Need settings for nephews wedding pics with Canon 5Dmk3

Have a good time forget the bracket. IMO you will look out of place. I NEVER use a bracket. It is a PITA.

Unfortunately, I think you will find that many posters expect a newbie to begin with a Bridge Camera and then progress to a Rebel type camera and then, maybe (only maybe) graduate to a camera like a 5D3. IMO, if a person is serious about learning photography the heck with detractors. Begin with the best camera you can afford and don't listen to green-eyed people...

I'll bet that you will be able to get well exposed shots shooting between ISO 200 or 640 maximum and by selecting Programmed exposure mode. I must admit that I don't shoot this way but, the "P" mode is a pretty sure way to get decent (albeit perhaps not the absolute best) exposures. I am posting this image which was shot with bounce flash (see last paragraph) at ISO 200 on P mode which gave me 1/60 second @ f/4 (which was the maximum aperture of my 70-200mm f/4L IS lens).

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Sorry man but you're not near ready to take on a wedding. Just say no.

thewiz4u wrote in post #17733921
Sorry man but you're not near ready to take on a wedding. Just say no.

Who is this directed too? If me I am not shooting the wedding I am merely taking some snapshots of my immediate family while I am there

Forget the flash bracket, just bounce and use the little pop up white card, you will get results with that, work in ETTL.

A lot of negative replies to your question. Don't bother to approach the hired photographer you are not stepping on his toes, just take your candid's as you stated you were going to do, after all you are a guest. Your flash going off won't affect his pictures. When I photograph weddings there are always other photographers about with nice cameras, with flash, and it does not bother me.

Most brides love the candid's, which very often the hired photographer does not have time to do. In between taking your candid photos watch the hired photographer at work. You can learn a lot of how to do things as well as how not to do things if he is not very good.

Finally don't make mountains out of molehills, as in the advert 'just do it'.

Silver-Halide wrote in post #17724963
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The use of flash will affect the metering, ETTL, and exposure of the hired pro. Do him a favor and save yourself some embarrassment by leaving the flash in your bag or better yet, at home.

If anybody is new at this ... it would be me.

But what I learned, is that flash is so instantaneous, that shutter speed isn't fast enough to be as effective control as aperture. So unless someone were firing a modeling light, I wouldn't expect to see much of an issue. Their body in the way would be a possible concern. But if they were out of the way, maybe I'd appreciate them being there.

I recently did a wedding for our son. So did his bride's aunt. I was the only one using flash. And neither one of us got in the way of the other. But back to the flash thing, if it was something to be addressed, I can imagine several solutions to deal with it, as long as the primary professional photographer is allowed the final say to complete what his contract expects.

These were the two types of snapshots I was talking about from the beginning.
There were 5 photographers there. All were shooting Canon except one Nikon. I found keeping it simple worked the best. I shot in landscape with flash on camera bounced with a 4 x 5 white card velcro to flash head. I started with bracket and flash modifier and I quickly removed those. The large flash bender was cumbersome.

And two more very similar

gqllc007 wrote in post #17751940
There were 5 photographers there. I found keeping it simple worked the best.

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5 "photographers?" Sounds like a nightmare for the paid photog. You can only do your part to stay out of his way I guess. Although, it would be easier on the paid photog if you or another guest told others to stay out of the way.

The photos turned out nice though! And you're right, keep it simple. Your gear is more than capable. Just keep it simple so you can concentrate on taking the photo and not get distracted by any new techniques or gear that you're trying out.

BlakeC wrote in post #17751972
5 "photographers?" Sounds like a nightmare for the paid photog. You can only do your part to stay out of his way I guess. Although, it would be easier on the paid photog if you or another guest told others to stay out of the way.

The photos turned out nice though! And you're right, keep it simple. Your gear is more than capable. Just keep it simple so you can concentrate on taking the photo and not get distracted by any new techniques or gear that you're trying out.

The 5 photographers were all the paid ones. Things worked out much better when I went simple. They all were bouncing their flash with a small white card as well and the one nikon user was using the spinlight attached to his flash

gqllc007 wrote in post #17752012
The 5 photographers were all the paid ones.

wow. seems like overkill. i feel like we need details about this wedding! Were they pros? Was it a high-end wedding? I'm just trying to picture a scenario where someone would hire that many! lol

BlakeC wrote in post #17752027
wow. seems like overkill. i feel like we need details about this wedding! Were they pros? Was it a high-end wedding? I'm just trying to picture a scenario where someone would hire that many! lol

Yes high end wedding. Last wedding I took pics at for fun was over $450K (In Chicago)
This one was closer to 200-250K

gqllc007 wrote in post #17752044
Yes high end wedding. Last wedding I took pics at for fun was over $450K (In Chicago)
This one was closer to 200-250K

Jeez! And these are just people you know?!

BlakeC wrote in post #17752051
Jeez! And these are just people you know?!

No not really. The one in Chicago was nephew and this one was my other nephew. I am the black sheep of the family! My 17 year old in the picture said even the worst guy on a winning team isn't doing so badly...LOL The pics are my wife and I in the outdoor pic (my son took it) and my son and mom in the other one

gqllc007 wrote in post #17752073
No not really. The one in Chicago was nephew and this one was my other nephew. I am the black sheep of the family! My 17 year old in the picture said even the worst guy on a winning team isn't doing so badly...LOL The pics are my wife and I in the outdoor pic (my son took it) and my son and mom in the other one

Ha. True!