At 05:18 PM 3/21/2006, you wrote: >To everyone, thanks a lot for any of your comment... > >I know that is a work of responsibility, I told the bride and the groom, >they are my best friends (both two..), I told them if they don't think is >better to hire a pro, but they told me they'd like me to take the shots, >that's not a problem, so I answered I will do my best at all..
That's great, sounds like a perfect opportunity for you. I would definitely go ahead and give it a shot if I were you. Sounds like they trust you. >Even all of this I'm stills scared, because this is a "one in a lifetime" >moment, and I cannot miss the right shot... This is normal. But since they are your friends, they will cooperate with you I'm sure. Sometimes it is easier to pose and smile for a friend than a pretend smile for a Pro. >I should be relatively free in moving, and yes I can use the Flash, the >reverend only doesn't want too much intrusions... Sometimes if you use a higher iso with flash, you can minimize its intrusiveness, but sometime a bit of flash can really help. >... >- Spoke with the bride of all the "canonical" shots they wanted and taken a >note, they are fortunately few, I personally don't like stereotyped shots, >hope my creativity helps! :) Sounds like a photojournalisitic style is called for. You'll do fine. >- I'm going in a week or to the church to take some shots, and a week before >the weeding I can do it again because there is the chorus that takes a test, >so I can do also some shots with a lot of people >- Still don't know if I will bounce o flash directly, it depends if the >church is naturally lightened or if the weather is bad if there will be >artificial lighting. Bounce can be tricky, it works great when it work. Test it out if you can. Take a person to be a subject with you. >To everyone that told me the L lenses are better, I certainly do know this, >but they are also so expensive... I know that f/5.6 it's not a real fast >lens (slow... I know...), but I don't have any other budget to spend... Then you should depend a bit more on the flash, and probably not bounce too much. If you can experiment first with a subject, great. L lenses are not required, but low light shots without flash will be less likely. Use the 50/1.8 for those. >* I will use EFS 17-85 IS USM as main lens, on the 350D, I'm thinking if I >have the time to switch only once between it and the EF 75-300 IS USM to >take some shot at the crowd during the ceremony, during the sermon (don't >know if this is the right word...) and switch back to the EFS 17-85. You should check out ahead of time the focal length you will need. And if you use wider angle, don't be shy, get up close as you can. >* I will be shooting in P mode or Manual mode (still thinking if I'm quick >enough to set the right exposition manually, and not only modify it) I'm not familiar with the 350D, but if it is what I think, manual is still ettl flash. It is a good way to blend in background lighting. Just remember that in so doing, you can get redish blur around a sharp subject, because the flash light will be at a different color temperature. But if people are relatively still, can be nice ambience. >* For WB I'm still a little ignorant to make a "conscious" decision, some >hints? I'm using Flash and obviously the bride will be in white :D Get more compact flash cards and shoot raw. If you are mixing the lighting with flash, M and P modes, bounce, etc. the WB will vary a lot. Raw lets you adjust later. >* Set AF to a single spot (centre)? Or use all the 7 AF points? I like to depend on the viewfinder to judge focus and override when I want something different. I would use all 7, which often allows better framing. >I have a 2GB Flash card, thinking about taking my laptop to backup shots as >soon as possible and in case get a free of space card... You really thing you will have the time to boot up a laptop and off load pictures? That introduces one more thing that can go wrong. Keeping the shots on the flash card is the safest. If you spend any money on more gear, get another card and shoot raw. If you cannot get more memory, then better to be more discerning in the shots taken. You want to minimize the number of things you have to deal with as much as possible. >About the film... 4x24 or 3x36 ? What's better? 36 of course, but what kind of film is the real question. good luck Wayne * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
