towel. The priest asks about the sincerity of the desire to marry and reads prayers.

After these prayers comes the most important moment. Blessing first the groom, then the bride, the priest crowns the heads of the newlyweds with crowns.

Crowns have three symbolic meanings:

• "royal crowns" - as a sign of the proclamation of man as the King of creation;
• "martyr's crowns" symbolize the martyrdom of spouses who daily crucify their selfishness in marriage;
• "crowns of the Kingdom of God", symbolizing the pious path in marriage.

After that, the Gospel and prayers for the newlyweds are read.

Then a common bowl of wine is taken out, which is illuminated. The newlyweds drink from the cup three times, thus symbolizing the joint sharing of joys and sorrows in married life.

After that, the priest joins the right hands of the newlyweds and, covering them with epitrachilia and with his own hand, circles around the lectern three times, symbolizing the eternal procession that began on that day.

Then the priest removes the crowns, says prayers and dismisses. He brings the newlyweds to the Royal Doors, where the newlyweds kiss the wedding pair of icons and the cross. The groom kisses the icon of the Savior, the bride - the image of the Mother of God.

This concludes the wedding and all those present can congratulate the newlyweds.

Here you can order photos and videos of the sacrament of the wedding. Beforehand, you should ask permission (blessing) from the priest to take photographs and videotapes of the ceremony. Thanks to technical specifications of our professional photographic equipment, we can work in the light conditions of any temple or church, guaranteeing beautiful photos. Later, from the wedding photo, you can make

More and more often, newlyweds want to keep the church wedding ceremony in the church on the photo. It is important that the photographer you invite to the wedding shares your values, knows how this church sacrament goes. Below I will tell you how the sacrament takes place.

How is the sacrament of the wedding

How much does a church wedding cost?

The total wedding budget consists of the prices of what you need to buy for the wedding (list below) and donations to the church or the priest, there is no single price list for such services. It is necessary to discuss everything in the church where you are getting married.

You need to buy for the ceremony: (Temple workers will offer to buy everything for the wedding from them)

• Wedding icons. Image of the Mother of God and Christ.
• Wedding Candles (pair)
• Wedding towel (towel) You will stand on it
• Wedding napkins for candles. The wax will flow, and getting on your hands is not very pleasant.

For the wedding ceremony, you must have with you:

• Marriage certificate
• Passports
• Rings
• Pectoral crosses, that is, you must be baptized.

About the witnesses decide in advance!!! These should be people close to you and hardy. Preferably taller than you. They will have to hold the wedding crowns over your heads for 30-40 minutes. Now, however, more and more often, crowns are worn directly on the head (train your neck - they are heavy). And witnesses (friends, best men) are also not required now.

Wedding photo session: Clothes for the wedding. Wedding dress.

Outfits should be modest. The bride is traditionally in a light dress (although according to church canons the color of the dress is not specified), below the knees, and a covered neckline with shoulders covered with a head.
The dress does not have to be a wedding dress and it does not have to be white at all. Any color can be.

Witnesses to the wedding

Witnesses are not required. Now more crowns are usually worn on the head. Therefore, witnesses are not needed.
But of course, no one will mind if you invite friends and relatives to the wedding. Their role will be to provide moral support for your decision.

What else needs to be done before the wedding.

Before the sacrament of the wedding, you need to fast for 3 days, go to confession and communion, and it’s better not to have sex while you are fasting.

How does the Sacrament of the Wedding take place in the church.

The ceremony consists of four stages:

1. 1. betrothal
   2. Wedding
   3. Crown Resolution
   4. Thanksgiving Prayer

betrothal

According to tradition, the bride and groom must arrive at the church separately, on modern world when a wedding before official registration in the registry office is almost impossible, it looks a little strange, but such are the traditions. First the groom enters the church, then the bride. The appearance of the young to the temple means that the husband receives his wife from the Lord Jesus Christ. The priest who leads the ceremony comes out through the royal gates in full garb. He has a cross and a Gospel in his hands.

He introduces the young people inside the temple in commemoration of the fact that those who are getting married begin from this moment their new and holy life in a pure marriage. The priest blesses the groom three times, and then the bride with two lit candles, after which he passes the candles to the wedding couple. A burning candle is a symbol of chastity and purity. The priest reads aloud a prayer that the Lord bless the young for every good deed. Wedding rings are placed on the throne, on the right side, as if in front of the very face of the Lord Jesus Christ, in order to receive a blessing for eternal love and illuminate the beginning of a new kind. The priest puts on the ring first to the groom, then to the bride. Do not be afraid and do not try to tell the priest that he mixed up the rings, the exchange of rings just begins.

After the blessing of the priest, the bride and groom exchange rings three times (usually with the help of the priest), as a sign of mutual consent, unanimity and understanding in marriage.

Wedding

At the beginning of the wedding, the young join their right hands so that the groom's hand rests on the bride's hand. The priest covers his hands with epitrachelion, leads them across the rivers to the center of the temple hall with the words of the psalm. The bride and groom stand on a towel.

The priest, being in front of the lectern, on which the cross and the Gospel lie, asks the young people to confirm in the face of God and each other, as well as all those present, their voluntary and unconstrained desire to marry and the absence of any obstacles to this.

The marriage is considered concluded, and the priest performs the sacrament of consecrating the marriage - the wedding. Then comes the most important moment of the wedding. With a crown in the form of a crown, he overshadows the groom with the sign of the cross. After that, the crown is placed on the head of the groom. In the same way, the priest blesses the bride, adorned with crowns, the bride and groom stand before the face of God himself and await the blessing of God.

The holy moment of the wedding is coming. A bowl of red wine is brought. The priest gives the young people to drink wine three times from the common cup. From now on, they should have everything in common - happiness, joy, and sorrow. The priest again joins the right hands of the young, covers them with stole and puts his hand on top of it.

Thus, through the hand of the priest, the husband receives a wife from the church itself, which unites them in Christ forever.

Crown Resolution

At the end of the sacrament of marriage, a prayer is read for the permission of the crowns, so that the Lord, who gave the newlyweds crowns as a reward for chastity and purity before marriage, would himself bless the permission of their crowns and keep the marriage indissoluble. The priest overshadows the young with a cross and, taking candles from them, congratulates them with the joy of blessing for marriage.

Thanksgiving prayer.

The priest serves in front of the royal gates a thanksgiving service to the Lord God, after which he makes a dismissal, naming the names of the saints who patronize the young.

When they don't get married.

• on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays;
• during the Great, Petrov, Assumption, Christmas fasts;
• on the eve of the twelfth, temple and great holidays;
• in continuation of Christmas time, from January 7 to 20;
• during the Cheese Week (Shrovetide);
• during the Easter (Bright) week;
• on the days (and on the eve) of the Beheading of John the Baptist, and the Exaltation of the Cross of the Lord.

Traditionally best time for the wedding, autumn is considered, winter days from Epiphany to Maslenitsa, summer, between Petrov and Assumption posts, and on Krasnaya Gorka (the first Sunday after Easter).

Is it possible to get married while pregnant?

There are no restrictions on this, there are priests who look askance at this. Therefore, it is important to clarify this with the priest. But in my practice, shooting a wedding in pregnant women, even at a later date, is not at all uncommon.

Where to get married?

I filmed weddings in many Moscow churches, and if necessary I can give you some advice. From the point of view of the photographer, it is important that the temple is beautiful and not very crowded. But if you are already a parishioner of a church, then what's the point of changing anything and looking for another one. Here the decision is yours. I had to shoot in churches at hospitals (which are never closed for the sacrament) and in the Elokhov Church, where the hiking trail leads. Everywhere you can make the ceremony look beautiful and majestic.

Makeup for the wedding

The Church has never approved any makeup, but the modern woman wants to be beautiful, so wedding makeup should be almost invisible. Light, soft, transparent. No aggressive or bright colors. No glitter. Hairstyle for a wedding is also a little different from the usual wedding.If you need a makeup artist for your wedding, I will be happy to advise.

And finally, a few tips

1. You are hired for a wedding, ask guests and relatives not to use video cameras and cameras in the Temple. frequent flashes of "soap dishes" will distract the priest and interfere with you.

2. Do not look on the Internet for information on how to behave during the Wedding, it is better to ask the priest conducting the Wedding.

3. During the wedding, do not look into the lenses. You came to the church not to be photographed, but to get married. Photographing you is the job of a photographer. If later time and the rector allow, then it will be possible to take several staged photos in the Temple

4. Try to keep the candles so that the flame is no higher than shoulder level, try to keep the candles even. Be careful with the veil.

A wedding is an important step in the life of spouses, because it is after this ceremony that they become husband and wife before God and people. To leave a memory of how your family was born, order photography for the wedding ceremony.

Please note that not all temples allow photography, so permission must first be obtained from the priest.

What is a wedding

During the wedding, God grants the spouses the grace of living together in love and harmony, and also blesses them for the birth and upbringing of worthy children, if they keep all God's commandments. Only Christians who have undergone the rite of baptism and understand that a marriage made in heaven cannot be dissolved on earth can get married.

When is the ceremony

Both newlyweds and families who have been married for several years can get married. Our photographer, invited to the wedding, will help to show the beauty and spirituality of both a young couple and adults.

Usually the ceremony is not performed on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, as well as during fasts and on some church holidays.

How to prepare

The newlyweds choose a temple that will seem cozy and familiar to them, so that the ceremony takes place in peace and joy. A wedding photo session in any church always turns out to be very solemn and atmospheric, which is facilitated by the beautiful decoration of the temple and the ceremony itself.

The date of the event is set in advance and all the subtleties of the ceremony are discussed with the priest. The bride and groom confess, take communion and fast for three days before the wedding.

What things are needed

For the ceremony, those who are getting married bring with them:

• images of Jesus Christ and the Mother of God;
• rings;
• wedding candles;
• a white cloth (towel) on which the wedding couple will stand.

All these items are family heirlooms and are believed to help in difficult life situations.

How to dress

For the bride, an elongated light dress and a veil or a light scarf covering the head are recommended. If the dress has open shoulders or a deep neckline, then it is better to cover them with a bolero jacket, stole, scarf, etc. It is better to make makeup as natural as possible and not use lipstick, since you can’t touch church shrines with painted lips. The bride always turns out to be the most beautiful in the wedding photography in the church and attracts the main attention.

For the groom the best option There will be a classic suit with a shirt and tie. Those invited to the ceremony are also advised to refrain from overly revealing outfits, jeans, etc.

How is the wedding

First, the betrothal takes place, during which the priest blesses the newlyweds at the threshold of the church. After praying, the priest changes the rings for the betrothed three times and declares them the bride and groom.

After the completion of the betrothal, the couple enter the church and stand on the towel, where the ceremony continues. The priest asks the newlyweds a question: "Is the marriage voluntary on both sides, are there any obstacles to it?" After receiving a positive answer, the priest reads the wedding prayers, and the bride and groom stand under the crowns held by their guarantors.

Next, the newlyweds kiss the crowns, which are then placed on their heads. After the crowns are laid, the newlyweds are declared husband and wife. In conclusion, the priest leads the couple around the lectern three times and leads them to the Royal Doors to bow to the icons of Jesus Christ and the Mother of God.

During wedding photography, our photographer will take into account all the features of the ceremony, choose the most successful moments and shooting angles, and at the same time will not interfere with the ceremony.