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shooting wedding without flash?
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John Mackintosh
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Ted B.47613
Senior Member
While you can use ISO 1600 and even 3200 with Neatimage, even those ISOs won't get you the necessary shutterspeeds to stop motion blur or camera shake. And images at those ISOs are not 'perfect', at least not enough for a wedding album.
Unless the wedding is on a hollywood stage with lots of hot lights.
But everyone is expecting flash photography, so why avoid it?
Ted
'Paranoia is just another word for 'heightened awareness'
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Unless the wedding is on a hollywood stage with lots of hot lights.
But everyone is expecting flash photography, so why avoid it?
Ted
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Calvin
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Nicholas81360
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........ Many years from now, if you want your grandchildren to be able to see the family resemblence through the generations, get yourself a photographer that knows the extent of responsiblity he or she is assuming in photographing your wedding day, the kind of photographer that knows better than to ask such a question as: ' is it possible to shoot a wedding with a 1d without the flash?'. Even if you have to pay a bit more than you are planning to.
All IMHO and for your future happiness,
Nicholas, http://www.nickphoto123.com
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The joy of photography is being there when you take the picture.
All IMHO and for your future happiness,
Nicholas, http://www.nickphoto123.com
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The joy of photography is being there when you take the picture.
Pasha
Leading Member
antything is possible... the question is, should you do it...
if it's an afternoon wedding, held outside (you better be in Florida or some other mighty warm place) than of course you could do it... still would be better with flash or at least a reflector...
if you have a flash, use it... if you don't, rent it... if you don't know how to use one, tell the couple to hire someone else... wedding are a once (or twice) in a lifetime event... you don't want to be remembered as the one to screw it up...
if it's an afternoon wedding, held outside (you better be in Florida or some other mighty warm place) than of course you could do it... still would be better with flash or at least a reflector...
if you have a flash, use it... if you don't, rent it... if you don't know how to use one, tell the couple to hire someone else... wedding are a once (or twice) in a lifetime event... you don't want to be remembered as the one to screw it up...
Juli Valley
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No one wants their wedding photos messed up.
Nicholas81360
Leading Member
Hello Pasha,
An afternoon wedding held outside makes for very dark eye sockets on a sunny day. On a cloudy day it might work to some extent.
A responsible wedding photographer always brings his or her OWN light to a wedding, and is prepared for whatever the weather may be.
Good Day, Nicholas, http://www.nickphoto123.com
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The joy of photography is being there when you take the picture.
Pasha
Leading Member
agreed a 110%...
however, if there is a situation where you could shoot without a flash, this would probably be it... still not a good idea, but at least its manageable...
Nicholas J
Senior Member
I agree, an outside wedding on a sunny day is even more reason to take a flash. Look at this wedding I photographed. If it wasn't for using fill flash on the group photo's outside the photo's would have been a disaster.
Check from page 6 for the outside photo's.
http://www.pbase.com/nhanekom/em_col
My advice for the original poster is: make sure you're confident to do this wedding or ask the bride to find another photographer. Believe me buddy, you don't want to mess up the photo's and p*ss off a bride on her wedding day.
Nicholas J
Nicholas J
http://www.pbase.com/nhanekom
Check from page 6 for the outside photo's.
http://www.pbase.com/nhanekom/em_col
My advice for the original poster is: make sure you're confident to do this wedding or ask the bride to find another photographer. Believe me buddy, you don't want to mess up the photo's and p*ss off a bride on her wedding day.
Nicholas J
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http://www.pbase.com/nhanekom
Daniel B.142695
Well-known member
Ted, a lot of Churches do not allow flash photography. If the lens is
fast enough, this shouldn't be a problem. The 135 f2L and 85 1.2L
should be able to provide sufficient light for good exposures. I shot
some volleyball images with an 85 1.8 at 1600 ISO, and they look great.
Carl Cherry
Member
I shot a wedding in my film days with no flash. I was backup at the ceremony, primary at the reception. I used an F2, 35 f1.4, TMax 3200 rated at 6400. Were the pictures decent? I suppose. Would I recommend this technique? No.
Carl
Carl
you'll all be happy to know that i'm not the photographer of this wedding.
nobody is that stupid to experiment at someones wedding..
i just read an article in shutterbug about dance theater photography with a d60 and no flash.
thanks.
nobody is that stupid to experiment at someones wedding..
i just read an article in shutterbug about dance theater photography with a d60 and no flash.
thanks.
Daniel B.142695
Well-known member
Calvin Wilson wrote:
That would be incorrect. Besides, outdoors at noon is the worst light to shoot in period. At least for people photography.
That would be incorrect. Besides, outdoors at noon is the worst light to shoot in period. At least for people photography.
jim clarke
Forum Enthusiast
Shooting weddings and the Noah princpile. IF YOU decide to be THE PHOTOGRAPHER than you need to have two of everything and I mean everything. Two cameras, tww formats, two lenses, two tripods, cords etc etc etc....As the earlier posts indicate this is a shoot that is for the kids and grandkids. To shoot a wedding w/o flash I think would be near impossible and could be a disaster. Remember you can not go beck the next day and reshoot the job!
Lionel Hedden
Member
I recently shot some photos at my nieces wedding without flash using the new 28-135 IS lens on my D60 and it was amazing. I shot everything at 400 ISO and was able to get good results all the way down to 1/8 sec. These IS lenses are extremely useful for exactly the situation you need it for. I didn't think it would be as good at alleviating movement as it is, I'm sold on them now.
Nicholas81360
Leading Member
.............not movement, is the issue of this thread. (I think).
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The joy of photography is being there when you take the picture.
Nicholas, http://www.nickphoto123.com
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The joy of photography is being there when you take the picture.
Chris Clark
Leading Member
--If you shoot pictures with the light coming predominantly from above then without fill flash your subjects will look like they have had no sleep for days.Shoot some pictures outside some with fill flash and some without. There is no comparison. With the fill flash shots you also get that nice sparkle in the eye. And in pictures of people the eyes are critical.
Chris Clark
Danny@canonians
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Please , see how Jaco managed it :
http://www.jacobel.com/wwf/
Best regards ,
Danny
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Shooting the world from a wheelchair !
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Best regards ,
Danny
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T. G. O'Meara Jr.
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You got that right.
My last wedding was on the beach at St. Augustine and it was a REAL pain in the ass.
Everybody looks like racoons with dark eye sockets and when you DO open up the shadows with fill, they are squinting like you just poked them in the eye with a stack.
If you think a white dress is hard to manage in regular lighting, try a beach shoot to make you humble.
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