Doing a wedding under protest.

Blacktop

Senior Member
Don't want to do it, but my friend is begging me.
Poor country folk, so it's either me or a drunk redneck with an iPhone.

I have a month and a half to figure it out. :hopelessness:

Stay tuned!
 

paul04

Senior Member
I ordered a 50mm 1.8 and a flash, for inside the church shots. Luckily the reception will be held outside.
I;m going over to the church next week to take some test shots, then I'll be at the rehearsal as well.

Good idea, and you can work out a good place to setup the camera.
 

RON_RIP

Senior Member
Excellent idea to scope the church out early and establish your sight lines. Just hope the 50mm is wide enough for inside. Be sure to take your 18-140 along just in case.
 

Blacktop

Senior Member
Excellent idea to scope the church out early and establish your sight lines. Just hope the 50mm is wide enough for inside. Be sure to take your 18-140 along just in case.

Oh yea, I'm taking everything. Bought an extra battery, a few extra cards as well.
I'm going to use slot 2 on my 7100 as a backup.
I'm going to shoot RAW, even though I've been reading that most wedding togs shoot jpeg. I'll be more comfortable shooting Raw.

I'm just going to use the 50mm inside the church. I'm actually hoping that it is long enough for the exchanging of the wows.
I'll see next week.

Plus as soon as get my flash next week ,I'll be practicing with it......Just remembered. I should have bought a diffuser.
 

Eyelight

Senior Member
BIF = Bride in Flight, Fright or Fight all of which you may get an opportunity to capture, so you gotta be ready, like you were stalking Velociraptors.
 

Nikon Photographer

Senior Member
Just relax and I'm sure things will go just fine, ask the couple what kind of style they would like, no use giving them shots they won't like, there's plenty of help on the 'net on wedding photography.
I must admit I was a little apprehensive the first time I shot a wedding, but even though it wasn't the kind of work I prefer doing, as I was a travel photographer, but once the word got around I had trouble turning them away, for the flash, either use bounce flash depending how high the ceiling is, or at the very least use a diffuser, direct flash always looks too harsh and will bleach out any detail in the wedding dress, that's assuming it's going to be a traditional wedding.
 

weebee

Senior Member
This flash is getting rave reviews. I'm waiting for mine to arrive. After waiting two weeks the seller said there was a shipping issue and refunded my money. Now I found one in NY and should have it midweek. The 50 might be a bit wide. If you want, I'll loan you my 35 1.8 G
 

Blacktop

Senior Member
This flash is getting rave reviews. I'm waiting for mine to arrive. After waiting two weeks the seller said there was a shipping issue and refunded my money. Now I found one in NY and should have it midweek. The 50 might be a bit wide. If you want, I'll loan you my 35 1.8 G

Thanks, but if the 50 is too wide how is the 35 going to help?
 

Lawrence

Senior Member
I ordered a 50mm 1.8 and a flash, for inside the church shots. Luckily the reception will be held outside.
I;m going over to the church next week to take some test shots, then I'll be at the rehearsal as well.
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Sounds to me like this ploy worked on Mrs Blacktop. ;)

I am sure you will do a wonderful job Pete.
You should have charged them for the cost of your new gear.
 

Blacktop

Senior Member
Sounds to me like this ploy worked on Mrs Blacktop. ;)

I am sure you will do a wonderful job Pete.
You should have charged them for the cost of your new gear.
He's a good friend with not much money. Besides, I can always use a 50mm and it's not like I'm going to throw away the flash.
Who knows? I may actually enjoy it.
 

Bill16

Senior Member
Having 0% experience in wedding photography ought to make me the perfect one to offer advice! Lol ;)
I would suggest the 50mm for portraits and the 35mm for those wider shots! But to be honest I think you'll do great my friend, regardless of the advice offered! :D
 

Blacktop

Senior Member
Having 0% experience in wedding photography ought to make me the perfect one to offer advice! Lol ;)
I would suggest the 50mm for portraits and the 35mm for those wider shots! But to be honest I think you'll do great my friend, regardless of the advice offered! :D

Well, between the two of us we still have 0% experience. That's the funny thing about zero. No matter how many times you multiply it, it still stays zero.;)

I'm not overly worried about the quality of shots that will be produced, (I have a month and a half to practice), I'm worried about what to shoot exactly. I just don't want to forget to shoot something like the wedding dress, or the rings, or stuff like that.
 

RON_RIP

Senior Member
You will do just fine but I think you should at least ask for another piece of cake at the reception.:p You can diffuse the flash with a kleenex if push comes to shove. been there, done that.
 
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