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How to shoot wedding photos I own a Cannon Elan 7e and I am intrested in shooting weddings and I would like to know what is the best mode to shoot in
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John A. Lind |
Veronica, You didn't mention whether you want to do this as a casual wedding guest, a professional wedding photographer, or as a non-professional who has been roped into being the "official" photographer for a friend or relative. This makes a difference with some other, very important considerations beyond the "best mode to shoot in." Traditional wedding photography consists of to basic types of photographs: portraits, especially group portraits, and candids which are often better described as photojournalistic or editorial. If you're going to use a programmed auto-exposure mode, either the default general purpose one or two other modes, each suited for the two basic types of photographs should work. Personally I would be very hesitant to use a programmed auto-exposure mode. Nearly all weddings are indoors requiring the use of portable studio strobes and/or camera mounted flash. When using portable studio strobes for the portraits, exposure is controlled and set manually. When using camera mounted flash, it is often much better for depth of field control to use an aperture priority auto-exposure mode, set aperture for desired depth of field, and let the flash provide the light for that aperture setting. This presumes having a flash head capable of providing enough light and being able to recharge for the next shot very quickly (no more than about three seconds maximum). Outdoors, manual control of aperture is also desirable for the same reason, with narrowest aperture limited by the slowest practical shutter speed that for the focal length being used. IMO, the single biggest technical issue in shooting weddings is lighting: having enough of it, reducing red-eye risk to zero, and controlling shadows cast by it. I have an on-line "survival guide" for non-pro's who get roped into shooting a wedding. It's not intended as a tutorial about doing it professionally which requires some specialized and expensive equipment, most notably lighting. It will give you an idea of the "bigger picture" about weddings and all the major technical issues in shooting one. http://johnlind.tripod.com/wedding/ -- John
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