D800 does Japanese Wedding

Although I'm not the official photographer, I had the opportunity to observe a traditional Japanese wedding in one of Japan's oldest shrines. The wedding photographers were not allowed inside, so they had to be creative, shoot from the outside and deal with the dark shadows inside the shrine just like what I had to do. Nikon's RAW files are very good when it comes to shadow recovery. The event was indeed fascinating and they also had a similarity to the American or most countries. The bride and groom's family had their designated side of the ceremony. The wedding ceremony only lasted about 30 to 45 minutes, in which another set of couple that comes to get married.

D800E with Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 VRII. Comments and feedbacks are always welcome.

Additional picture added at the end which was taken by my Fuji X10 since I put away my camera inside by camera bag already.

P.S. Does this count as a "wedding" photographer for my portfolio?

1. A mode, 70-200mm f2.8 @ 200mm, 1/50, f6.3, ISO 100

28Sep13 078 by gqtuazon, on Flickr

2. D800E, A mode, 70-200mm f2.8 @ 200mm, f3.2, ISO 100

28Sep13 084 by gqtuazon, on Flickr

3. M mode, @200mm, 1/200, f3.2, ISO 100

28Sep13 087 by gqtuazon, on Flickr

4. M mode,70-200mm f2.8 @ 92mm, f5, 1/200, ISO 100

28Sep13 090 by gqtuazon, on Flickr

5. A mode, 70-200mm f2.8 @ 116mm, f5.6, 1/500, ISO 100

28Sep13 101 by gqtuazon, on Flickr

6. The Official wedding photographer


28Sep13 104 by gqtuazon, on Flickr

7. A mode, @70mm, f5.6, 1/500, ISO 100

28Sep13 110 by gqtuazon, on Flickr

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28Sep13 111 by gqtuazon, on Flickr

9. Fuji X10. The Carriage.


Japanese wedding 029 by gqtuazon, on Flickr

Very nicely done.

Nice shots Glenn, specially if you were not allowed to get inside with a camera...

What amazing shots - Awesome

Awesome!! Were these shot handheld? Can you share a little more about how you captured (maybe EXIF)?

Scott Murray said:

Very nicely done.

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Thanks Scott. I appreciate your comment.

Marcel said:

Nice shots Glenn, specially if you were not allowed to get inside with a camera...

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Thanks Marcel. Here is one of the wedding photographers. I am curious about her camera strap since it holds two bodies and the 3rd strap is a regular Canon strap.


28Sep13 126 by gqtuazon, on Flickr

siamthai1 said:

What amazing shots - Awesome

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Thanks Michael.

Eduard said:

Awesome!! Were these shot handheld? Can you share a little more about how you captured (maybe EXIF)?

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Thanks Eduard. I'll edit the images and post the exif data but you should be able to view them via flickr. All shots were hand-held.

It was a little confusing when shooting the ceremony from the outside. I had to switch between A and M mode.

Didn't realize they were available on Flickr too. Thanks for pointing it out!

Eduard said:

Awesome!! Were these shot handheld? Can you share a little more about how you captured (maybe EXIF)?

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Very nice work Glenn!

Rick M said:

Very nice work Glenn!

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Thanks Rick.

Here is a little back ground about this place to those who maybe interested.

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3102.html

Nice shots! You really captured the serenity of the environment.

joenmina1 said:

Nice shots! You really captured the serenity of the environment.

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Thanks Joe. I appreciate your feedback.

Cool Glenn, what's the bamboo cover in shot 3?? also i read Black Rapid has a two strap carrier, i think someone on here (Jake) was looking at this??

Roy1961 said:

Cool Glenn, what's the bamboo cover in shot 3?? also i read Black Rapid has a two strap carrier, i think someone on here (Jake) was looking at this??

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Thanks Roy. It's a musical instrument that sounds like a flute.


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Roy1961 said:

Cool Glenn, what's the bamboo cover in shot 3?? also i read Black Rapid has a two strap carrier, i think someone on here (Jake) was looking at this??

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gqtuazon said:

Thanks Roy. It's a musical instrument that sounds like a flute.


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Interesting! I played flute and piccolo throughout high school and college but neither heard nor played one of these. I believe it is some type of pan flute--aka panpipes. Here is an image taken from the internet. Some people may be more familiar with seeing panpipes this way:



The above image comes from Andean Pan Pipes – Pan Flutes & Deluxe Case – Curved 15 Note – Mamani | Original Artisan - Handmade Fairtrade Goods From The Andes

well i would never have guess pan pipes, i got this totally wrong, your post said "no flash, being creative", i thought this was someones home made flash diffuser... well it was 6am thats my excuse, think i need to put my glasses on viewing pictures now