1st Wedding try

[atch]

My sister got married this week and got to do my first wedding shoot. I managed to almost fill up a 1 gig card and I ended having only few album worthy pics. Could have shot more but didn't want to interfere with the Pro photog. Church was pretty strict and didn't allow flash to be used and you can't also roam around during ceremony to take pics which I think is a bummer. Any comments would be great. Heres a link to my newly upgraded pbase account for more pics.

[Skip Souza]

atch, I liked what I saw on pbase. My favorite was http://www.pbase.com/teg9/image/46257973
That Tamron is a beaut isn't it? My wife loves hers.
Don't worry about a low keeper % on your first try, You will improve. Look critically at the bad ones and figure out what went wrong then apply that knowledge the next time. Keep the faith, baby.

[berto]

nice photos atch. you did pretty well. i thik your sister and her husband will like it.

i'm digin' her hubbies Barong tagalog. hehe, i still have mine from my sister's wedding.

lates..

[dsze]

I think you got some good images in there. Weddings aren't easy, thats for sure! The main problems I see is with exposure and white balance. At first glance, most of your images all look the same because of the ambient lighting temperature and how your camera chose to adjust white balance. I would play with that a little bit in the RAW conversion. They'll love the photos, I'm sure.

-daniel

[S230]

Getting even one good shot already pays off on a first try because there was already a hired pro to do that job. I am pretty sure that your sister appreciate your effort and more importantly just showing up makes the day. Try using bounce light if possbible. If not then you have little choice but a higher ISO. Shooting in RAW will also help compensate for any later adjustments. I personally won't worry about how many you got because you tried and that's what important. It's important to cover photos of guests in the party because this is something that the "pro's" generally don't have time or resource for. Practice... also the more you do the more you may probably rethink if weddings are what you want to get into because not only is it a challenge on the technical side such as your memory space but people skills are essential.

[markubig]

great photos! i'm getting married in Nov and was toying w/ the idea of having our parents and sponsors wear barongs as well as myself, but Nov in NJ is kinda chilly, so we scratched the whole idea.

[NJames73]

Nice job......The point is you had fun right.....and you got some nice shots. Weddings are great....This is my wifes main source of income. I am her sidekick and have also shot weddings on the side. It is a great business to get into.....If you love taking pictures.....then maybe you can get into this line of work....It does pay well.....but remember there is alot of work that goes with it as well.

Good luck...and nice job

[atch]

thx for the compliments and tips guys. Yeah the tamron 28-75 Di is living up to its name, I'm glad I snagged a brand new one from ebay. My wife has been egging me to do wedding but I just realized that shooting weddings is not that easy as it looks, it takes a lot of work and people skills. Thought about shooting RAW but I only have 1 1gig card. It was a fun shoot and felt like I was one of the sidekick of the Pro photog, because they were using a digital rebel too

S230: when you say using bounce light are you reffering to bounce flash? because for some reason my bounce flash shots with 420EX that I took came out overexposed. Probably because I left the FEC on +2/3. About the white balance, what setting do you think would yield the best pics on the reception kinda lighting? tungsten light?

markubig: man you need to rethink about wearing the Barongs, a lot cheaper than the suits. Barong tagalog is the pimp!

FYI note: Barong tagalog is the traditional formal wear of the Philippines.

[S230]

Originally Posted by atch

S230: when you say using bounce light are you reffering to bounce flash? because for some reason my bounce flash shots with 420EX that I took came out overexposed. Probably because I left the FEC on +2/3. About the white balance, what setting do you think would yield the best pics on the reception kinda lighting? tungsten light?
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I have a friend using the 420EX and it's quite difficult to control. What he end up doing is making a plastic reflector. Just cut a piece of white plastic and glue photo paper on it for better reflection. Then use an elastic to hold it to the flash. This will give a softer light.

[kawter2]

looks like you drug the shutter a lil too much (IMHO) in the reception..

In low light such as this, Shoot manual exposure @ your highest "clean ISO (20d/350d/mkII@ISO1600 | 300d@ISO800) Open your lens as much as it will go, and use a shutter speed no slower than 1/60th if the subject is somewhat still and around 1/100th if they are moving

[atch]

Originally Posted by kawter2

In low light such as this, Shoot manual exposure @ your highest "clean ISO (20d/350d/mkII@ISO1600 | 300d@ISO800) Open your lens as much as it will go, and use a shutter speed no slower than 1/60th if the subject is somewhat still and around 1/100th if they are moving

thanks for this useful tip, wish I have known this before the wedding. I've never bothered going manual unless I'm doing some long exposure pics. I usually just use Tv or Av mode.