Wedding Photography Lighting Techniques
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Wedding Photography Lighting Techniques
Wedding photography tips?
Can anyone give me tips for wedding photography: getting started, equipment, technique, what people are looking for, lighting, what kind of photos to take…etc. Anything would be helpful, I’m interesting in doing some weddings this summer. Thanks!!
People pick up a camera and think they can shoot weddings. And I’m not trying to discourage you but some of those people are pretty bad at it. Are you certain that you have what it takes to be a wedding photog. Heres the advice I keep hearing.
You need 2 of everything, espescially the expensive stuff like that thousand dollar camera. If something breaks or fails they arent giong to stop the wedding just for you, they will just sue the pants off of you.
You will want a good sturdy camera. The entry level DSLRs are good for beginners but you are getting paid for this and you will need to count on that camera even if it gets wet, gets dropped, stepped on…
You will need to get lenses that cost nearly double what your camera costs. A wide aperture is a must in the low light situations that you will face. Candle light is so romantic but it really sucks to try to get a nicely lit shot when the nearest candle is 20 feet away. And the first rule still applies, you will need 2.
You will need to look the part. Hows your closet look? Does that suit still fit?
You will have to work on days when you are too sick to even sign your own name. Because the bride hired you, not your assistant.
If you still want to do it, check out some of your local photographers that have been doing this for a living. Can you figure out how they did that cool effect (most of the time its not a photoshop thing, its in camera).
If you still think you can do it check out photo.net
Wedding Photography Lighting Techniques
Tips for low-light wedding photography?
Hello,
I’m an SF-based wedding photographer. I’ve been dealt with almost every lighting situation possible, but I’m still really curious as to what other photographers do in low-light situations.
I usually tend to shy away from using my speedlite flash as much as possible — if I do I use a lumiquest softbox diffuser… but I’m looking for other alternatives… Do you use any special technique to achieve a nice photo without ruining it with flash? I shoot with a canon 30D and a f/2.8L 24-70 lens the majority of the time… the lens is really fast which helps…
Looking forward to hearing your answers/suggestions!
Given the circumstances there are two options to archive the result you desire.
Option 1: Already mention by a knowledgeable and helpful poster on using expensive wide open lens.
Option 2: Using high ISO with the lens you already own. Noise will definitely be a concern at ISO 800-1600 but to compromise in not using a flash that leaves you with no other alternative. To work around the noise issue you will have a little extra work on post processing the photos. Make sure you shoot in RAW were the images contains more information and can withstand adjustments much better. Run your first pass through your RAW software then process the photos using a noise reduction software such as Noise Ninja or Nik Dfine. The results are very acceptable. Give it a try, Nik offer a trial version.
http://www.niksoftware.com/dfine/usa/entry.php
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