Once upon a time many years ago when I could still stand shooting weddings, I worked in 35mm as a complement to the formal wedding photographs making available-light B&W candids from the ceremony and reception. I carried two lenses ... wide (35mm) and portrait tele (85mm) ... and either had them on two Nikon bodies or switched between them infrequently. If it was an outdoor ceremony and reception, I fitted a very small flash unit to the camera to provide some fill light.
It's much better, in my experience, to stick with one or two focal lengths and learn how to exploit them than to be relying upon a zoom to "catch everything". Learn how to NOT change lenses often. Sometimes I would shoot almost everything with the wide lens and only use the portrait tele for a half dozen. I delivered 100 finished prints for every event, generally that meant I shot about five rolls of 36-exposure film. For the formal wedding photographs, good lighting equipment is essential to making high quality photos. Godfrey On Aug 2, 2007, at 8:42 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: > "drew" >> Hi there, >> I'm relatively new to this list, but I would like to ask about a >> scenario I have not been able to find much discussion about in the >> archives. >> >> I nearly always use available light in my photographs, and I still >> use >> film. > <snip> >> While it's not the way the majority of folks shoot weddings, this >> couple >> approached me because they like my work. >> > <snip> >> The glass I plan to use includes the SMC-M 50mm 1.4, an Elicar >> 90mm 2.5, >> and I'd like to pick up a SMC-M 34mm f2 for something wide, fast and >> affordable that won't distort group shots. For the 645 I have the >> 75mm >> and the 45mm. I may consider picking up the 150mm. This camera will >> probably be relegated to the formal portraits, as I think the MX >> is more >> suited to the PJ coverage of the wedding and reception, being >> inconspicuous and less intimidating to people on the other end of the >> glass. > > I expect you may find it difficult to change lenses during the > ceremony > without missing something. That's one reason why zooms are so popular. > > You might want to consider flash for the reception portion. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
