Look, I am only going by MY experience ( which I will admit is somewhat limited, I only did weddings for a few years before "retiring" ). None of my clients ever wanted to dedicate enuff time to the formal group shots. They always seemed rushed and got upset when I usually asked for 2-3 shots of same pose to insure no "blinking" etc. Speed is/was of the essence for me. Time to set up /take flash meter readings on every shot was not possible and while strobes/umbrellas could improve the quality of light on the single/closeup shots, its not going to do that on group shots where the stobes are relatively small compared to the subject. I never ran out of flash power with my handheld Vivtar 285 which gives a a GN of 160 when using ISO200 and even then I had an additional stop of insurance. Even at 20 ft. I still had F8. There was no lack of power to necessite more powerful strobes for that reason. The only reason I would ever use them is to get the umbrellas/light quality for closeups. But there is no way I could or would attempt that then or now. Just not enuff time.....
Funny thing is after doing a few weddings, I bought two books on the subject back then and dont recall either one mentioning mandatory use of studio type strobes for doing weddings. I would have remembered that.....BTW, the last few that I did came out so nice I had to turn down a lot of word of mouth refferals... JCO ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Feroze Kistan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 7:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: correct exposure Dear JC, Get your brains out of neutral, every high end wedding photographer around here has a studio session, either by having the bride come his studio or on bringing his studio lights and backdrops to the location. Some of these guys travel with a whole truck load of stuff, including little blocks for the bride to raise her feet on or for the groom to stand on if his shorter than the bride. From my rather limited viewing of about 30 wedding albums, every one had studio shots in it. My "stupid jerk" teacher is 85 by the way, has been doing this for 60 years, and still focuses a MF camera manually. The other one has an M.Tech and his B.Sc in photography and has written his masters thesis on wedding photography . He is currently the head lecturer at the Rand Afrikaans University and sometimes judges competions for Fuji - but I guess that isn't enough for you is it? Think outside the box for a change, being pedantic will only limit you in the end. Feroze ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 7:00 AM Subject: RE: correct exposure > I stand by my reply. His post makes no sense. > You cant really do studio strobes at weddings > and receptions. His "teachers" must be the > stupid jerks..... > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > > -----Original Message----- > From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 12:04 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: correct exposure > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J. C. O'Connell" > Subject: RE: correct exposure > > > > I guess it's possible but VERY unlikely that many > > people would be working that way for a wedding/reception. > > In my experince, no matter how much I warn/persuede > > the bride/groom in advance, the wedding day is always > > hectic/fast paced and that type of slow deliberate > > photography is out of the question. I always used > > non-TTL autoflash, Fuji NPH, and one stop over (iso 200) > > and got nice results. To each his own I guess.... > > You stupid, bombastic jerk. > Here is the original post that I was replying to. > > "Hi All, > > I'm currently doing a course in wedding photography. One of the things that > came up and which I forgot to ask was: we were told that the studio lights > had been set for f/11 and that we should set our cameras to f/8, why is this > so? > > Thanks, > Feroze" > > Get it? He's talking about stdio lights. > As in STUDIO LIGHTS!!!! > Did your mother have any children that developed intelligence? > > William Robb > > >
