Photo of yourself at a wedding

[Lin-z]

Seeing some of these behind the scenes shots that you guys are posting makes me want to see more of the photographer.

Post a picture of yourself at a wedding if you have it. In your "wedding outfit". I am also curious to see how others dress.

[CyberPet]

http://petrahall.se/brudpar/jeanette_david/jannis/images/F7EE6222.jpg

Me in yellow (now wrinkled) shirt and light blue pants... hubby stands next to me (to the left) in a dark suit.

[LeesaB]

that's great..

UGH..I think the photo I had of myself I DELETED>>>it was a sole shot..we were working on shadows int his dark small church..I looked like a zombie...sooooooo we will have to wait til I get one...

[CyberPet]

OK, here's another one (narrated).... from last february:

http://the-halls.se/350D/BrrrPhotographer.jpg

[ilovemycamera]

OK, here's another one (narrated).... from last february:

http://the-halls.se/350D/BrrrPhotographer.jpg

Is that a red ring i see on the end of your camera???:lol: :lol:

[CyberPet]

Is that a red ring i see on the end of your camera???:lol: :lol:

Yes, that's my old trusted 20-35/2.8L (same age as my old 80-200/2.8L that's now being replaced by the new and gorgeous 70-200/2.8L IS). I love that 20-35 lens and I won't get rid of it even if I've bought the 17-55/2.8 IS.

[ilovemycamera]

Yes, that's my old trusted 20-35/2.8L (same age as my old 80-200/2.8L that's now being replaced by the new and gorgeous 70-200/2.8L IS). I love that 20-35 lens and I won't get rid of it even if I've bought the 17-55/2.8 IS.


Can't say that i blame ya.... it's tried and true! :)

[Wedding Shooter]

Well - here is a really wide angle shot of me - however, video this time. I will try and dig up a couple of me with a camera in hand :)

[picturecrazy]

Pretty standard boring fare. Nice casual pants and a collared shirt:

http://www.nightanddayphoto.ca/misc/202019-0829.jpg

Loose-ish pants are nice so you can fit other gear in your pockets...however dumb it may look. I had another pocketwizard and L-358 in my pockets at the time. I've thought of one of those photo vests but I dunno, I guess they just don't suit my fashion sense... and they're too hot on a summer day.

[jessiper]

Pretty standard boring fare. Nice casual pants and a collared shirt:

Loose-ish pants are nice so you can fit other gear in your pockets...however dumb it may look. I had another pocketwizard and L-358 in my pockets at the time. I've thought of one of those photo vests but I dunno, I guess they just don't suit my fashion sense... and they're too hot on a summer day.

You look like you're floating! :) Are you wearing a baseball cap backwards, or some kind of head band?

[picturecrazy]

You look like you're floating! :) Are you wearing a baseball cap backwards, or some kind of head band?

LOL, I practically WAS floating... I was on a garbage can that was severely imbalanced and wobbling all over the place. I thought I was gonna die.... but I wanted the shot.

[Yella Fella]

LOL, I practically WAS floating... I was on a garbage can that was severely imbalanced and wobbling all over the place. I thought I was gonna die.... but I wanted the shot.


but you surived! great shot chief :D Have you got the actual picture to hand to show? ;)

[Wedding Shooter]

A couple more. The first one was before I sold the old faithful Sigma for my Canon IS 70-200. The second one is a shoot in New Zealand (not a wedding though).

[cwphotos]

I'll have to find the pic but at one of my last weddings, my 2nd shooter and I got a tad bored so we made a deal. Whoever took the most unflattering picture of the other had to buy dinner. I won, I just kept the camera around my neck and let it sit on my gut and just shot up.

[picturecrazy]

but you surived! great shot chief :D Have you got the actual picture to hand to show? ;)

ok, here it is... not a great picture but meh.... it got the job done... I was concentrating too much on not falling...
http://www.nightanddayphoto.ca/mattdana/postphotos/2005%20-%20Formals%20Part%20Two/full/202025-3095.jpg


btw jessiper I wasn't wearing a cap or headband or anything. My hair is really short so I suppose it could look like cap from a distance.

[gateruner]

Cyberpet, looks like you use Sto Fens. How do you like them?

[jessiper]

ok, here it is... not a great picture but meh.... it got the job done... I was concentrating too much on not falling...

btw jessiper I wasn't wearing a cap or headband or anything. My hair is really short so I suppose it could look like cap from a distance.

Cute picture. :) Glad you didn't fall! Oh, that was the white part of the flash I saw. I thought it was some kind of logo.
:rolleyes:

[picturecrazy]

Cute picture. :) Glad you didn't fall! Oh, that was the white part of the flash I saw. I thought it was some kind of logo.
:rolleyes:Actually, that was a pocketwizard on the camera. I didn't use it for that shot (natural light only) but I was using it for others.

[newgenphoto]

I so badly want to reply to this with a picture but have to wait until I get home.... blah

[jamiepeter]

http://petrahall.se/brudpar/jeanette_david/jannis/images/F7EE6222.jpg

Me in yellow (now wrinkled) shirt and light blue pants... hubby stands next to me (to the left) in a dark suit.

Just a question :) I see you are using the Stofen diffuser. I have one of those as well, but haven't noticed that much of a difference when I use it outside. What has been your experience with using it for fill flash outside?

[newgenphoto]

Here we go....

[picturecrazy]

Hey neato, are you guys wearing shirts with your company name on it?

Nice. I would pass out from heat wearing black though. I applaud your stamina.

[picturecrazy]

Just a question :) I see you are using the Stofen diffuser. I have one of those as well, but haven't noticed that much of a difference when I use it outside. What has been your experience with using it for fill flash outside?

I've found the same as you. Not very effective outside, but that didn't surprise me. It doesn't really enlarge the light source. It's somewhat nice to use indoors with low ceilings. I have heard it has some major underexposure problems when facing straight on and using a lens that reports distance data.

[newgenphoto]

Hey neato, are you guys wearing shirts with your company name on it?

Nice. I would pass out from heat wearing black though. I applaud your stamina.

Hey Lloyd,
Yeah we have "logowear" and two different colors... white on hot days and black on the cooler days. We have jackets, sweaters, etc.... it's kinda neat. I got it all free for doing a job for a guy who owns a local shop!! Hook Up!!

[CyberPet]

I'm just lazy and don't remove the Stofen's while shooting outdoors, if I remove them I'll just forget them somewhere. But I don't see any problems with them, as in worse images using it.

In very bright daylight it hardly look like I'm using flash at all, such as this:

http://petrahall.se/brudpar/cecilia_mattias/images/151631G.jpg


While in lower light outdoors (this is in the afternoon in february) it looks more artificial of course, but I'm not sure it would have helped with or without the Stofen.

http://petrahall.se/brudpar/johanna_mattias/images/060218_1449_375.jpg


And here's an image indoors:

http://petrahall.se/brudpar/helena_emil/images/IMG_6930.jpg

[_Jo_]

They are really nice. My diffuser arrived just this morning. I am sick of "hot spots" and wanted to soften the overall flash lighting. I have a wedding on the 10th and can't wait to see if I notice a difference after shooting 8 previous weddings without one.

[_Jo_]

In very bright daylight it hardly look like I'm using flash at all...


That's the key I think (or at least what I am striving for) to produce outdoor images in medium to bright level sunlight with no noticable flash. The trick is to not have any dark shadows under the eyes or around the face - an overall even lighting...you have clearly succeeded in your images. Well done :)

[Kiddo]

Love your photos!!

Now this may seem like a silly question, and please keep in mind that I'm some what new..... But what is that "white" thing attached to your flash?

[CyberPet]

Kiddo, that's the Stofen Omnibounce that the guys was asking me about.

http://www.stofen.com/

The image to the left is a close-up of what I'm using.

[islandphoto]

I've heard that using a diffuser outside wastes battery power by just making the flash work harder... I don't use them outside anymore.

[_Jo_]

I've heard that using a diffuser outside wastes battery power by just making the flash work harder... I don't use them outside anymore.

I never heard that. Thanks for the tip.

[mizuno]

I've heard that using a diffuser outside wastes battery power by just making the flash work harder... I don't use them outside anymore.

If the images turn out better, it's hardly a waste, though.

(I don't know if they do or not) :cool:

[_Jo_]

If the images turn out better, it's hardly a waste, though.

(I don't know if they do or not) :cool:

Mmmm that's the thing. There is really no set way to tell if it does use more battery power or not - and as you say, if the images turn out better...today is a very bright sunny day - at around 2pm I may take my kids down the beach and try with and without and see if there is any noticable difference....might be a worthy experiment!

[newgenphoto]

hmmm....for a minute I thought this was a different thread. I thought it was a "post a picture of yourself at a wedding". Weird... :)

[italypa99]

http://petrahall.se/brudpar/jeanette_david/jannis/images/F7EE6222.jpg

Me in yellow (now wrinkled) shirt and light blue pants... hubby stands next to me (to the left) in a dark suit.


what is that you have over your flash ??

[mizuno]

what is that you have over your flash ??

That's already been answered in this thread. :cool:

[ofdphoto]

Ok, back to the photo thing, here's the only one of me so far (at the bride's house):

http://mickella.com/gallery2/d/3742-1/_MG_0054.jpg

Yep, I'm wearing sunnies. The sun was really bright that day!

[CyberPet]

I've heard that using a diffuser outside wastes battery power by just making the flash work harder... I don't use them outside anymore.

I wouldn't agree, I have plenty power left. Although I've seen photographers using the bouncer on a 45° angle, and *that* is really a waste of battery power. The flash has to point forward and only be used within a distance where the flash actually *will* fill shadows and give a bit of a keylight in the eyes. :D

[tampaphotogal]

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n165/tampaphotogal/1329149762_l.jpg


not my best side...lol

[Kiddo]

Kiddo, that's the Stofen Omnibounce that the guys was asking me about.

http://www.stofen.com/

The image to the left is a close-up of what I'm using.

Thanks!! Lokks like soemthing that I may have to pick up. I would post a photo of me doing my thing at weddings, but I don't have any!! Enjoying everyone elses photos!!!

[ofdphoto]

I wouldn't agree, I have plenty power left. Although I've seen photographers using the bouncer on a 45° angle, and *that* is really a waste of battery power. The flash has to point forward and only be used within a distance where the flash actually *will* fill shadows and give a bit of a keylight in the eyes. :D

Actually, using it at 45 degress would make little difference.

The omnibounce has roughly the same effect as a bare bulb strobe, meaning light is spread in all directions from the flash (not just straight forward).

I have done some tests with omnibounce vs. direct flash for fill and really can't see any difference, except that the flash has to pump harder to compensate for the light loss.

Anyway, back to the photos. Sorry ;-)

[mizuno]

I wouldn't agree, I have plenty power left. Although I've seen photographers using the bouncer on a 45° angle, and *that* is really a waste of battery power. The flash has to point forward and only be used within a distance where the flash actually *will* fill shadows and give a bit of a keylight in the eyes. :D

The manufacturers instructions specify use at 45º - so unless they have shares in all the major battery companies, I reckon they would know best how to use their product. ;)

[LuisE]

Here we go....

Very interesting. How often do you use your sekonic for metering outside?

Thanks ,

LuisE

[Mowman]

Here I am at my sister's wedding (which I had the camera along). The shot was taken with my camera and I am wearing a tux.

[lostdoggy]

The manufacturers instructions specify use at 45º - so unless they have shares in all the major battery companies, I reckon they would know best how to use their product. ;)

I would have to agree w/ linarm that putting the flash at 45 deg is useless and that it will drain the batteries faster. You can see this by timing the recycle duration between flashes. Its much longer w/ the flash at 45 deg then straight on. But I still prefer to have the stofen on to soften the flash.

[CyberPet]

Indoors yes, but not outdoors. At least that's what I do... I use it 45° indoors while outdoors I just angle the flash straight forward. But then again, I could remove the diffuser too, but then we're back to my second post about losing it, forgetting where I put it, etc. :D

[mizuno]

Indoors I find it much nicer to bounce flash off the ceiling or walls.

[ofdphoto]

I would have to agree w/ linarm that putting the flash at 45 deg is useless and that it will drain the batteries faster. You can see this by timing the recycle duration between flashes. Its much longer w/ the flash at 45 deg then straight on. But I still prefer to have the stofen on to soften the flash.

Actually that's not what I said at all ... I said that in terms of light loss 45 degrees shouldn't be any different ... and mizuno added (as I forgot to) that the omnibounce is designed to work best at 45 degrees. If your camera-to-subject distance is fairly long tho, I guess you'd lose a bit of light by angling the flash up ... just the trigonometry of the light source.

But if it's about not losing your OmniBounce ... well, fair enough!!

At least my FlipIts can fold back against the flash when not in use ;-)

[newgenphoto]

Very interesting. How often do you use your sekonic for metering outside?

Thanks ,

LuisE

Well, I don't use it as much as I did before but I still have it with me at every shoot. Usually I'll take a reading by the bride without her even seeing what I'm doing.

[jerad]

http://mypic.mypizzle.com/IMG_3136.jpg

[tim]

Courtesy of Wazza, who assisted me on my 2nd wedding, quite a while back now.

http://wazza.nfscity.com/20d/tim.jpg

I change to more formal clothes before the ceremony. I still have that same shirt, but I don't wear it to weddings any more. I also don't use a flash bracket any more, unless I really need to.

[italianfemmy]

Ohhhh Tim... Nice A/// I mean shoes. ;-)

[jbstudios]

augh tim you dont look like a guy who is blunt =)

jb

[newgenphoto]

http://mypic.mypizzle.com/IMG_3136.jpg

Very cool AND you're just right down the road from me!! :)

[CyberPet]

Tim, you don't look like I pictured you... you have meet on your bones! (dunno why I thought you were a tiny redhead) :D

[Grace]

LOL!!!!

[Grace]

a little off topic - do you think we can get a group discount on botox for our squintin' eye :) Do you think we will end up with more wrinkles on that eye?

[italianfemmy]

lmao Kathy, nice one.

[jamiewexler]

A guest (and father of one of my former brides) at one of my weddings this summer snapped a few of me in action:

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y216/jamiewexler/DSCN6958.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y216/jamiewexler/DSCN6959.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y216/jamiewexler/DSCN6960.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y216/jamiewexler/DSCN6967.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y216/jamiewexler/DSCN7026.jpg

[italianfemmy]

Oh my goodness Tim, you look like such a cuddly sweet guy in that pic of you. I bet in all reality you are a sweet guy. :-) C'mon... admit it!

[_Jo_]

nice tools Jamie!

[newgenphoto]

Oh my goodness Tim, you look like such a cuddly sweet guy in that pic of you. I bet in all reality you are a sweet guy. :-) C'mon... admit it!

Puke!!! :)

[Grace]

Puke!!! :)




LOL!!! he he:p

[newgenphoto]

LOL!!! he he:p

Now Kathy on the other hand.... ;) No offense Tim haha

[tim]

augh tim you dont look like a guy who is blunt =)

I'm a little less blunt in real life!

Tim, you don't look like I pictured you... you have meet on your bones! (dunno why I thought you were a tiny redhead) :D

To be sure to be sure, I did live in Ireland for a while.

a little off topic - do you think we can get a group discount on botox for our squintin' eye :) Do you think we will end up with more wrinkles on that eye?

Yeah I hope I don't look like that all the time!

Oh my goodness Tim, you look like such a cuddly sweet guy in that pic of you. I bet in all reality you are a sweet guy. :-) C'mon... admit it!

I find it harder to be rude in person, but i'm working on it ;)

[Grace]

I find it harder to be rude in person, but i'm working on it ;)

me too! ;)

[jamiewexler]

nice tools Jamie!

That's what SHE said....

[newgenphoto]

That's what SHE said....

HAHAHAHAHA...reminds me of "The Office" which by the way is a new episode tonight!! YAYYY

[BrittanyElise]

That's what SHE said....

Hahaha, No - That's what HE said....

I love that show - and it doesn't hurt that Frankie's from Scranton.


Dinkin' Flicka,
Brita

[Wazza]

:lol: That photo still doing the rounds, Tim. :)

http://www.warrenwilliams.co.nz/gallery/people/warren_wedding.jpg

From one of the weddings shown here:
http://www.warrenwilliams.co.nz/weddings/aimee

[_Jo_]

*wow* I just checked out your website - I love the one of the B&G walking away and I can just see the sky tower in the background. Your images are great!

[tim]

Wazza, the counter on your website says you've had 21 million visitors... and incidentally I can't see your flash galleries, Firefox is having a bad day... one reason I use html instead of flash.

[Lin-z]

My firefox often has a hard time with flash stuff.... i hate that because i love firefox

[ofdphoto]

Pity about the Flash problems :-( SimpleViewer is great otherwise. Nice pics in there Wazza! :-)

[Lin-z]

Waaz, would you mind posting the pic that resulted from you lying down like this?

[xandria]

Waaz, would you mind posting the pic that resulted from you lying down like this?
I think it's the second image from the left on page two of his website.

[kiwinvan]

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h23/kiwinvan/_MG_6298.jpg
In this one I climbed on top of a handily parked Winnebago to get some height :D

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h23/kiwinvan/_MG_4224.jpg
This one? Always a photographer, never a bride.....sigh

[Wazza]

:lol:, you look back on these images.. "Did I take that?!"

http://www.warrenwilliams.co.nz/gallery/weddings/aimee/33.jpg
I don't personally like it that much. Too much distortion, and dark clothing, with bright sky behind made it difficult

I know Simple viewer has some issues, and in a couple of years, when I go full time pro, I'll pay someone to do my site, and make it look fab. For now, I'm incredibly busy with other stuff, and don't have the time to change anything.

http://www.warrenwilliams.co.nz/gallery/album/weddings/aimee/index.html
Is the gallery, which isn't public.. Just for backup, as I know in firefox, the 1st and 3rd wedding galleries often don't work.

However, my first solo wedding..
http://www.warrenwilliams.co.nz/weddings/glasswell/
Never had any issues in displaying

Edit: Mmm that's not exactly the same pic, they all swapped around, but hadn't included it in my gallery. :o

[LeesaB]

Ok, next wedding shots of me and my assistant..

wow, Tim...lots of comments there... :) I have to agree..not at all like i pictured it.

I have really enjoyed these shots...seeing everyone besides the aviator.

[coreypolis]

not many of me in the pictures, but here's one. The B&G wanted one with me at the end of the night on their way out. Thats after about 12 hours in the hot summer sun, grass stained pants, sweated through one shirt and then ripped this one. Rough day but a very dun one.




http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v721/viperx27/_G3Q7883.jpg

[CyberPet]

Leanne, you're brave, I hate heights! :D

[kiwinvan]

Leanne, you're brave, I hate heights! :D

I was more worried about the owner seeing me climb up :)

[song4themoon]

Tim, you don't look like I pictured you... you have meet on your bones! (dunno why I thought you were a tiny redhead) :D

You took the words out of my mouth :)

[italianfemmy]

lol. Oh my goodness Leanne, you're kidding right? That's hysterical they didn't know!

[popawalker]

My wife took this. Yes, I did move the flash to the top for the next shot.

Steve

[PIXI_666]

Wedding i did just this weekend - one of my lasts!!!! I got hubby to take some shots of me just with the 50mm on, i was using both cameras so i put the 50mm on the 300d just to get some use out of it especially on the beach i wasnt happy about changing lenses over.....he had no idea what he was doing HAHA but we got these out of it.....

Del

[CyberPet]

PIXI, I love how he focused on the last one.... My hubby does the same thing - forget to focus and recompose. :D

[PIXI_666]

hahaha Petra....i don't even think he thought about focusing, he just pointed and shot then he CLAIMS his shots are so much better than mine because i am using a couple of his photo's in the proof book hahahaha....

[rixth]

A couple more. The first one was before I sold the old faithful Sigma for my Canon IS 70-200. The second one is a shoot in New Zealand (not a wedding though).

Where is that, Huka Falls?

[Wedding Shooter]

Where is that, Huka Falls?

It is on the way to the glaciers on the south island - Hast's Gates or something like that - you have to cross one of those crazy one lane bridges spanning a raging river - I climbed down the rocks and shot the river from underneith the bridge. I photographed a conference/convention in Queenstown and then spent 5 days touring a little and wound up producing a DVD called 10 Days in New Zealand.

[_Jo_]

"Gates of Haast"
Very neat place! :)


http://www.towacoimaging.com/nz/haast1.htm


It is on the way to the glaciers on the south island - Hast's Gates or something like that - you have to cross one of those crazy one lane bridges spanning a raging river - I climbed down the rocks and shot the river from underneith the bridge. I photographed a conference/convention in Queenstown and then spent 5 days touring a little and wound up producing a DVD called 10 Days in New Zealand.

[Wedding Shooter]

"Gates of Haast"
Very neat place! :)


http://www.towacoimaging.com/nz/haast1.htm

That's the one :) Though the pictures in the link don't do it justice.

[Kiddo]

:lol: That photo still doing the rounds, Tim. :)

http://www.warrenwilliams.co.nz/gallery/people/warren_wedding.jpg

From one of the weddings shown here:
http://www.warrenwilliams.co.nz/weddings/aimee

LOL!! Great photo!

[Kiddo]

Isn't it amazing at what we as photographers will do to get that "ONE" shot???

[NickSimcheck]

Well, the only one I can dig up is with me with a local radio show host. I knew who she was because I've met her before, but nobody else seemed to know. Her voice is an unusual raspy kinda voice and everybody there was like "Where do I know her from?"

She was a friend of the bride so she DJ'ed it, and did a good job too.

[lostdoggy]

Ok here I finally found one:

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b381/lostdoggy/POTN%20uploads/DSC03794.jpg

[jamiewexler]

Found a couple more:

First, the bride's cousin and makeup artist. Asked for a dance at the end of the night (there's a long story here) and the bride's father grabbed my camera and took the photo:

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y216/jamiewexler/SMJenBrian372.jpg


Second, the groom came over at the end of the night and wanted a picture of me with him, I had a wide angle lens on at the time so...

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y216/jamiewexler/smHannahJake0606.jpg

[neilcowley]

http://neilcowley.com/weddings/bio/ - kinda random, but loose and fun.

[Lin-z]

I finally got a photo of myself. This is me..

http://Lindsi.smugmug.com/photos/133980533-M.jpg

[sblais]

Here's one of me from my last wedding... I found a new assistant! ;)

(For the record, I'm not chimping ;) Probably changing my ISO or FEC :))

156767

[krista]

Only two I could find. Not that big on my photo being taken (as you can tell by these pics)

This pic was a wedding in Nov. and my assistant caught me walking with some of the bridal party down to the docks at the reception site. I always wear black. (it's me on the far right side giving the evil eye)

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u41/malounagahla/IMG_5906.jpg

And this is a pic from behind. My hubby came as an assistant and he snapped this pic after I had taken some through this wreath thingy and moved to the other side. That's all I got!

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u41/malounagahla/IMG_7231.jpg

[newgenphoto]

hehe...fun Krista!

[newgenphoto]

Oh and the only other one of me from back in the day.... HAHAHA Just kidding! How gross huh?

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e17/elishiacl/bodybuilder.jpg

[picturecrazy]

What the? That's can't POSSIBLY be real! That's gross...

[Yella Fella]

ok, here it is... not a great picture but meh.... it got the job done... I was concentrating too much on not falling...
http://www.nightanddayphoto.ca/mattdana/postphotos/2005%20-%20Formals%20Part%20Two/full/202025-3095.jpg


btw jessiper I wasn't wearing a cap or headband or anything. My hair is really short so I suppose it could look like cap from a distance.

forgot to ask, what lens was that you were using? quite funky hood ;)

[picturecrazy]

forgot to ask, what lens was that you were using? quite funky hood ;)

17-55 of course!