Wedding Photography.

[Gary.D]

Your views on a Sigma 10-20mm for wedding photography?
Also any other lens you promote because im having a bit of a spend.
Each lens around £300 - £400 please :) (as I am looking at getting another body too)
Gary

[alexkidd]

good for groups and trippy shots, pretty unusable in general though

17-55
24-70
70-200
2.8's

85mm
50mm

1.4's

make sure you've got the range covered would be the best bet, can't offer much more advice though because you shoot canon so nfi what the right lenses are :)

oh and maybe a macro for sexy ring/book/cake shots

[Gary.D]

good for groups and trippy shots, pretty unusable in general though

17-55
24-70
70-200
2.8's

85mm
50mm

1.4's

make sure you've got the range covered would be the best bet, can't offer much more advice though because you shoot canon so nfi what the right lenses are :)

oh and maybe a macro for sexy ring/book/cake shots


Thanks for your comments mate, all taken in.
Is the sigma 10-20mm worth the money, considering I do clubs and parties too

[alexkidd]

yeah it's cool for clubs and stuff, lets you get quite close and has a nice amount of distortion if you need to make the images a bit more interesting, it's not the fastest of lenses though and you'll probably have to use a flash as well though :)

[Gary.D]

yeah it's cool for clubs and stuff, lets you get quite close and has a nice amount of distortion if you need to make the images a bit more interesting, it's not the fastest of lenses though and you'll probably have to use a flash as well though :)


Ok cheers :) any other comments people?

[fabs]

I actually bought the Sigma 10-20 with weddings in mind. I currently use a 24-70 on a 1.5 crop body so the 24mm would probably not be wide enough for the arger group shots, therefore this is where the 16-20mm end of the 10-20 will come in.

[swanseamale47]

The 10mm end is too wide really for groups, you'll start getting distortion on the edges, ok for a push in a small place, or the odd dramitic effect, I have done a few shots at weddings with them but not for a main wedding lens. Wayne

[Organic]

good for groups and trippy shots, pretty unusable in general though

17-55
24-70
70-200
2.8's

85mm
50mm

1.4's

make sure you've got the range covered would be the best bet, can't offer much more advice though because you shoot canon so nfi what the right lenses are :)

oh and maybe a macro for sexy ring/book/cake shots


Canon 85mm offerings are:

f/1.8 - Excellent lens and good value for money.
f/1.2 - OMG! How much! Sell the wife, children and a kidney, it's worth it.

[Gary.D]

Thanks for your comments people

[benwall]

I'm not talking from experience by any means, but I have my 1st wedding coming up in Oct and I'm going to be using the 10-20 for some shots, maybe a few group shots as I don't have anything else wider range.

[firstglance]

17-55
24-70
70-200
2.8's



I'm after hiring a couple of these for upcoming weddings - which would you say were the best two to go for? I hear a lot of good things about 17-55...

[gresleysteve]

I'm not a pro wedding photographer, but I've done about 8 for friends etc, and always been happy with my results.

I may get some flack for this, but here goes....

Most of the time I would do the whole shoot with my 50mm standard prime lens!! (I'm talking 35mm film here, of course). I always took a selection of lenses but never needed to go any wider! Sometimes the groups were fairly big, but I could always step back far enough to get everyone in. Maybe I was lucky to always have enough room. But 10-20mm for weddings? Why? Why would you need/want that sort or perspective for a wedding shoot?

Do yourself and the happy couple(s) a favour and spend your money on the best quality, widest aperture, standard zoom you can afford.

At clubs and parties, maybe. But you won't get a flash gun that'll cover that sort of focal length! Unless anybody knows any different.

[pearce_jj]

have to admit I'm not a fan of wide angles personally and my own wedding was shot (professionally) on medium format with a fixed length prime.

[fabs]

I'm not a pro wedding photographer, but I've done about 8 for friends etc, and always been happy with my results.

I may get some flack for this, but here goes....

Most of the time I would do the whole shoot with my 50mm standard prime lens!! (I'm talking 35mm film here, of course). I always took a selection of lenses but never needed to go any wider! Sometimes the groups were fairly big, but I could always step back far enough to get everyone in. Maybe I was lucky to always have enough room. But 10-20mm for weddings? Why? Why would you need/want that sort or perspective for a wedding shoot?

Do yourself and the happy couple(s) a favour and spend your money on the best quality, widest aperture, standard zoom you can afford.

At clubs and parties, maybe. But you won't get a flash gun that'll cover that sort of focal length! Unless anybody knows any different.

Well I have a wedding in July where the front of the church is a great place for large group shots. Unfortunately there is very little space between that and the railings so I will not be able to stand far enough back to use my standard zoom (24-70) therefore thwe 16-20 focal length of the 10-20 will come in very handy.

[Gary.D]

Well I have a wedding in July where the front of the church is a great place for large group shots. Unfortunately there is very little space between that and the railings so I will not be able to stand far enough back to use my standard zoom (24-70) therefore thwe 16-20 focal length of the 10-20 will come in very handy.

Thats it, I need to work out If I am going to get enough use of the 10-20 to make it worth buying