Jerome wrote: >I shot my first wedding this past Saturday. Luckily, I was *not* the >paid wedding photographer.
That's the way to do it! >But one thing I will say is that I LEARNED A LOT!! For example... > >1. My autofocus is WAY too slow. Don't use autofocus! Seriously. The wedding pro I worked with briefly said he never found autofocus good enough and he was shooting with a Canon 1D - a sporte/PJ camera. Zone focus and manual focus. >all of my photos in the sanctuary came out with the worst reddish >yellow hue. Shoot Raw and worry about color balance later. (White bride's dresses make color balancing in Camera Raw or Lightroom a snap.) >3. Probably the most important thing I messed up... I blew the >exposure on all of the brides dress photos (d'oh!!). Yeah, this is what the histogram is for. Still, if you use multi-segment metering and shoot Raw you can often recover enough to get something usable. >even the paid photographer was in a number of spots that I don't >think I would've been comfortable in (seemed a little intrusive). Yes, this is something that has bothered me in the past. A good photographer will have discussed this with the bride & groom beforehand, so he and they should know how the shoot's going to go down. Part of the "photojournalism" style of wedding photography isn't just how the resulting photos look, but how the photography is done: It's sort of like pretending that your wedding is being "covered" by paparazzi. >5. My flash recycle time was unbearable. I used the AF 540FGZ on both >bodies, and switched batteries on each one during the wedding. I missed SO >MANY shots because the flash was recharging. The first thing I did on >Sunday was to order the Power Pack III from B&H. Hopefully that will make >a huge difference the next time around (which is next Saturday, I think). >Obviously I really need two, but alas there *is* a budget. What? Your fabulous academic salary doesn't allow for such expenses? I'm shocked! Shocked! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
