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sc0tt
Original Poster
7,489 posts
70 months
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Looks like we haven't had a "What settings for a wedding" thread in a while  Dreading my first, luckily it is my Aunties and small affair, I hope. I can use a camera and I can point it in the right direction. I'm not expecting award winning photo's and neither are they. The only thing I am nervous about is everyone watching me oh, and my camera doing something it shouldn't, so wish me luck everyone. I'll try and post up the results next week if anyone is interested, I'll ensure there is plenty of selective colour and cliche'd pictures too  Scott
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Ali Chappussy
181 posts
14 months
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Unless you are supremely confident, NEVER, ever be the 'official' wedding photographer for a relative.
If anything goes wrong, it's down to you and you'll always be remembered as the nork who ruined the brides big day!!
That said, good luck.
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Simpo Two
54,239 posts
134 months
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Did you volunteer or did they say 'Scott's got a camera, he can do it'? In other words, are you doing it willingly or unwillingly?
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sc0tt
Original Poster
7,489 posts
70 months
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Simpo Two said: Did you volunteer or did they say 'Scott's got a camera, he can do it'? In other words, are you doing it willingly or unwillingly? I haven't offered, they asked me. But, I don't mind doing it.
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Gemm
1,623 posts
84 months
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sc0tt said: I'm not expecting award winning photo's and neither are they. They usually say they aren't BUT they actually are! So I'd make it absolutely clear before you commit to anything. And if you are committed, you should intend to take award-winning photos.
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K12beano
14,389 posts
144 months
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Gemm
1,623 posts
84 months
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K12beano said: I'd say that's a total winner, not fail! 
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TonyHetherington
30,894 posts
119 months
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The bride will have been looking at wedding photographer's websites costing many many thousands of pounds. As others have said - she is saying that she doesn't mind what they come out like, however, that's so long as the come out like the wedding photographer's websites costing many many thousands of pounds Backup kit is very important - imagine turning up and your camera not working (for whatever reason). Other than that, good luck and enjoy - it will be great fun
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sc0tt
Original Poster
7,489 posts
70 months
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TonyHetherington said: The bride will have been looking at wedding photographer's websites costing many many thousands of pounds. As others have said - she is saying that she doesn't mind what they come out like, however, that's so long as the come out like the wedding photographer's websites costing many many thousands of pounds Backup kit is very important - imagine turning up and your camera not working (for whatever reason). Other than that, good luck and enjoy - it will be great fun I would agree that a usual bride would from the outset but I am hoping as it is her second marriage and its a small registry office affair she won't have looked at anyone's websites  I will be try to put on the best I can and like I say I'll pop some pics up next week of the best, if there are any
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andrewrob
1,941 posts
59 months
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I've got dropped into doing my wife's cousin's wedding.
I'm half looking forward to it half not. I've got a Canon 550d but have borrowed a 5D II to use as the main camera as mine is quite noisy at higher ISO.
I've noticed a lot of wedding photographers using flash outdoors is it just as a very low level fill light?
Sorry for the nooby questions
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sc0tt
Original Poster
7,489 posts
70 months
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andrewrob said: I've got dropped into doing my wife's cousin's wedding.
I'm half looking forward to it half not. I've got a Canon 550d but have borrowed a 5D II to use as the main camera as mine is quite noisy at higher ISO.
I've noticed a lot of wedding photographers using flash outdoors is it just as a very low level fill light?
Sorry for the nooby questions Certainly is I am using a 450d and am not too worried about ISO.
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andrewrob
1,941 posts
59 months
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sc0tt said: andrewrob said: I've got dropped into doing my wife's cousin's wedding.
I'm half looking forward to it half not. I've got a Canon 550d but have borrowed a 5D II to use as the main camera as mine is quite noisy at higher ISO.
I've noticed a lot of wedding photographers using flash outdoors is it just as a very low level fill light?
Sorry for the nooby questions Certainly is I am using a 450d and am not too worried about ISO. I wouldn't have been worried about ISO if the church wasn't so dark but it really is, so I borrowed the 5D II from a friend. Is fill in flash a must then do you think for out door stuff (obviously not with group shots)?
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sc0tt
Original Poster
7,489 posts
70 months
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andrewrob said: I wouldn't have been worried about ISO if the church wasn't so dark but it really is, so I borrowed the 5D II from a friend.
Is fill in flash a must then do you think for out door stuff (obviously not with group shots)? I'll have to gauge what the weather is like. If its overcast I probably won't as I don't want anything blown but if its bright sunshine I will. But I am far from a pro and hate using a flash.
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andrewrob
1,941 posts
59 months
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sc0tt said: andrewrob said: I wouldn't have been worried about ISO if the church wasn't so dark but it really is, so I borrowed the 5D II from a friend.
Is fill in flash a must then do you think for out door stuff (obviously not with group shots)? I'll have to gauge what the weather is like. If its overcast I probably won't as I don't want anything blown but if its bright sunshine I will. But I am far from a pro and hate using a flash. Hmmmm. Not sure what to do then, its not something I've tried before so don't know weather its worth the risk or not.
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4Lmike
1,524 posts
39 months
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One thing I would recommend is a fast memory card. It's a bit embarrassing when you have a big group of people in front of you and you have to wait for your camera to finishing writing the previous shots.
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RobbieKB
5,342 posts
52 months
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There are rumblings left right and centre of weddings for me lately. My friend said the other night "You're definitely my wedding photographer - with out a doubt." I started backing away immediately, conversationally and he qualified it with "You're being modest, I can't see how you can get any better..." If that's not a warning sign of cataclysmic proportions, I don't know what is. I would be a little weary of a few things, if I could give you advice. The noise at high ISO as someone already mentioned; that might be a bigger problem than you have anticipated. Flash gun - you need one. What lenses are you using? Be careful of AWB. I'm interested to see you results, you seem quite casual about the whole ordeal which is both good and scary.
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K12beano
14,389 posts
144 months
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RobbieKB said: There are rumblings left right and centre of weddings for me lately. My friend said the other night "You're definitely my wedding photographer - with out a doubt." I started backing away immediately, conversationally and he qualified it with "You're being modest, I can't see how you can get any better..." If that's not a warning sign of cataclysmic proportions, I don't know what is.  Leave the country - right now! Unless you've actually got wedding photographs you have taken to judge, how on earth can they think that all photography is the same!!!?
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RobbieKB
5,342 posts
52 months
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K12beano said: RobbieKB said: There are rumblings left right and centre of weddings for me lately. My friend said the other night "You're definitely my wedding photographer - with out a doubt." I started backing away immediately, conversationally and he qualified it with "You're being modest, I can't see how you can get any better..." If that's not a warning sign of cataclysmic proportions, I don't know what is. Leave the country - right now! Unless you've actually got wedding photographs you have taken to judge, how on earth can they think that all photography is the same!!!? Yes that - and the fact he thinks I'm at the top of my game, after 3 years, and with the quality I shoot. He only needs to pop on to Random Photos thread to pop that illusion. I'm glad you reacted like I did to that
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gingerpaul
2,752 posts
112 months
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4Lmike said: One thing I would recommend is a fast memory card. It's a bit embarrassing when you have a big group of people in front of you and you have to wait for your camera to finishing writing the previous shots. To continue this theme make sure that you change your flash batteries just before the group shots and try not to run the flash at full blast so that it recharges nice and quickly.
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zbc
114 posts
20 months
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I helped my FIL shoot his son's wedding and this is my advice, get someone else to help 'officially'. We had completely separate equipment, different techniques, different approaches, he did most of the formal stuff and I did a lot of informal ones. Probably 80% of what went into the album was his but the big advantage was that if he had had a problem, technical or otherwise there was a backup. Apart from anything else he also said that he was more relaxed and less stressed knowing that I was there too. It also gave us the chance to be in two places at once. So I took the bride and bridesmaids leaving the house whilst he was snapping people arriving at the church.
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