wedding in Late Novermber

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Hi ia m doing a favour for someone and just wanted a bit of advice.

I am guessing the lighting is going to be horrible and the place they are getting married is in center of town in a small reg office. Not many places for getting photos.

I have managed to get 1 good place to shot without horrible background.

What i would like to no if you would use a low f stop 2.8 or ramp the iso up and use more f8-f11??

The main shots will only be 4 in a group and also where would you take your focus point?

Also i will do some shots inside.

Is it best to use the windows with reflectors or take a couple of big flashes or just use my flash gun bounce.

Sorry for the question cheers
 
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From my limited experience, I'd say that f2.8 is probably as big as you want to go provided the arrangement if quite flat. I'd centre the focus on the B&G's faces but maybe take a few different shots centering on others in the group.

ISO wise, outside I reckon you may be OK with 200-400 even on an overcast day and for the inside shots I'd take as much lighting as you've got :lol:

I'm going on the basis that if the weather's really bad you'll be taking most of the pictures inside so you'll want the best possible set up.
 
What time is the wedding? it can be quite nice and sunny in november during the day, but it will get dark early, I'm guessing your talking about shooting outside? if it's during the "normal" part of the day I'd treat it the same as any other wedding.
If your talking later in the day/evening then you might run out of light altogether, have you decided what your plans are if it's pouring with rain? Can you set up studio lights in the reception?
As for the high iso or 2.8 F stop some cameras are better at 800-1600 than others.
I hate to say this but if you have to ask these questions are you confident about taking someones special day (no second chances here) I may be wrong but you don't sound like your experienced, at least not in weddings.
 
Unless you have had plenty of practice shooting at f2.8 and can nail focus every time, I would suggest using that aperture is highly risky for someone asking "where would you take your focus point?"
 
The aperture you need depends on the DOF you need and how you set up the shot. For full length shots of individuals or groups you will probably find f/2.8 is ample on a crop body camera. The closer you get, either by changing focal length or foot zooming, the less DOF you will have and the more you will potentially need to stop down.

This was shot at 70mm and f/2.8 on a 50D. I haven't got everyone in focus, but this is a very deep group of people from where I am standing. Even so, there is an awful lot of the image that looks sharp enough.

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You might also find something useful in this thread, once you work your way past some of the earlier posts....

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=271857
 
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I survived shooting my first wedding last week on a dull November day......

Used f4 outside with the 17-55mm f2.8 lens for groups,

inside a marquee, also ok with ISO pushed up, bounce flash & f2.8 with my 70-200 IS

then the disco nightmare!!!! ISO 1600, f2.8, disco lights only & expected to shoot decent pics of people moving/dancing........

Wish I had better body for ISO handling than the 450D lol!

Good luck!

PS the most important tip: TAKE COMMAND of your groups or they'll all be looking in different directions

:$
 
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