Beach Wedding Question

Im shooting a wedding on a beach and my question is, would you use a ND or CPL filter?

Im assuming a CPL filter.

I dont use filters for anything particular except when I am strobing something - then I use a ND filter.

No filters here, I use lighting. CPL with wide lenses gives you weird looking skies.

not specifically at the beach, but on really bright days I use a ND filter to slow the shutter

It really depends on the direction and intensity of the sun. Clients have this romantic thing about beaches and getting married but for photographer it can be a war with the sun.

Don't complicate the issue by using filters I'd suggest even avoid ND filters. Try to keep your shutter under 200th sec and adjust aperture to expose for the background.If find that using a 580ex II or a 600 EX Rt on manual to fill flash works, sometimes at full power. High speed sync is another option but I usually avoid this.

thanks for the input guys! I like tim's idea, but this is a destination wedding for a friend. So traveling with gear plus lighting might be a little much for myself.

redfire2002 wrote in post #14777187
thanks for the input guys! I like tim's idea, but this is a destination wedding for a friend. So traveling with gear plus lighting might be a little much for myself.

In that case, try to pose them with their backs toward the sun and use fill flash. Try to keep your shutter speed within the max. sync speed of your camera by stopping down where possible. If you need wider aperture due to creative reasons use an ND filter.