 Esther |
Film Speed For Wedding I'm going to photograph a family wedding that will be outside for the ceremony and inside for the reception. What speed film will cover both and give me the results I need?
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Jeff S. Kennedy |
Why do you need one film speed to cover both indoor and outdoor? That's why they make different speeds. Are you going to be using flash (indoors or outdoors)? Are you using color, b&w, or both? How fast are your lenses? Give us some info to work with.
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Esther |
I'll be using one camera, a 35mm slr with a 55-135 zoom lens. The wedding ceremony will be at 5:PM, so I don't anticipate needing to use Flash. I'll be using color film. Indoors I'll need to use a flash and I'd like to use a film speed that will compensate for a slower flash recovery if possible. I have a small 35 automatic with 35 to 70 zoom I could use for some of the indoor shots as well.
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Leo Enriquez |
Esther, I used to work in a fine dining restaurant, and we used to have way too many parties, and most of the time, like 95%, these pro photographers used KODAK Portra 400 VC in the indoors (I never checked what they used for the outdoors), so it's my best advice!
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Esther |
Leo, Thanks for your prompt answer. I'll try the 400 speed as well. I think this is a good low light film as well. I also belive it will do well for the outdoor shots.
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Jeff S. Kennedy |
Leo's suggestion is a good one. I might opt for the 400NC however. Generally speaking, the light at 5pm and the indoor light will be relatively high in contrast and the NC will give slightly better results than the VC. Also, I've seen some strange skin tones when flash is used with VC.
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Debra Weisheit |
Hi Ester, I'm a working wedding photographer and with the exception of dark skinned people, or couples where one is dark skinned and one is light skinned, I use Portra 400VA across the board. When I have dark skin or dark/light skin situations, I'll switch to NC, but it's really rare. I get GREAT results using 400VC!
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George E. Givens Jr |
Kodak Portra 400NC gets my vote for outdoors at sunset and 160NC for indoors if you'll be using flash. However, I'd try some natural light shots. Fuji NPS 160 is great for mixed lighting indoors and Fuji NPH 400 is good for outdoors. They all enlarge well. Fuji also has a NPZ 800 which is great too for very low light situations. Good luck
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Nate |
Hi Esther, If you haven't yet made your decision, I just wanted to cast my vote for the Fuji NPH 400. I photographed my brother's wedding a few years back, and he just called me the other day to thank me once again. It was an outdoor wedding, and the film really worked nicely for both the greenery of the park and the skin-tones of the wedding party. The grain in his enlargements (8x10) was soft and pleasing as well. Good luck!
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