ISO...what do I do?

Hey, so I was shooting in a church with not the greatest lighting...and we had to boost our ISO to 1600...but now..the photos seem to be grainy...and I was reading photography books..and they said that when you shoot in a darker room..you need to make the ISO 1600...so...I did that..but I'm wondering if it is possible to do it without getting the grain? or not as much grain? this is what the photos is looking like so far...please let me know if the grain is as bad as I think it is...and if it's possible..how to fix it... thanks guys!

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If you expose slightly to the right(more on the side of overexposure rather than underexposure) the grain will be less.

You can also add a program like noise ninja. As long as you don't overdo it with the program(where the people look plastic), it will help. Also, when printed, the grain will be less noticable(even without noiseware).

Remember, the moments are most important. It's better to have an image that isn't blurred, but has a little noise, than one that has no noise but is blurred.

Like grego said, it's the moment your after so don't worry about a little grain. In the future you can try to bump the ISO down to 800 and use a tripod or use the slowest shutter speed you can hold. If we knew your equipment list we could give better advise specific to you. I have a faster lens so if I'm at a wide angle (28) at f2.8 I'm good........ and I have a 10D!

Looks fine to me noise-wise. A wee bit underexposed perhaps. Try ISO1600 film once.

Here is what I am using for some basic shots:
Canon 30D
The Kit Lens
and the Canon 75-300mm zoom lens

Get a faster lens that'll let you open up more and you can use a lower ISO for the same shutter speed.

Those lenses are really too slow for low light shooting. Try an f/2.8 zoom or a fast prime instead.

tydeephotos wrote in post #2461158
Here is what I am using for some basic shots:
Canon 30D
The Kit Lens
and the Canon 75-300mm zoom lens

If you are doing this for money and plan to go far, you will want to upgrade both of those lens.

If you stay with the 30D and add another 30D or 20D(you will want to have two bodies-even if you just use one as backup), consider the 17-55 2.8 IS as your main lens.

And for a telephoto, one of the 70-200 2.8's would serve you well.

I'm going to have to settle with the grain for now..[I don't have the money:P]

You can get a prime fairly inexpensively. A 50mm f/1.4 and 85mm f/1.8 would run you about $350US each. Slightly more in Canuckia unfortunately.

I just saw you're 17 years old...you have PLENTY of time to be a gearhead, don't worry. Just use those lenses for all they're worth and soon you'll be blowing us all away.

You might consider not shooting for money until you upgrade. A lot of brides feel (unfortunately) that a photographer is only as good as his/her last wedding. So get a couple of decent lenses that will suffice in lower light and turn out a quality product for your portfolio. That will help you more in the long run that putting out a poor product that might damage your reputation.

:P yeah..I'm still young...and I can't wait until I get a job and am able to afford those lenses...but I need to head to the church..I'm going to work on this some more tonight..I'll update you guys tonight with my new photos...so..you guys are saying that the noise won't look too too bad when I print it in a 4x6?

cdi-ink.com wrote in post #2461187
I just saw you're 17 years old...you have PLENTY of time to be a gearhead, don't worry. Just use those lenses for all they're worth and soon you'll be blowing us all away.

Plenty of time to spend some money!!

tydeephotos wrote in post #2461200
o..you guys are saying that the noise won't look too too bad when I print it in a 4x6?

That's correct