My last wedding of the year...UGH

This was a tough one...very small shadowy church...dark with lots of light coming from back doors...the set up of this church was backwards..and I think I caught EVERY shadow..I did alot of photoshopping...

any suggestions as to what I can do next time, IF I get a church like this...plus the Chuppah made it hard to get a good exposure

My daugther and I shoot both digital with 580 flash...canon rebel and rebel xti

Because we do this with different lens..we sometimes save ourselves because ONE of us will get a shot...

The guys and girls walking in..Big time shadow

we seriously had about 5 rows from front to back of sanctuary...length wise it was hugh....windows all in the back with open doors...It was a nightmere...

I am getting ready to post her pics onlne and just wondered...next time..what can I do better.

Lisa

Just wanted to ask if you shot this with or without flash? On my monitor it looks like high ISO with no flash, or an underexposed shot that was adjusted up a couple notches. There's lots of noise and it's not overly that sharp.

what ISO/shutter speed/aperture? What were you metering for? Direct flash, diffused, bounced? More info regarding thte shot will help quite a bit.

Thanks for responding..

This was a bounced...with a handmade card, I just made it off of a website sent to me, it is a hmmm...hard to explain. like a triangle, shaped around the flash, made of foam. I can share the website I got it from, it does work well.

This was shot with that bounce.

ISO was...200

3.5

I think that is all youa sked...

Thanks again..and yes, these shots were extremely noisy....

use iso 800

Were you shooting RAW? If you were you really should corect your white balance before converting to JPG. as well as your exposure.

If you shot with 200 I don't see how the shots can be as noisy as they were...Did you play with the levels? Maybe that was the cause of the noise.

Just a little levels and a noise filter.


Martin

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Ah sorry did not see that your image editing is not on.

will delete if you wish

Martin

wilky95 wrote in post #2445769
Just a little levels and a noise filter.

Martin

NO, that is ok...I did not know about a adjustment on this list..I am new to this list and new to wedding photography....2nd year under my belt....but, now wanting to advertise..and get into it and increase my knowledge.

I do not shoot raw.

What did you do to that pic to change it? wow...

What do you guys think of the flash card? Do you use them ?

I think you need to read the book "understanding exposure" that I link to on this thread. Difficult situations are the norm of wedding photography, you have to be able to work anywhere, under and conditions, and get good exposures.

Always shoot raw, google noiseware you will find programs to help, and all I did was run it by noiseware and auto levels takes 1min, read all the posts that you can by Tim if you have the time, but you will learn a lot.

Martin

Rakefet wrote in post #2445834
NO, that is ok...I did not know about a adjustment on this list..I am new to this list and new to wedding photography....2nd year under my belt....but, now wanting to advertise..and get into it and increase my knowledge.

I do not shoot raw.

What did you do to that pic to change it? wow...

What do you guys think of the flash card? Do you use them ?

wilky95 wrote in post #2445862
read all the posts that you can by Tim if you have the time, but you will learn a lot.

Wear a hard had if you read all my posts, they're not for the easily offended

tim wrote in post #2445887
Wear a hard had if you read all my posts, they're not for the easily offended

Ain't that the truth! But, then again, Tim really tells it the way he sees it and, to my mind, is usually spot on!

Always shoot RAW is no answer. I am a JPEG shooter and I am a JPEG shooter because I have learned how to get a proper exposure the first time.

This shot was tricky, and it confused the camera. Black suits, dark background, white just around the edge, this is not a shot to trust any camera metering system with.

As for the noise, well, you will have noise at ISO50 if you underexpose, so never fear high ISO if you have proper exposure, but this is a classic example of high noise at low ISO due to underexposure.