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Great. Gotta love a Collie.
Sorry to hear this Trev,heart wrenching losing a beloved pet,I'm not over mine from the 80's
Sorry to hear this Trev,heart wrenching losing a beloved pet,I'm not over mine from the 80's
Had a wander round a local coffee and cars meet yesterday, first time properly out using my D750....so enjoyable to use, even with my old cheapo 50mm f1.8
Classic Cars July by Dave Young, on Flickr
Classic Cars July by Dave Young, on Flickr
Classic Cars July by Dave Young, on Flickr
Classic Cars July by Dave Young, on Flickr
Classic Cars July by Dave Young, on Flickr
I was reminded yesterday that my first solo wedding gig was 5 years ago. Funny where the time goes, and whilst I thought I did ok at the time, I can pick holes in lots of places, so good to see improvement. Nevertheless, the light in Sweden at this time of the year was lovely.
PS. They're Canon files too, oops, just felt the need to share...
Had an engagement shoot last night, and the light was bloody lovely
Top one 35 F1.4, bottom 105 F1.4
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How dare you besmirch this thread! Just kidding [emoji1] it’s strange how time moves on, last time I looked at my first wedding I was the same. Hell, I even do that with weddings that I shot last year at least it means there’s a curve there, hopefully in the right direction.
The thing I need to learn to nail is group shots, while I’ve always been happy with them, I always feel there could be something more.
Group shots are the worst, such a pain but it seems some people are starting to not want them.Group shots don’t come natural to most people, too much going on. I’ve got better with spotting certain things and direction but definitely something that needs practice. Problem is, getting the buy-in. Some get, some are just hard work.
Group shots are the worst, such a pain but it seems some people are starting to not want them.
Like those mate, my paddling pool action consisted of laying in it earlier drinking beer and trying to get a tan
But how do you go about, say, a dozen people? Hands are the bit that I try to watch, clearly I went with hands in the pockets in this example, but missed the guy on the right which has his legs too far apart. Getting them together and the hands are normally at the front of my mind. I have been trying to take my eye out of the VF and speak to them as I take the shots but I do find that the camera can slip a bit and I need to straighten, so working on my hold.
But how do you go about, say, a dozen people? Hands are the bit that I try to watch, clearly I went with hands in the pockets in this example, but missed the guy on the right which has his legs too far apart. Getting them together and the hands are normally at the front of my mind. I have been trying to take my eye out of the VF and speak to them as I take the shots but I do find that the camera can slip a bit and I need to straighten, so working on my hold.
That's fine to me, to be fair your client isn't going to say 'oh I wish he had his legs closer, Kris should've sorted that..'
Great shot - would you tend to use any fill flash in such an image ? I guess the lightwas pretty decent so you probably didnt need to
I bloody hope not, she was my cousin lol
I only resort to flash for extreme conditions. There was enough light for this image. It was a December wedding and there wasn’t much time for group shots, so I had to find a compromise between the best light and BG. The grounds weren’t the best either so kept it simple.
I rarely shoot weddings but did one at the weekend. Brave enough to try the new to me D750 first time out and it did ok !
One thing that really threw me at first is shooting high iso outdoors. The camera goes into 'err' mode and doesnt work as the shutter must be over 1/4000, have others hit this issue and found a way to stop it - can be embarrassing if try to get a key pic quickly.
It tripped me up at an event where i was jumping from a dark tent shooting at iso6400 then outside into bright light.
Did you tell them to point the thumbs?
Another from the same wedding, such beautiful light and a stunning venue...
Wedding at Secret Garden Kent by Tim G, on Flickr
One thing that really threw me at first is shooting high iso outdoors. The camera goes into 'err' mode and doesnt work as the shutter must be over 1/4000, have others hit this issue and found a way to stop it - can be embarrassing if try to get a key pic quickly.
It tripped me up at an event where i was jumping from a dark tent shooting at iso6400 then outside into bright light.
Nice Tim, but is there any more on the left? For me, it feels like theres a tad to much negative space... A tree and lots of grass.
I use auto iso as I find the implementation on the D750 is good since you can set the lower and upper limits plus you can choose if you want a lower or higher shutter speed.
Group shots don’t come natural to most people, too much going on. I’ve got better with spotting certain things and direction but definitely something that needs practice. Problem is, getting the buy-in. Some get it, some are just hard work.
Absolutely, it’s hard enough orchestrating the confetti shot. You tell people 10 seconds prior, throw the confetti on my say so. Soon as they see the bride and groom, bam confetti is up in the air
Then there’s always that one absolutely hilarious prankster that has to pull a stupid face or do the bunny ears :banghead:
That’s exactly what I do, if everyone throws together you tend to get a better torrent of confetti