 Gaye Gerard |
Wedding photography Hi I have been asked to photography 2 weddings and I have never done this before, Can you give me an idea of what exposures I should be using for the low light areas in the reception I work with a canon d20 digi? I figured if I am close to the front of the church light depending I would be working within the frame of 400 ISO 60th -125th @ F 5.6 - F8 is this about right? I use the 420ex flash. Any tips on wedding images & exposures would be greatly appreciated, cheers Gigi
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Tamara Lynn |
well, since the only time you can use a tripod is for the family shots. May I suggest that what ever your focal length, set that or more as your shutter speed. If you dont like the F/stop then raise your ISO until you do. My favorite settings with a flash are 60 by 4.0 and 30 by 2.8. Bring a friend with youy as a back up, even if they have to use a point and shoot, the insurance is worth it. If I had to I could shoot with a P&S, but I would shoot at raw and fix it later in PS
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Kerry L. Walker |
I would say you are about right Gaye.
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Maverick Creatives |
Hello Gaye. I also shoot with a 20D and use the 580ex flash. There are times in photography when autofocus is quite acceptable, and wedding photography I find is one of those times. Weddings do have the opportunity for "creative" photography, and I do use those moments to capture shots, however, most wedding photo's are simple and straight forward and can be captured perfectly in auto settings. People believe that the "creative genius" associated with wedding photography is due to the photographers ability to get clean images. If you think about it however, it's composition that is the key factor in both cadid and poses photographs. Concentrate on what you see and relax. If it is your first wedding or two, and you worry to much about the camera, you will miss glorious shots that could have been taken with a throw away. Have fun,,,You'll do fine.
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Kerry L. Walker |
I have to agree with Gary on that. I usually set mine at f/8 with the camera setting the shutter speed at the flash sync speed and let the TTL work its magic for the exposure - unless it is an outside wedding and I am trying to do something creative with a posed shot. Use your time being creative with the composition, not worrying about the camera.
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Debby A. Tabb |
Gaye, I have to agree strongly with both Gary and Kerry. A wedding is so spontanious and things happen so quick-if your there messin' with the "perfect" setting -you've missed it! Trust Me-You need and want to get as many of these quick little moments and looks as you can-thats what will impress your client( she really does't care about the creative settings actually she won't know the diference)and she is usually your key and referance to up coming jobs. if you need a list of poses ,I'll send you one.but Just know them and get the candids such as the rings, the looks to each other, the parents watching, what ever you do don't miss the kiss. etc. With wedding be creative during the posed shots or do a posed seperate sitting( and heres a bit of info for you- most of those spectacular shots you see adverized by other photographers- they are posed outings with either friends or paid models staged for the oppertunity to GET THOSE creative perfet shots-thats why when I wrote my book I used real weddings) I do hope this helps- Debby
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Tamara Lynn |
I'll go a little more into detial. You should use the closes sensor possible for focus. Another must Ive found is that if Im using, for ex. a 24-70mm lens that I set my shutter speed to 80 to make sure if I shake that I still get a clean focus. I try not to use a flash unless its really a must. If its really dark I set my 50mm at 1.4 and my iso anywhere from 400 - 1600. I might get some digital noise, but these photos won't get blown up and in B&W they look great. If I do use a flash I use the lighsphere which is heavily diffused
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Gaye Gerard |
Thanks everyone, that definetly helped, So has anyone ever uesed the lumiquest attachable light diffusers or bounce cards that go onto your flash? I am considering getting one and was undecided between the big bounde or the 80/20 and suggestions??? Also the reflector kit 5 in 1 or do you recommend 1 colour in particular for that? Next question : I shoot in Raw on my canon 20D and usually save a raw as a negative then a tiff 8 bit as a copy and keep seperate cds... What is the recommended file size resolution I should give a wedding client, on cd - 300 DPI 8x10 inch or ???
Thanks again Kind Regards
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Maverick Creatives |
hi again gaye. I used the lumiquest pocket bouncer on my vivitar flash attatched to my Fuji7000 fixed lens camera that I use as a back up.. With my Canon 20D I purchased the 580EX speedlite. I love the 580, it's ttl metering with a very large maximum flash range. I believe it was manufactured with the 20D in mind and has a bounce card that flips up and works fantastic. I use lastolite 48" reflectors. First choice for wedding (bride) portrait outdoor is Gold, Second is White, and third is Silver. Lastolite has a gold color called "sunburst" and I find it produces excellent results. This does require an assistant or volunteer. size resolution is a matter of preference. You are shooting in raw so you will have no problem cropping and editing your copies. Most clients appreciate two sets,,,one for printing and one for web insertions and e-mail. Hope this helps Regards
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