Yesterday's wedding: Dark church - ISO 1600 (no flash allowed); darker reception hall - so dark that one camera with an f/4 lens wouldn't focus.
Just before the garter toss, camera locks up (found out that the D7200 won't fire with a full card). Thankfully only two steps away from fresh card. Got it installed and fired back up just in the nick of time.
Lesson learned: DON'T loan your extra cards to your grandson to take on vacation !
One neat thing of the day: The bride asked for a special "fun" shot. We obliged. Later, at the reception saw that it replicated the topping on the grooms cake.
I have found 25 years ago that I always go to the venue at least two weeks prior to the wedding and always speak to the officiant about flash and any other rules he has for wedding photographers. I have also found that after you have shot a few weddings at that venue, they loosen up the rules considerably which can make your job much easier. It is a must to know cans and cannots in time to make adjustments. My photographers were required to do the same for the weddings they shot and we discussed any problems ahead of time. I know it may be a pain in the butt, however, it works every time and relieves a lot of stress & no surprises. We ultimately shot between 70-75 weddings during season.
I should add that I have always been to the rehearsal to check out the venue and introduce myself to the minister. This particular minister was great to work with. He coached the bride and groom on how to position themselves to allow me to get the rings, the unity candle, etc. He even coached the attendants on how to space their coming down the aisle to let me get the shots.
I also go to the reception hall to check things out and to get some "setting up" shots. I always meet up with the DJ so that we can have a good flow to the reception.
bkyser
Loc: Fly over country in Indiana
All good tips. Glad it worked out for you. Nothing makes your sphincter shrink quite like the "card full" message during a wedding.
In doing the time lapse, I forgot to set my D-500 to jpeg instead of Raw, and filled up a 64gb card LOOOONG before the build was finished. Thankfully, I had other cards to fall back on, I also had my D-7000 and D7100 shooting from different angles, but I was still disappointed that I lost several frames while mucking about looking for the cards for the camera with the best angle. Hopefully, when they finish the dormers and siding, I'll have a time lapse on youtube, that I'll be sure to send you a link.
I'm beginning to think I'm going to have to start shooting Amish horses and buggies, since I keep missing train events locally. I don't want to shoot just anything with the film camera.
So far, I have the
Tim Stapp wrote:
Yesterday's wedding: Dark church - ISO 1600 (no flash allowed); darker reception hall - so dark that one camera with an f/4 lens wouldn't focus.
Just before the garter toss, camera locks up (found out that the D7200 won't fire with a full card). Thankfully only two steps away from fresh card. Got it installed and fired back up just in the nick of time.
Lesson learned: DON'T loan your extra cards to your grandson to take on vacation !
One neat thing of the day: The bride asked for a special "fun" shot. We obliged. Later, at the reception saw that it replicated the topping on the grooms cake.
Yesterday's wedding: Dark church - ISO 1600 (no f... (
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Pre wedding prep checklist includes
All batteries charged
All SD cards erased.
Spare Batteries and SD cards are in fanny pack and/or in my pocket.
Batteries and SD cards replaced before the ceremony begins regardless of charge/remaining storage.
...learned from experience (ie I messed up:-)
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