Shooting MY First Wedding Next week

Hello,

New to the board.

I am shooting my first wedding next week, it will be indoors and from the looks of it, the lighting will be decent at best

I have a 40d (rebel xti as a backup)

17-55mm 2.8 is

24-105L f/4 IS

50mm 1.8

Sigma ef-500 DG SUPER ettl II


Am I missing anything?

Which lens would be best to go with? For ceremony? Reception?

I know during the reception I most like could use the extra zoom on the 24-105, while I lose the speed, the subjects tend to be quite still during the ceremony.

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Also, if I'm at say ISO 1600 and at 2.8, while in AV, it's going to a shutter speed of say 1/15 (obviously too slow), can I just move it to say 1/100 and then adjust the exposure afterwards in Lightroom?

Thanks again?

Getting the exposure right from the start will be best for image quality. You will introduce a lot of noise into your shots if you shoot at 1600 and underexpose them purposely. Honestly, they will probably look like crap, speaking from the experience of botching the occasional shot and trying to save it. Renting the 70-200mm IS may be helpful as well as affordable.

Rent the 17-55 or the 24-70 and 70-200 2.8 IS for the day and have 2 flashes ready at all times anyway. The f4 lenses just aren't fast enough for the fast movements of a wedding. I think the 40D will be wonderful for you, though.

SuzyView wrote in post #4119012
Rent the 17-55 or the 24-70 and 70-200 2.8 IS for the day and have 2 flashes ready at all times anyway. The f4 lenses just aren't fast enough for the fast movements of a wedding. I think the 40D will be wonderful for you, though.

Thanks..I already own all of the equipment I listed above.


My biggest concern is the lighting and the proper adjustments on for the flash (not very good with that)

anyone?

dude pratice with your flashes as much as possilbe before the wedding. controlling your light is the most important thing you can do. you dont want shadows in your background, you dont want your background to dark you dont want to much flash in their face. you might want to bounce your light. you want your subjects to look as natural. in most churches we shoot around 200 iso. chech with the church you may want to go up there before the wedding and pratice with your flash. and you may want to do the same at the rehersal (but dont tell the client you are praticeing). more than anything good luck

show up early and do some teat shots in manual mode to see what your getting. Based on that make the proper adjustments for a good exposure.

mezorn26 wrote in post #4118829
Am I missing anything?

Memory & enough batteries for flash / cameras. Shooting raw you need at least 12 GB depending on your style.

Practice, practice, did I mention practice before the event? You can't read a manual at a wedding.

Good luck