It is a beautiful image. I just can't figure out what those white specs are unless it was something on the lens or sensor or some type of lens flare.

On the older Canon digital cameras there is a button on the body where you can decide which point you want to pick as the focusing point. It is on the right side of the body. This is where it is on the 20D and 5D.

The difference is that you have a larger sensor so if you decide to make a large print theoretically if will be a lot sharper. In the film days we would shoot medium format film or large format film if we knew we wanted to make a big enlargement, such as 16" x 20" or 20" x 30." There are programs today that will reduce the noise and therefore if may not be necessary to use full frame sensors. As with the medium format cameras and large format cameras you pay for that large negative/sensor. A full frame sensor DSLR will cost you close to $1,000 more than the APS sensor camera so you have to decide if you really need it.

You can only use EFS lenses on DSLR Canon Cameras with less than full frame sensors. You can use EF lenses (full frame) on all Canon DSLR bodies, full frame and non full frame.

If you have ever seen the art work in the Sistine Chapel you will see quite of bit of nudity, both males and females and children and families in general visit this chapel every day to pray and view this beautiful art work. We in America are the most prudish people in the world yet we have the greatest amount of rape, incest, and pornography than the rest of the world put together.

If you ever try to shoot a wedding with a church that has a very high ceiling, an Africa American wedding where the majority of the people that are in the wedding party are very dark complected, and then they say shoot with ambient light. It is totally impossible without restaging the ceremony and then shooting it with flash. I have shot Catholic weddings, Presbyterian weddings, and many other different religions' weddings and 95% of them permitted me to use flash as long as I was discrete and not running around like a photojournalist. My job is to document the event and be as respectful of the religious service but still do my job. If I do not capture the service, what is my purpose for being there? You can believe that a lot of people will be taking pictures and they will be using flash.

I have shot many weddings as a professional photographer. I always go to the rehearsal. There I talk with the pastor or the person performing the ceremony and ask what will I be allowed to do, flash or no flash, when can I use flash, where can I stand, if I can't use flash will the person officiating stay so I can stage pictures using flash. I would definitely shoot in raw and push my ISO up as high as I can without getting noticable noise. I don't know what camera that you are using but I know that the new Canons and Nikons have good noise reduction at least to 1600 ISO. Talk with the minister and see if he will allow you to use flash as long as you are discrete. I have often been allowed to do things other photographers have not been allowed to do at the same church because of the way I aproached the minister. I always word my questions to the minister with what will you allow me to do. Most ministers have given me pretty much free reign to do whatever I wanted as long as I did not distract from the service. If this is a large wedding you might want the assistance of a professional who might be willing to help you for a small fee. If you have a friend who is a professional photographer and has a lot of wedding experience this would be a very valuable assistance to you. I have shot hundreds of weddings and you have to know what you are doing or it will be a disaster. You have to have in your mind the things that you are going to shoot from the bride getting ready, the groom with the groomsmen, etc. Being the second camera at a wedding is a huge difference from being the main photographer. I have done just about anything that you can do in photography and weddings are by far the most difficult and the labor involved.

It is a very good school but I think because of the internet you can learn quite a bit online. You need to interact with other good photographers and get their advice and counsel. Then with the knowledge that you have gained go out and shoot as much as you can with every opportunity that presents itself. Believe it or not I used to spend at least 5 hours a day in the library in the photography section and then I would go out and shoot. This was way before digital when I was shooting with a 600SE Polaroid camera and could get instant feedback. Now, with digital, you can get instant feedback for free. Shhot as much as your free time permits. This was told to me by a Pullitzer Prize winning photographer.

The first picture is really nice. I would have added a little fill flash to get some shadow out of the faces. I love the fact that they are holding the frame. I think this adds a personal touch to the picture. On the second picture with your son I would focus on his eyes. This is why you have to decide where the focus point is and not let the camera decide. This is why I manually select the focus point which I normally select the middle rectangle and then I can press the shutter button half way down and recompose. I love the picture though because of the expression on his face. You might be able to go into an editing program and sharpen his face up a bit but a great portrait. I just looked at your profile and noticed that you are a mom. I was almost sure of that because no one can capture those beautiful expressions on their children's faces like mom. My daughter has taken some outstanding pictures of my 5 grandchildren. Keep shooting. Those are some great images. Never get discouraged. As long as I have had a camera in my hand I have never taken a picture that I think could not have been improved.

If you shoot with a Rebel with a kit lens and shoot at F 5.6 and don't enlarge it larger than an 11 x 14 you will get adequate prints. The D90 is an excellent camera. I am saying that and I all I own and use is Canon equipment. I think that he really doesn't have his facts right.

I have an old Metz 60-CT4 but I think if you have the correct module for the Canon 5D-MkII and use flash exposure lock you should get a properly exposed picture. It seems to me that the flash is not sinced with the camera settings. The settings in the camera have to tell the flash how much light to use as fill flash.

I agree with you. I have Lightroom 3 and it does a lot and everything is easy. Also there is a ton of tutorials on you tube.

I would get the Canon T2i because it is more versatile and it will have interchangeable lenses. The other camera, if it is not a DSLR, will not do the things that the Canon will like give you the options of upgrading your lenses.

I don't do a lot of raw but I know that if you shoot in raw the images have to be edited in whatever program you use because nothing has been done to the images. This can be done with Canon Digital Professional which comes with all Canon cameras. I edit in Lightroom 3 and then convert the images into the JPEG format for exporting. This can be done in Elements and other Photoshop programs. I know Lightroom will allow you to batch process the images.

I usually use fill flash when I shoot outdoors. I try to put the people in the shade and shoot away. I ususally use my flash on camera with a diffuser. I shoot at ISO 400 and shoot at shutter preferred with the children because I know they are going to be moving around. I always use flash because of the shadows from the light coming from in between the leaves that put shadows in the people's faces. I learned from a very good photographer who told me that a good photographer always had a flash on his camera. It has worked for me.