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hey guys, really sorry for the lack of posts lately, was going through a bit of a rough patch at work and at home and it was making me a little bit stressed towards you guys on here, as some of you may very well know, so i figure it would be best to stay away for a bit so not to upset anyone on here or get myself banned as you guys have been a big help with my photography, so would just like to apologise for my behaviour and general lack of regards towards you guys, it was rude and very childish of me so im sorry.

on a plus tho i have my first wedding shoot tomorrow, it is only for a friend and she's not after amazingly high quality photos, posed and processed magazine material shots, she just wants some nice casual photos taken on a nice camera that's going to give her better photos then a compact camera, so i told her im not charging her as i cant garentee the photos are going to be amazingly good but i told her i will do it so wish my luck any tips would be amazingly helpful as im searching the web for any and every tips i can get for it, cos i don't want to mess up her big day.

thanks for reading and i hope anyone i upset can forgive me, and expect to see lots more pictures from me again soon :)
 
Can't help with much advice, but can wish you good luck with the shoot. Hope it goes well
 
Raise your iso, don't use flash, and keep firing.

Have your screen in highlight warning mode, and make sure you don't blow out the dress.
 
Keep chimping (checking how the photo's are coming out) and try and enjoy it :thumbs: personally I'd be in aperture priority unless I was using flash in which case for me I prefer to work in manual :thumbs: and using ISO to keep the shutter speeds manageable :thumbs: but I guess it sort of depends what your going after, just make sure that your focusing on eye's when that close and faces when not as close :thumb: and watch out for horrible stuff in the background, not worse than something growing out of the brides head ;)

Matt
 
I no its easier said than done but just relax and try and enjoy it. I did a wedding once for friends who had fallen on hard times. Once you just relax it makes it more fun then everything sometimes just falls in to place.
 
Take your time, rushing is lightly to stress you out and theres more chance of making a mistake. Check your not blowing out the dress highlights (shoot raw if you know how to use it)
Take control of the people (get the best man/ushers to help) to organise then.
Watch your shutter speeds indoors.
Have fun, hope life gets better for you Hayley.
 
I've shot 3 weddings over the last couple of years, all for friends or friends-of-friends. At the risk of repeating some of things others have said, there's three main things that I've discovered from those days:

1. Shoot in AV Mode and with RAW (if you have it)
2. Try to avoid using the flash as much as possible (most places won't allow you to use it during the service anyway)
3. Shoot LOTS - If you think 1 capture will do, shoot two more.

If you have groups of more than 2 or 3 people, someone is bound to be looking at something random or taking a very brief nap exactly as you depress the shutter.. Most vexing!

As almost everyone has said, relax and make sure that you enjoy it too! :)

Good luck and let us know how it goes! :thumbs:
 
Make sure you have enough memory to save all the images you're going to capture! Buy several extra memory cards this morning if you need them!
 
Yves Geza said:
Make sure you have enough memory to save all the images you're going to capture! Buy several extra memory cards this morning if you need them!
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Very good point sir :thumbs: you'll be surprised how much memory you will use ;)
 
Donnie said:
First wedding shoot tomorrow(now today) and your posting looking for advice???
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yes just a few last min pointers so they stick in my head, i have previously asked on here about advice for this wedding a few months back when i first found out i was doing it :)

MWHCVT said:
Keep chimping (checking how the photo's are coming out) and try and enjoy it :thumbs: personally I'd be in aperture priority unless I was using flash in which case for me I prefer to work in manual :thumbs: and using ISO to keep the shutter speeds manageable :thumbs: but I guess it sort of depends what your going after, just make sure that your focusing on eye's when that close and faces when not as close :thumb: and watch out for horrible stuff in the background, not worse than something growing out of the brides head ;)

Matt
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thanks matt i am renowned for takeing hundreds of pictures and only using 40 or 50 of them aha :)


Yves Geza said:
Make sure you have enough memory to save all the images you're going to capture! Buy several extra memory cards this morning if you need them!
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have hundreds on memory cards but thanks for reminding me as they were not in my camera bag :)

PsychPhoto said:
I've shot 3 weddings over the last couple of years, all for friends or friends-of-friends. At the risk of repeating some of things others have said, there's three main things that I've discovered from those days:

1. Shoot in AV Mode and with RAW (if you have it)
2. Try to avoid using the flash as much as possible (most places won't allow you to use it during the service anyway)
3. Shoot LOTS - If you think 1 capture will do, shoot two more.

If you have groups of more than 2 or 3 people, someone is bound to be looking at something random or taking a very brief nap exactly as you depress the shutter.. Most vexing!

As almost everyone has said, relax and make sure that you enjoy it too! :)

Good luck and let us know how it goes! :thumbs:
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thanks and i will do :) we are allowed to use a flash where shes getting married i checked but as my lens don't have an amazingly wide aperture, im going to try and not zoom in as much as possible and move myself about (act like i have a fixed zoom lens) so i can get the widest aperture possible, :)


and to everyone else who has commented thanks also wedding is at 2 so im going to get there about 1.15 so i can have a look around see what i have to use as backgrounds and where best places would be to take the photos have also got a few idears of shots i want to make sure i take as well :)
 
advice on composition, organisation all good above... to add to that... i'd just get a list of your kit written down as well as things like formatted cards, batteries, charged batteries then tick it off and pack it all up ready and checked. then i'd also get there earlier than 1.15 so you can get some test shots, scout out the best vantage points for groups etc and write it all in a little notepad or something. Might sound obvious, but preparation is the key :thumbs:

oh and good luck :thumbs:
 
HMansfield said:
Raise your iso, don't use flash, and keep firing.

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WTF..... Dont use flash? Why would you give such terrible advice? And raise the ISO? keep the iso as low as you can depending on the light conditions and quality.

My advice would be to use fill flash when ever possible. Especially if it turns out to be a very sunny day, your going to need the fill. The only time i dont use flash is during the ceremony but i have fast glass so can get away with that.
 
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wasnt allowed flash indoors, so that turned out to be good advice for me luckily didnt have to raise the iso majorly high around 400-500 mark as i wasnt zooming my lens in witch allowed me an aperture of 3.5 witch helped out alot!


it went really well and im happy with some of the results cant post now tho as cameras on charge and im going ready for the after party but will post some tomorrow for you all
 
Its pretty normal practice to not be allowed flash during the ceremony. Surly you dont me no flash indoors at all.. like the reception?
 
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