Church, Cathedral Photography - Thread

Neil79 · 1 Sep 2011 at 16:39

A type of photography I really like is Church and Cathedral photography, So i thought of making this thread so people can share theirs. It doesn't matter if it's HDR, single exposure, handheld or tripod but i'd love to see your work. Perphaps we can even share advice?

I'll start it off

http://www.redbubble.com/people/neilg/art/7698382-st-andrew-wickhambreaux-1563

Neil79 · 1 Sep 2011 at 18:31

That looks cold

Oh and thanks

Neil79 · 1 Sep 2011 at 19:13

Thats nice!

How odd though, that almost exact same floor is used in St nicholas and wade, i'll post it soon

Neil79 · 1 Sep 2011 at 20:38

Rojin, I'm seriously impressed!

Thanks Throttle

Neil79 · 2 Sep 2011 at 10:56

QUESTION : Although i do a lot of HDR with my church and Cathedral's what's the best way to expose inside these buildings?. I always find the windows too bright or the lighting extremely bad and not what I saw through my eye.

Do you expose for the windows or the walls?

Neil79 · 2 Sep 2011 at 11:12

expose on the window frame

That's new to me, thanks

If you could use that image again as a temporary basis, could you draw a circle on ms paint whereabouts the camera would be pointed at for exposure?

Neil79 · 2 Sep 2011 at 11:26

St Hilda's church, Hartlepool by Trackslide, on Flickr

Love the reflections in the globe

Neil79 · 2 Sep 2011 at 11:30

Thanks BusError, sounds like you did some layer work to bring it back

Neil79 · 2 Sep 2011 at 12:19

I wish i had your talent in church photography

Though going by how sharp and detailed it is i bet the lens helps a lot!

Neil79 · 2 Sep 2011 at 12:57

Rojin said:
Yeah all the 50mm shots are wide open at f1.4, this is the Sigma 50mm f1.4 which I picked up for £220 second hand so not too expensive. Others are with the Tamron 17-35 f2.8-4 which is an old film lens! These can be found for around £180-200. I did use a 1Ds2 as well which is rather nice

Nice!, I'm trying to replace my Kit lens, it's crap!. But i've only got up to £200 to spend, can't find the right lens at all

Neil79 · 2 Sep 2011 at 13:59

Rojin said:
What system are you shooting?

Ahh Sorry

Canon Digital Rebel XTI

Think it's a 400D, btw you said

Yeah all the 50mm shots are wide open at f1.4

Does that mean you are always using f1.4 as i've always been using F8

Neil79 · 2 Sep 2011 at 14:29

Ok my lens is the 18-55 EFS f/3.5-5.6 IS, Would you recommend doing church photography at F5.6?

Neil79 · 2 Sep 2011 at 15:21

Thanks Rojin!, can't say I notice the narrow dof in your wide interior shot

Neil79 · 2 Sep 2011 at 17:14

^ They both impact in different ways

Neil79 · 2 Sep 2011 at 18:43

Altar is fantastic shame about the shadows though

Neil79 · 2 Sep 2011 at 19:01

Andy90 said:
Yes, very difficult to get a shot because the light was so bad in there. It was taken with a Canon 50mm f/1.4 lens as well. Next time I go I might pursuade the Vicar to let me use a tripod, he owes me a favour since I fixed his Computer a few years back

I always use tripods in churches and cathedrals...

Neil79 · 3 Sep 2011 at 00:21

Thankyou everyone for showing an interest in the thread and showing off your photo's, would like to see more though!.

Neil79 · 4 Sep 2011 at 11:44

How would you have improved this shot?, any tips for re-processing?

I can go back but I very much want to improve my church photography!

Neil79 · 4 Sep 2011 at 18:06

Clown said:
The big box in the foreground is very distracting. I think I would have either made it the focus or not have it in there at all.

Thanks Clown, I was in two minds to have it in or not

Neil79 · 8 Sep 2011 at 13:22

Rojin said:
Bought it over on the TP forum a while back. I didn't realise it was a good price at the time. I'm sure I've seen them around since for that price. I wish I could afford the £1300 a 70-200L mkII looks to be going for at the moment!

Hey Rojin ordered this today (Tamron 17-50mm F2.8 XR Di II LD Asp Canon Mount Lens) for my Digital Rebel XTI £257 from the bay not Hong Kong! with 1 year warranty from the supplier

Hope it's a step up from my 18-55mm efs Is