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kato1
2nd of June 2007 (Sat), 04:50
I am shooting my first wedding in July.

I have just been over to the Hotel (which is on the opposite side of the UK to where I live) to get a feel for what I might have to contend with.

Below is a photo of the room in which the civil ceremony and wedding breakfast will be held.

The dark wooden wall in the left of the shot is where the registrar will conduct the wedding service.She will be stood with the wall behind her.

At this time I'm working on the premise that no flash will be permitted during the ceremony.

My intention is to stand near to the window to use the available light and either go with my 50mm 1.4 or my 28-135 is for the service.

My main problem starts when I want wide angle shots of the wedding party. As can be seen there are numerous chandaliers hanging from the ceiling and as soon as I apply flash (Even bounced flash straight off the ceiling) I'm going to get shadows off them. What is my best approach to this problem?
islandphoto
2nd of June 2007 (Sat), 04:53
I would take the wedding outside for some nice portraits in the grenery :) if it is going to be a breakfast thing it looks like you will have plenty of available light in the room.
kato1
2nd of June 2007 (Sat), 05:05
The shot above was taken with the 550ex attached. If you look at the chandelier second from the left you'll see the problem I'm trying to resolve.

Outside portraits are high on the list and I'm looking forward to those. That's subject to the weather in the lake district being nice to me!!!!
howzitboy
2nd of June 2007 (Sat), 05:11
u can always use 2 flashes, one as a slave stuck opposite of the areas you will be in. that would get rid of the shadows a bit (or add more). but, shadows on the roof are nothing to worry about. I doubt anyone would even notice them.
kato1
2nd of June 2007 (Sat), 07:15
I guess that could be worth looking at.
My only problem would be maintaining the line of sight between the two flashes.
Other alternative to line of sight would be radio controls. That's quite a bit of expenditure for something I might only use once in a blue moon.
howzitboy
2nd of June 2007 (Sat), 13:55
u could stick it in a corner out of the way so it wont stand out in the pictures, but yeah, i bought a radio slave and have never used it...
MALI
2nd of June 2007 (Sat), 14:45
My main problem starts when I want wide angle shots of the wedding party. As can be seen there are numerous chandaliers hanging from the ceiling and as soon as I apply flash (Even bounced flash straight off the ceiling) I'm going to get shadows off them. What is my best approach to this problem?

Don't use flash. As seen here, the flash kills the ambient light and atmosphere. Get a fast lens, increase your ISO and shoot in Av or M. You should be fine.

MALI