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State: Florida
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Signup Date: 11/5/2006
January 13, 2008 - Sunday 

Category: Art and Photography

One of our members needs some advice:

"I've done a wedding once in the past, but I was an inexperienced photographer overall, I did manage to keep up with everything, i.e, taking pictures of all the important people and setups etc. The lightings were ok, but it was such a fast pace environment, I got alot of blurry pictures, and not much nice ones. Good thing, there was another photographer there. But, I've improved so well with my photography overall. Now, I have 3 weddings to shoot this year and to better myself, I need some advice. Could anyone give me an advice on what settings I should use for a wedding environment? Also, I use a Canon 30D.

Thank you all very much. I appreciate it!!!"

1:53 AM
 
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You are right...weddings are tough and fast paced and you have to "rock and roll". If you want to be a wedding photographer the best advice I could give is for you to be a 2nd shooter for a full time wedding photographer for a while. It's hard to give you any rules on settings because every wedding is different with different lighting...different colored walls...no two are the same and they requires some quick readjusting at times....sorry no more help than that.
 
Posted by on January 13, 2008 - Sunday - 3:09 AM
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a m w p h o t o g r a p h y

 
...I would have to say that weddings are the single most challenging canvas. I use a mono-pod without flash for great lightiing and clarity. The camera is always around my neck so that I can swiftly take it off of the pod and turn the flash back on for closer, tighter shots. I do not know what type of equipment you have but it is always great to experiment with bouncing your flash off of other surfaces as well.
 
Posted by a m w p h o t o g r a p h y on January 13, 2008 - Sunday - 4:49 AM
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SMBDesign Art+Photography

 
I don't think I'd even think about shooting a wedding with less than 2 cameras fully loaded and ready to shoot. I take 3 - (2 dslr's and a digital point & shoot), set one up on a tripod with a wireless remote, one on my shoulder (easier than around the neck for me) and the p&s on my opposite wrist for the surprise unposed shots that seem to catch people being the way they really are...most important is bring twice the film or memory that you think you'll need then double that! I'm serious DO NOT RUN OUT OF MEMORY!!!!
 
Posted by SMBDesign Art+Photography on January 13, 2008 - Sunday - 7:10 AM
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Luke Wayne Photography
Luke Grundmeier

 
i agree with what everyone is saying. i have photographed a couple weddings, and they are all unpredictable. if at all possible, go to the wedding site b4 the wedding and scan that whole place out and kinda work from there. i also shoot w/o a flash, but i dont use a mono-pod. also, try using shutter or aperature priority settings on your camera, those have worked wonders for me in the past
 
Posted by Luke Wayne Photography on January 14, 2008 - Monday - 5:18 AM
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