anyone use portrait mode setting for wedding shots?

do you guys ever used the portrait mode in camera setting for wedding shots ?

or

do you use standard mode ?

If you shoot weddings in raw it wouldn't really matter, I always like to do the colour and sharpening myself in post.

Raw

If you do a wedding in anything but raw, your a noob and shouldn't be doing a wedding, especially for money.

Jpeg is a valid choice, if you're a master/guru of exposure and don't like editing, but RAW is a safer bet. I can't shoot jpeg at weddings, and i've been doing it for 5 years.

Picture styles don't affect RAW files, just the preview jpeg, so I suggest using standard so your histogram is more accurate.

btw I shoot mostly landscape, to fit my landscape albums.

I know everyone shoot in raw mode. The 7D, for example, has standard, landscape, portrait. I wonder if it makes any difference using portrait mode for wedding ?

picard wrote in post #11761371
I know everyone shoot in raw mode. The 7D, for example, has standard, landscape, portrait. I wonder if it makes any difference using portrait mode for wedding ?

I'm not sure what answer you're looking for here. Cypther and myself have both already told you that if you shoot RAW then picture settings don't make any difference.

Daship wrote in post #11760828
Raw

If you do a wedding in anything but raw, your a noob and shouldn't be doing a wedding, especially for money.

I shoot about 50/50 RAW/JPG.

You don't have to be an expert at exposure or WB to use JPG. To answer the question though, I set my picture style to "neutral" and leave it there.

i think portrait mode is the setting on the camera so it will shoot wide open (the lens) so bg is oof. i dont use any of those, i try shoot manually so i can have full control over my pictures.

Daship wrote in post #11760828
Raw

If you do a wedding in anything but raw, your a noob and shouldn't be doing a wedding, especially for money.

Thats a tall claim.

There are lots of photographers on here who shoot weddings JPG only, and they produce stunning images. It just works for them.

picard wrote in post #11761371
I know everyone shoot in raw mode. The 7D, for example, has standard, landscape, portrait. I wonder if it makes any difference using portrait mode for wedding ?

If you mean one of the creative mode settings, If you are doing weddings you should be well past that sort of gimmickry.

KhanhD wrote in post #11865012
Thats a tall claim.

There are lots of photographers on here who shoot weddings JPG only, and they produce stunning images. It just works for them.

i actually shot my first wedding late last year and i shot it all jpeg, Av! (but had been 'guy with a camera' 6-7 times before that at others) ive learned SO much since then! a lot from reading this forum too! and now i shoot raw all the time and full manual as well, but to help speed things up my advice is shoot raw as much as you can on the day, especially if its one of your first weddings, a couple of my shots were quite hard to get back and took me forever!

oh and i have heard of some people who will exclusively shoot a wedding in jpeg, i admire them greatly! if im at a much smaller event or just hanging out i'll often shoot jpeg

gonzogolf wrote in post #11865041
If you mean one of the creative mode settings, If you are doing weddings you should be well past that sort of gimmickry.

and i think he does mean one of those creative settings, to the OP if you dont know what those settings do differently from P, A etc or have to ask if its worth shooting in one of those modes i'd be shooting AT as many family and friend events and perhaps weddings as you can, not necessarily FOR them (as in them asking you to shoot) but just attend them, shoot people, action, set up a few poses, 'bounce' your flash, try using Av mode, then maybe move on to manual? then perhaps start looking at weddings a little more seriously, i like your energy and wanting to learn more! it seems like you need a little more technical experience and perhaps 'photos of people' experience

shooting RAW essentially overwrites the 'picture settings' in portrait so you may had well shoot Av

Daship wrote in post #11760828
Raw

If you do a wedding in anything but raw, your a noob and shouldn't be doing a wedding, especially for money.

wow guess id better turn in my camera since im a noob who shoots jpg... think i should refund all my couples whos weddings i shot in jpg? lol

howzitboy wrote in post #11865995
wow guess id better turn in my camera since im a noob who shoots jpg... think i should refund all my couples whos weddings i shot in jpg? lol

At least you can admit it. And ill make sure all that money gets back to them, I'll PM you my address.

Red Tie Photography wrote in post #11867518
At least you can admit it. And ill make sure all that money gets back to them, I'll PM you my address.

only hard part is contacting over 10k couples haha. dont have that many stamps

howzitboy wrote in post #11868054
only hard part is contacting over 10k couples haha. dont have that many stamps

Ill take care of the stamps. Just send me one lump sum in a check and Ill split up the money and find your couples....