Hi Folks,
It has been a very long time since I posted on here and the main reason is because I haven't been doing much photography. However my sister has decided to get married during the pandemic and has asked me to take pictures during the ceremony. Now wedding photography is something I really don't want to do, much happier with wildlife photography as the animals don't judge the results, but as it is my sister and it's a very low key event (only 15 guests as it stands with Covid) I'm going to give it a go.
None of my current gear is ideal so I will be adding one or two lenses (budget options) but want advice about what I really need.
Body will be a D7100 (no second body but a Lumix FZ82 in an absolute emergency.) I do have a D3200 but this is getting sold.
Lenses: Sigma 17-50mm f/2.8 EX DC OS HSM. Just ordered a used copy, I imagine this will be the primary lens on the day.
Is it likely that I will need a longer lens? I'm thinking Sigma 50-150mm HSM but not the newer OS version as the budget won't stretch that far. Are the non OS versions any good?
I also have 35mm, 50mm and 55mm primes but the 17-50mm covers all these without the need to change lenses and move too much.
11-16mm Tokina, I doubt I will need anything this wide with only a small number of guests.
Then I have my 200-500, too long, too heavy and not great for indoor use with the f5.6. I have a Tamron 70-300mm VC but this will likely be sold ahead of time. Or would I be more sensible to keep this to fill the gap a 50-150mm would cover? I doubt I could get good results indoors with this lens.
Final question, should I be investing in a flash, or two or three? I have never done any flash photography and this is an area I have very little confidence.
Sorry for the rambling post, any help on gear I'll need or general pointers are greatly appreciated.
The wedding is in November and is about 300miles away so unfortunately I won;t get a chance to scope it out much ahead of time. I think the key is to keep my sisters expectations low and do the best I can on the day.
It has been a very long time since I posted on here and the main reason is because I haven't been doing much photography. However my sister has decided to get married during the pandemic and has asked me to take pictures during the ceremony. Now wedding photography is something I really don't want to do, much happier with wildlife photography as the animals don't judge the results, but as it is my sister and it's a very low key event (only 15 guests as it stands with Covid) I'm going to give it a go.
None of my current gear is ideal so I will be adding one or two lenses (budget options) but want advice about what I really need.
Body will be a D7100 (no second body but a Lumix FZ82 in an absolute emergency.) I do have a D3200 but this is getting sold.
Lenses: Sigma 17-50mm f/2.8 EX DC OS HSM. Just ordered a used copy, I imagine this will be the primary lens on the day.
Is it likely that I will need a longer lens? I'm thinking Sigma 50-150mm HSM but not the newer OS version as the budget won't stretch that far. Are the non OS versions any good?
I also have 35mm, 50mm and 55mm primes but the 17-50mm covers all these without the need to change lenses and move too much.
11-16mm Tokina, I doubt I will need anything this wide with only a small number of guests.
Then I have my 200-500, too long, too heavy and not great for indoor use with the f5.6. I have a Tamron 70-300mm VC but this will likely be sold ahead of time. Or would I be more sensible to keep this to fill the gap a 50-150mm would cover? I doubt I could get good results indoors with this lens.
Final question, should I be investing in a flash, or two or three? I have never done any flash photography and this is an area I have very little confidence.
Sorry for the rambling post, any help on gear I'll need or general pointers are greatly appreciated.
The wedding is in November and is about 300miles away so unfortunately I won;t get a chance to scope it out much ahead of time. I think the key is to keep my sisters expectations low and do the best I can on the day.