CassidyMariya wrote:
Hello! My parents want me to take pictures for there weeding in October. I just started this career and iām only 15 but i will be 16 when i do there weeding. They will have it on a beach and at a firehouse for when we eat and stuff. I really need some ideas because i want to plan out ideas before so i know what i want to do. If you can send me some ideas i would appreciate it. Thank you š
Cassidy,
You have received a lot of excellent suggestions, so I'll try to not be redundant.
The harsh reality is the camera you have is a nice Point and Shoot camera.
The FZ53 can take decent pictures outdoors, but inside will be challenging if the light is not sufficient.
* the internal flash isn't real strong,
* It has no resource for external flash,
* it has no manual/semi manual shooting modes such as Program, Time, Aperture, Manual. So, the best you can do to influence the outcome is to select one of it's "Special Option" (Scene) modes:
* Beach, Fireworks, Fish-Eye Effect, Landscape, Night Landscape, Night Portrait, Panorama, Party/Indoor, Portrait, Snow, Sports, Sunset. I would highly recommend that you read the operations manual and become familiar with switching between these different scene options and using the flash.
The other control you have over the camera's auto system is what's known as "exposure compensation" which allows you to force the camera to think brighter or darker. Get familiar with this and practice its use (again, see the manual).
As I mentioned, your "built in" flash is not very powerful. It will have little effect if the subject is beyond 12' away.
Typically, you'll shoot singles and couples with the camera held in a vertical orientation (portrait)/bigger groups or scenery in a horizontal orientation (Landscape). For single and couples portraits you want to try to stand back 8' - 16' (if possible) and Zoom in to capture the amount of the subject(s) you desire. Keep in mind that if the faces have poor lighting that requires the flash, you won't be able to get back very far, as the flash will become ineffective.
FYI, your camera at 16' distance to subject provides the widest (horizontal) Field of View of ~4.5', so you can move physically forward and zoom in or out from there for the composition you want.
One last note: Although, you'll may want to get in tight to emphasize the subjects, make sure you leave some room around the outside of the subjects, i.e., don't get in too tight, as they may desire PRINTS later and you'll not have enough edge room to match the aspect ratio of the desired print (8x10, 5x7, 4x6, 3x5).
Good luck. Have fun.