On 8/26/07, Mike Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wedding photography is hard! > > I attended a wedding yesterday. It was a fairly low-key affair, and > there was no official photographer. The bride and groom just asked > for the guests to send their digital photos via email after the > wedding. I was also asked to bring my gear and take photos. > > I've done a portraiture course, but don't have a lot of experience > working with my AF360 flash in dark situations. I struggled all > night. Out of the 113 photos that I snapped, about a dozen were > useable. I'm glad that there was someone else who seemed to have > more of an official role than I, and he was using a D70s. I kept > over or underexposing, and couldn't get it right. > > Wedding photography is hard. I'm going to stick to landscapes!! :) > > Mike > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >
Yes, flash can be frustrating. When I had to purchase my first several months ago, I consulted with Paul S. and Bruce D. and ended up with a used Metz 45 CL-1. My first outing with it was rather frustrating (and emabarrasing to be running around with battery stapped to my belt and a HUGE flash I didn't know how to use :). A helpful technique I read here (maybe Mark Roberts posted it?) is as follows (or at least similar): camera in manual, set A as desired and T as slow as you feel comfortable handheld set flash to Auto and set A fire away This way you get as much ambient light as possible so that you don't have a pool of light around your subject. (if you already knew that, sorry for wasting your time :) As for the wedding, one very important lesson I learned; there was no wedding planner, so no one was in charge. The wedding was in a backyard, as was the reception. After the 'recessional' the bride and groom just stood at the back and were subsequently mobbed by the guests. Since I didn't take charge a lot of the formal shots did not happen unitl AFTER the sun was down, and then there is not a darn thing you can do about that! Oh well... the lessons you learn, like yes, weddings are hard! :) Russ -- Legacy Air, Inc. 11705 Airport Way Unit C Broomfield Colorado 80021 (303) 404-0277 fax (303) 404-0280 www.legacy-air.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
