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fwedding photography I have been taking photos outside for years and have been "roped" into doing a friends wedding photos, though not too sure about it. I will be using my Nikon f5 and a new camera that I just bought a Cannon D20. Any directions or suggestions that might help me would be appreciated Brad
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Mark Feldstein |
Unrope yourself, Brad. You never, EVER shoot an assignment with a new camera that hasn't been completely tested under real shooting circumstances AND that you aren't completely familiar with under the best and worst of shooting conditions. As to the core of your question, you're essentially asking how to shoot a wedding. Some people here would applaud your gumption and blast me (as a photojournalist who doesn't do weddings) for criticizing you for taking this gig. I think those who favor the "you gotta get your feet wet some time" are themselves, all wet as far as this particular kind of work goes. My advice is go as a guest rather than as a photographer. Leave your camera at home and tell your friends (assuming you want to keep them as friends) that they need to lassoo someone else for this gig. Remember that if you blow this, regardless of reason, you'd be hard-pressed to recreate it and as a result, your friends would have lost something irreplaceable and of great value. Take it light.
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Slim Brady |
There are wedding photographers who have been shooting over a year( After an apprentice) and still have trouble, esp with digital and its bugs. One of them being focus or the camera being on the blink or even a body to lens communication. If you have to, I would shoot with both equally for back-up on either end. Try to get a friend also to help out for extra fill shots. Have them shoot Raw if they aren't so practiced with their exposures. If you shoot JPEG, you better nail it each time. Back in the 70's friends had friends shoot their weddings. Not anymore if they care about their shots. You can be an artist , but the camera doesn't know that. You still have to do the math.
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Debbie Del Tejo |
FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR FRIENDSHIP...UNROPE YOURSELF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!QUICKLY!!!!
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John P. Sandstedt |
I've said it before and I'll say it again - Keep your friendship and DON"T SERVE AS DESIGNATED PHOTOGRAPHER. It's hard work. You won't enjoy the fete. Do volunteer to bring your camera and take pictures "around the Pro." Let the professional fight it out with all the people with their point-and-shoots. Let him be criticized when one or more of the Key pictures is awful. But, with your camera fitted with a telephot lens, you'll be able to snap great candid shots and really catch the best parts of the day without fearing for your sanity. I done a number of weddings this way and one or two as primary photographer. When you're the "pro," you can't eat, drink, dance with your better half, etc. If you do you'll, undoubtedly, miss a key shot. So, and I agree with all before me, take these words to heart.
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