When shooting weddings with no flash what ISO you using?

7 years 7 months ago #494906 by CaptNemo
As the headline asks, when you aren't using a flash during a wedding job, what is the ISO setting you are using?

Available light is church with a dozen or so 10-15' tall stain glass windows on each side.  

I've been asked to not use a flash and I'm just doing (praying like heck) there is going to be enough light.  I've been told each side has around 12 of these huge 10-15' tall stain glass windows.  

Will see, I'm not excited about going into this without knowing my lighting 100% or having control over it.


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7 years 7 months ago - 7 years 7 months ago #494908 by effron
I photographed a casual wedding in June, (only one since digital) sans flash and I was anywhere from native 200 to 3200. Shot in aperture priority mostly and watched the shutter speed, how easy can it be?
I also used a tripod quite a bit when we went inside....

Why so serious?
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7 years 7 months ago #494926 by Shadowfixer1
Auto ISO and set the upper limit to what you are confident in with the camera body you are using at the time.
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7 years 7 months ago #494995 by Ian Stone
Mine is usually always set to auto.  That takes the guess work out of it.  


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7 years 7 months ago #495023 by One Wish
As low as I can depending on the ambient light.  


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7 years 7 months ago #495156 by msmith55

Shadowfixer1 wrote: Auto ISO and set the upper limit to what you are confident in with the camera body you are using at the time.


Took the words right out of my mouth.


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7 years 7 months ago #495170 by albinpix
Like the others have implied, there isn't a magic ISO to stick with - aperture priority is the way to go if you really can't get a flash.


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7 years 7 months ago #495175 by Richard K Photography
Why no flash?  Was that requested from the client or your preference?


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7 years 7 months ago #495258 by Karen Comella
Mine's always in auto mode too.  Only time I pull out of auto is for night photography.  


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7 years 7 months ago #495289 by Shadowfixer1
Might help to read what the OP wrote.
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7 years 7 months ago #495314 by srubio77
What time of day will the ceremony take place? What sort of lenses do you intend on using? Will you be setting up shots on a tripod, or running around capturing candid images? I think that you'll have to consider all of those elements to determine what sort of ISO you'll have to use to get decent images. If you can help it, i would try to stay under ISO 3200.

But don't sweat it too much; a lot of the time, cathedrals with stain glass windows can present some awesome shooting opportunities with really dramatic lighting!


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7 years 7 months ago #495384 by Photo Junky
As generic of a sounding answer as it may seem.  I'm doing the same as well.  Depends on the available light for one.  Second the glass that is being used.  However most cases, I'm using a flash too!  


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7 years 7 months ago #495396 by Joves

Shadowfixer1 wrote: Auto ISO and set the upper limit to what you are confident in with the camera body you are using at the time.

:agree:
Yeah it is one of the few times that I would use the AI for shooting. Just set it to the highest ISO that has very little or no noise. And as Ernesto said Aperture mode, and watch the shutter speed. Also I would use Spot Metering since in this type of setting you could have a large range of lighting changes, then you can set the point on what you are shooting, and you may want to setup bracketing to how many other images you want of the same shot. It isn't as if you will have time to set up for separate exposures for HDR.


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7 years 7 months ago #495422 by Denise Lattimer

One Wish wrote: As low as I can depending on the ambient light.  


Same here. No need to make it overly complicated :)


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7 years 7 months ago #495623 by Francis
+1 lowest available depending on light 


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