I'm not degrading your technique or OP, but you have to admit that there is no technique that cannot stand a bit of improvement or approaching things from a different point of view. Your wedding clients need training and guidance, because in most cases this is there first time. It is up to you as the person who will record forever this one moment in time to make sure they get the best package possible. You need to remind her that she might never fit in that dress again, the food will be consumed before the night is over, there will be nothing left of the table decorations by the time the speeches commence (we shoot the table decorations, main table, hall etc at least 3 hours before anybodies arrived) the only thing she will have to remind her of that day is her wedding album. There's always enough time to do this. So many people dont have enough time to do it right the first time, but you will never get enough time to redo a wedding.
I found that if you make your position clear at the time of booking as to how you shoot a wedding, and give them time to check other photographers styles before they confirm they will pretty much do it your way. Especially if you appear confident and have a decent portfolio to show them why you have these rules. You cannot shoot a wedding as a bystander, you have to be right there in the thick of things, directing it to a major extent I haven't found a pentax flash that gives the power or coverage of the metz MZ5. Its a brilliant flash, only thing is that it uses these rechargeable batteries and you have to have at least 2 on hand to last the night. It fits on a bracket and is more than sufficient for the group shots. Pity, I love my Pentax gear, but the flashes available is a real disappointment. Feroze ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 3:41 PM Subject: RE: correct exposure > 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 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --
