Essential The Official Photography Thread

[MikelArteta]

Have my first paid shoot that's not a wedding on September 4th. Just a couple wants some photos done in a park outside.

Hope I don't mess this up

 

[GoldenGlove]

weddings are exhausting!
any tips from anyone in here?

I'd say try to expose an area/scene well and take as many shots with those same settings and look as possible.

If the reception is indoors and dim, just use flash. Not just for weddings, but events in general, if you can control the light and shoot at the same settings, it's a breeze editing them. You can edit one photo, then apply the same settings to the others.

If you're tinkering around with your settings constantly, it's going to take longer to edit especially if there's a lot of variation in exposure from shot to shot.

 

[8WON6]

Have my first paid shoot that's not a wedding on September 4th. Just a couple wants some photos done in a park outside.

Hope I don't mess this up

Couples always been difficult for me because people get weird about affection with a camera around. My advice is get a vision board going or use that save feature in IG to make a little group of couples poses.

 

[MikelArteta]

I'd say try to expose an area/scene well and take as many shots with those same settings and look as possible.

If the reception is indoors and dim, just use flash. Not just for weddings, but events in general, if you can control the light and shoot at the same settings, it's a breeze editing them. You can edit one photo, then apply the same settings to the others.

If you're tinkering around with your settings constantly, it's going to take longer to edit especially if there's a lot of variation in exposure from shot to shot.

Yeah I always shoot with flash when I shoot weddings . Since I got my godox v1 it’s been a breeze

Ettl mode and I switch between manual and av on the camera

 

[MikelArteta]

Couples always been difficult for me because people get weird about affection with a camera around. My advice is get a vision board going or use that save feature in IG to make a little group of couples poses.

Thanks breh

 

[shutterguy]

Joining mirrorless gang shortly, will most likely sell my Canon 5D Mark IV for a Canon R5. Seen enough comparison videos to see the worth it upgrade.

 

[shutterguy]

MotoAmerica Pittsburgh Road Race Series........

 

[MikelArteta]

Joining mirrorless gang shortly, will most likely sell my Canon 5D Mark IV for a Canon R5. Seen enough comparison videos to see the worth it upgrade.

 

[MikelArteta]

brehs how do you deal with shooting people on a sunny day for example? Like its mad sunny do you have a set of settings you always use

 

[MikelArteta]

MotoAmerica Pittsburgh Road Race Series........

70-200?

 

[Pressure]

brehs how do you deal with shooting people on a sunny day for example? Like its mad sunny do you have a set of settings you always use

Find some shade

Jokes aside, ND filter and a strobe does the trick.

Or you can just use High speed sync and increase your shutter speed.

Scrims are great as well to limit hot spots and keep folks from squinting

 

[richtree]

brehs how do you deal with shooting people on a sunny day for example? Like its mad sunny do you have a set of settings you always use

Choosing time of day is super important - I've learned the hard way.

Either gotta do it early morning or towards golden hour for softer light.

Find a shaded area or use a strobe.

Under exposing too much can be bad as when you recover from shadows there might be too much grain ..

 

[radio rahiem]

I'd say try to expose an area/scene well and take as many shots with those same settings and look as possible.

If the reception is indoors and dim, just use flash. Not just for weddings, but events in general, if you can control the light and shoot at the same settings, it's a breeze editing them. You can edit one photo, then apply the same settings to the others.

If you're tinkering around with your settings constantly, it's going to take longer to edit especially if there's a lot of variation in exposure from shot to shot.

That wedding was last month. I’ve learned a lot of lessons since then. My sigma 19mm let me down but the 35mm and the flashpoint zoom li-on battery saved the day for the most part.

 

[shutterguy]

70-200?

Yea, worked for the whole day. Had the 17-40 with me, didn't even use it.

 

[richtree]

I'd say try to expose an area/scene well and take as many shots with those same settings and look as possible.

If the reception is indoors and dim, just use flash. Not just for weddings, but events in general, if you can control the light and shoot at the same settings, it's a breeze editing them. You can edit one photo, then apply the same settings to the others.

If you're tinkering around with your settings constantly, it's going to take longer to edit especially if there's a lot of variation in exposure from shot to shot.

Sound advice. When I was assisting on a wedding, my friend basically made sure our settings were matching so batch/edit would be a breeze.