I want to come to a wedding

Thanks RL - I've just got off the phone to my cousin to find out its not your typical wedding, only a few people at the church. It's the wedding after party where everyone will be where I'll be inside making use of the flashes anyway!


olv said:
http://www.lensesforhire.co.uk/canon-ef-s-17-55mm-f28-is-usm-36-p.asp

that will cost you £33 for 3 days hire.

It's over two months away. Surely you can save up £3.30 a week for the next 10 weeks. If not, how do you live?

We're not taking the **** here. It will make your life a lot easier. I'd even recommend a 24mm f/1.4 but I know not everyone digs primes.
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Ha, how do I live? by the skin of my teeth dude!

I know your not taking the mick, didn't think you were for a second :confused: - The original thread was simply asking if I could come along to a wedding to see how they do it.
 
Funnily enough I'm doing a wedding on the 19th December. But I'm 2nd shooter myself so I doubt that's much help :p

Keep an eye on here http://www.photographers.co.uk/html/photography-jobs.cfm?VacantWanted=V - people often advertise for 2nd shooters, some only want experienced ones, others are happy for non experienced. Worth keeping an eye on.

Alternatively, contact some local photographers to you and ask for experience. I think many will appreciate the offer of a helping hand for the day initially, rather than as a second shooter. Who wouldn't want a free set of hands carrying stuff around for them and stuff? With that, you can learn the order of the day :)
 
From a completely uneducated perspective - can you use outside lighting, i.e. umbrellas and bounce light? Obviously not for the ceremony but later on?
 
SteveOBHave said:
From a completely uneducated perspective - can you use outside lighting, i.e. umbrellas and bounce light? Obviously not for the ceremony but later on?
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I've seen photographs set up a studio lighting style set up in the reception to light the space, or on the dance floor. If you got the gear and the time to do it, yes. A Couple of flashes around the room, bounce it, with some wireless triggers, it's done all the time.
 
SteveOBHave said:
From a completely uneducated perspective - can you use outside lighting, i.e. umbrellas and bounce light? Obviously not for the ceremony but later on?
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You can but one thing I have noticed from my short run of wedding experience is how quickly the day goes. You dont wanna be faffing around with more than a camera n a lens or you'll mess up, miss it and fail overall. Its situations like that where you yourself need a 2nd shooter.
 
Fstop11 said:
You can but one thing I have noticed from my short run of wedding experience is how quickly the day goes. You dont wanna be faffing around with more than a camera n a lens or you'll mess up, miss it and fail overall. Its situations like that where you yourself need a 2nd shooter.
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or an assistant to set it all up.
 
Not a wind up.

I am going to a wedding Saturday, and was in place to take 'back up' photographs, whilst a cousin of the bride took the proper ones.

He has suffered some sort of family problems and cannot make it. I have been asked to take over, and really do not want the responsibility. They haven't taken the photography seriously, hence not booking a professional.

Do you fancy a go at very short notice? The wedding is in Ipswich, which is not far from you. I'm sure between us we could get a decent job.

My kit:

400D
Canon EF 50mm 1.8
Canon EF 24-105 IS 4.0

Not really up to the job for a prime photographer.
 
The_Abyss said:
Not a wind up.

I am going to a wedding Saturday, and was in place to take 'back up' photographs, whilst a cousin of the bride took the proper ones.

He has suffered some sort of family problems and cannot make it. I have been asked to take over, and really do not want the responsibility. They haven't taken the photography seriously, hence not booking a professional.

Do you fancy a go at very short notice? The wedding is in Ipswich, which is not far from you. I'm sure between us we could get a decent job.

My kit:

400D
Canon EF 50mm 1.8
Canon EF 24-105 IS 4.0

Not really up to the job for a prime photographer.
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Hello mate can you email your number and I'll give you a call midday tomorrow?

Thanks,
Jake - [email protected]
 
Wow - what an experience.

Phate couldn't make it, but it turned out that the regular photographer did. He was using some Fuji bridge camera, and got all defensive when he saw I had an SLR - it was a 400D ffs!

The church was dark - very dark. I found the 50mm 1.8 to be virtually unusable without a triopd (which I didn't take), which meant I had to step up to ISO 800 and 1600 on occasion on my other lens. Some post processing sorted out the noise though - it wasn't THAT bad.

Pick of the bunch
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Things I learned:

- you can't do casual wedding photography without completely bossing key events of the day
- people wander off without explanation
- unless you actually shout at them, someone will blink in large group photos
- 1/10 of the day is utter stress. 9/10 of the day is utter boredom
- you need fast glass!

And lots more.

Kudos to people that do this as a hobby or profession.

Me - I'll do it again as a favour as a back up. But other than that I'd rather stick to my own stuff - abstract, landscapes and sport.

Oh, and I need a 7D.
 
The_Abyss said:
Things I learned:

- you can't do casual wedding photography without completely bossing key events of the day
- people wander off without explanation
- unless you actually shout at them, someone will blink in large group photos
- 1/10 of the day is utter stress. 9/10 of the day is utter boredom
- you need fast glass!
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First, that bride looks very photogenic, I'd love to have done that wedding !

You can do the whole thing without being bossy the whole day. The key is to delegate, and the Best Man and Ushers are your little minions. Get them to organise crowds for the group shots. Obviously be nice to them and if you worry, ask the bride to ask them. The Bride will want the pics done and she is GOD for that day so they will listen to her !

As for people wonder off, that's fine, long as you know where the B&G are.

As for group photos, you can't help people blinking. I personally get them to line up and then say "Eyes to me, Big Smile!" and fire off about 4/5 shots in burst mode.

1/10 of the day is stress, probably right, but only because of timing mostly, ie, chaging that memory card ASAP, get into certain position for certain shots, catching shots that you know will be good at that moment (confetti, bouque throwing, first dance...etc). The rest are fairly fun, candids are supposed to be fun.

And yes, I say this in every wedding thread, F/2.8 is the minimum !
 
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