Outdoor wedding shoot in the dark

[Goneforagasper]

I am shooting a wedding on Saturday, the place where the reception is has got some really good outdoor photo positions but it will be almost dark when the wedding party get there. I will have about half an hour of daylight before dark.
I will be using Nikon D200 with 17-55 or 50mm 1.8 and SB800 flash

Any advice would be greatly appreciated

 

[Raymond Lin]

17-55, Manual, High ISO, diffusser with flash.

Without the high ISO you might as well be in a roadside petrol station as you wouldn't know it anyway being dark as you'll end up a lot of "deer in the head lights shots". Forget the scenery, capture the light left in the sky instead.

 

[-Rob-]

Consider yourself lucky to have half an hour of daylight and make the most of it. I am doing a wedding at 4pm on 20th November indoors by candle light. It will be VERY dark and I doubt if my highest iso setting and 50mm f1.4 will get decent results.

It's what the bride wants though!! :bang:

 

[Raymond Lin]

Consider yourself lucky to have half an hour of daylight and make the most of it. I am doing a wedding at 4pm on 20th November indoors by candle light. It will be VERY dark and I doubt if my highest iso setting and 50mm f1.4 will get decent results.

It's what the bride wants though!! :bang:

Get there early and set up some softboxes around the venue, wireless triggers for flash.

The fill the B&G for the gear

 

[AliB]

My first solo wedding was one day away from the shortest day of the year, at 3pm in a room with tiny windows.

I'd be doing a LOT of reading on low light photography!

If the venue is decent try to get some quality B&G shots indoors too.