W S wrote (edited): I think this is totally fascinating - the responses to wedding photography. I also have a side interest in psychology, so this is a great joy to read.
There certainly is a lot of paranoia around shooting events, and weddings in particular. I highly recommend getting someone with experience to do the job. But ...... The point being is that you think you know your camera, but do you really? OK AI servo won't let my camera focus, set the lens to MF and override it. Now you forget that and WTF the camera won't auto-focus. It is totally amazing how quickly one can panic in a pressure situation. If you don't know all the modes you can set the camera into, even though you never ever use those modes, you need to know when the camera is in one you did not intend and how to get it out quickly. And able to do it in the dark. Then there are those moment when you are no longer concerned with performance and things just click. You get into a creative groove and nail the moments with perfect people expression. What a rush. There is no greater satisfaction than being in that groove. Shooting events can be really joyous and creative, a lot of fun. There are no right answers on shooting a wedding. Dont' be discouraged from going ahead. Just buy as much insurance as possible. Just having a spouse willing to tote the camera bag around, take care of wandering kids, etc. can make a lot of difference. Anything that can help reduce things you need to keep track of. ------------------------------------------------------------ You obviously had a bad experience. You may have not known your new 5D well enough to use it. Rule 1 in wedding photography, know your euiptment and its limits. Your comments sound like this was the first wedding you shot, with a new camera, and I would be it was. Hence the reason you did not get good shots. If you act like a photographer in charge, people will not tap you on the shoulder and tell you "hey look over here." All the negativity and comments telling poor Marco to get them to higher a pro are BS. All he wanted was help in shooting a wedding, not naysayers. As the saying goes, nothing ventured nothing gained. Peter K * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
