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Got up this morning and, as ever, it's blooming miserable.

Got to go over to St Helens to shoot a wedding. Bridal prep at Mum's house, church wedding ceremony and reception at a golf club.

Last weekend I actually got some sunshine (been sacrificing chickens at the bottom of the garden again) and I only used one camera and two lenses. No tripod required. It's does make life easy. Other than finding some shade for B&G shots the light levels are such that you could shoot all day on two lenses and one of those was an f4.

Today? Not a chance! The gear I'm taking today is unreal. Two cameras, 8 lenses, two flashes, PW's lighting stands, umbrella. Looking at the light in the house before I leave and at f4 the light is about 1/15sec. Pants, absolute pants! So it's out with the fast primes and looking for some classic B&W shots to give it a timeless feel.

Just hoping to get some breaks in the weather for doing group shots and B&G stuff. Got my eye on a nifty golf buggy for a B&G shot. Looking at all sorts of archways and architectural features around the building where I can shoot some decent stuff, even if it has to be indoors.

Got my waterproofs and wellies out. And it's August. :thumbsdown:

Just goes to show, yet again, that you need to be prepared for doing these properly, you can't rely on using f4 even at this time of year.
 
Good luck! Look forward to seeing some pics later! My only job today is indoors! :)
 
am preparing pretty mcuh the same for today its not quite as grim here yet though so I'm praying it holds of till about 4 - wishful thinking

Hugh
 
Pouring here but I've got a wedding with NO formals today so it's not such an issue. Start at noon, finish at 8pm.
 
Raining in Birmingham and I'm just heading off to the bride's house. Fast prime already glued to the front of the camera :)
 
Well, it absolutely chucked it down just as the bride arrived at the church and just as the service ended :shake:
All I can say is thank God my kit was waterproof and thanks again for cameras that can handle high iso's as all the group shots had to be shot in a Norman Church with zilch ambient light.
 
I had to do exactly them same, downpours always seemed to come at the worst moments :( it wasn't the easiest of days yesterday

Hugh
 
I love shooting indoors so never mind the rain as I can use it as a reason to do what I prefer :D:D:D
 
I was shooting a concert last night - very poorly lit - down to 1/30th @2.8 - 6400ISO at times - but at least I was dry! :)
 
Really, really lucky in the end. It tipped it down while we were in the church, thunder, lightening the lot. So the group shots were done when we got to the reception, thankfully it was a good call because there is also a balcony there so got the ariel group shot too :)

The church was as dark as night though and I was not aided by the video guy who thought it absolutely OK to set up the most enormous tripod right where I had put my gear. So I had to change my shooting position and do without my 85mm f1.8 which I had left out ready along with my tripod. I had to hand hold on my 70-200mm f2.8 which was not ideal. Sill, managed to get just enough sharp shots to get the job done.
 
Yep, I have 4 zooms, one wide (17-40mm) one 24-70 f2.8 and one 24-105mm f4 two 70-200mm (one f2.8 one f4 but I keep one spare in the car) Then there are four primes covering 35mm 50mm 85mm and 100mm and most are under f2.8 for those low light days.

Which was Saturday

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=153826

The bridal prep one was on an 85mm f1.8, the shoes a 100mm macro and the bride the 24-105mm f4.
 
Rain interrupted my group shots on Saturday. Gutted as the 3 I got outdoors were in front of a castle with lovely light, and the rest were done indoors at the reception venue in a less than ideal setting.

I accidentally acquired one of the B&G's white brollies - hopefully they'll say i can keep it as it may come in handy!
 
I shot an African wedding on Saturday, the groom was in his waterproof outfit...well, it sounded waterproof anyway, it ruffled like my jacket! :)

Thankfully, they only wanted a small amount of group shots (4!) and we were in a really nice hotel for the reception so indoor shooting was no problem. Huge glass walls, and a nice modern interior - lovely :)
 
lol, lucky sod! I got a golf club with orange venetian blinds! :puke:
 
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