need urgent professional advice please?

Question

i am going to shoot my first wedding tonight and feeling kinda pressure. the most difficult thing i am thinking of is there will be low light and i am taking photos of people (portraits). i have canon EOS300D with 18-55 and 100-300 lens. could you please give me a quick advice what should i do and what is the most effective setting of my camera i can use in order to take some good shots. 1= shall i take some photos in RAW as well?
2= what white balance should i use
3= what shall i do to take some of the environment as well in pictures.

please give me professional advice only
thanks in advance

Answer 1

i have been a professional photographer for over 20yrs and i am going to give u some professional advice. I wouldve tested out the equipment along time ago to c if u can meet the customers expectations, that is just something to think about next time. thats all I am going to say about that

I would try to photograph the portraits outside if not then at the entrance to the church and use fill flash also. i would shoot some raw along with the regular .jpg images, try using two cards and let the customer knw what u r doing. Get to the church 1hr to 45min B4 the event take some test photos. Dont worry u have a digital camera u can always adjust the flash


White Balance- set it on auto
Lens- use 18mm for the group photos & 100mm for the portraits
equimp- tripod, cable release, & flash

Well good luck

Answer 2

Hi there! Congrats with your first wedding! I am sure you will do well! I always put my camera (Canon 350D) on Manual (M), as it gives me the opportunity to adjust the aperture (A) and shutter speed independently. Don't shoot RAW, as it will take too much memory. Just use a high setting, that will do.

White balance, well .... it All depends if you are outside, and if it is bright sunny or overcast. Or inside, and if the light is tungsten or fluorescent. Maybe you should use the automatic setting, to make sure. Because if you forget to adjust the white setting after moving from inside to outside, you Can end up with a nasty glare that is not Photoshoppable.

3. Take not only pictures of the couple, but also of the people, party and place where they get married. I always take a few pictures of details: her hand (with ring) holding the bouquet, a close up of a detail on the cake, a close up of their hands holding entwined, close up of some decorations, etc etc.

GOOD LUCK!!!

Answer 3

1. You can't take some photos in RAW with an EOS 300D (I own one myself).
2. use bracking.
3. there is a feature, you can take a flash picture and leave the obturator open (after the flash) to get the background as well 5be careful if the subject is moving, you will get the move instead). Look in your Canon manual, it's quite easy to do.
Have a nice wedding party, and good luck!

Answer 4

1. Use flood lights.
2. Posture yourself facing lighter area if flood lights not available, especially indoors shoots.
3. Have pictures be taken as you wish> Portrait, in rows, by two's.
4. Picture people not half body but on half the knee or up to waist.
5. For environments and ideal size for a portrait shoot on panoramic view.
6. Be sure to not move your elbow by resting them firmly against your body to avoid blurred picture. Practice now and rush for the developer.

Answer 5

(1) Raw is a biggest File than Jpg File,why dion't you used Jpg File instead of Raw,because Raw taken very long hours to download the pictures to CDW ,CD and DVD.
(2) Custom White Balance is for your Camera to control different Colours Lighting,Expodisc White Balance Filter for you to control Room Lighting ,Apertures ,Shutter Speed and Flash setting
(3)Enviroment didn't affected your picture,once you have used correct Shutter Speed , Apertures and also correct flash setting, it will be given you best pictures.

Answer 6

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