What type of settings?

13 years 2 months ago #28184 by Senne 1976
So when I shoot my friends wedding, hopfully with my 70-200mm lens, what type of settings should I be using? I have never photographed portrait inside a church before. I want to make sure it's perfect.


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13 years 2 months ago #28188 by Brushet Pics
I would choose aperture mode fstop around f8, ISO around 400 or 600. Use flash if you can.


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13 years 2 months ago #28193 by Baydream
And test your white balance settings. Take some practice shots at different settings and see which one looks more "natural".

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13 years 2 months ago #28231 by Senne 1976

Brushet Pics wrote: I would choose aperture mode fstop around f8, ISO around 400 or 600. Use flash if you can.


Thanks, I will try those settings.


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13 years 2 months ago #28232 by Senne 1976

Baydream wrote: And test your white balance settings. Take some practice shots at different settings and see which one looks more "natural".


Thank you so much. I wouldn't have thought about my white balance.


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13 years 2 months ago #28241 by Screamin Scott
Most churches forbid using flash during the ceremony..Take the formals before or after the actual ceremony when they will allow flash. Get your flash off of the camera so as to avoid red eye & stark shots. You can use a bounce card on the flash to help as well... Get to the church early & take practice shots to fine tune what settings you will be using. Is your lens an F2.8 version ? , if so that will help...If you have a more wide angle lens, take that as well as you will need something wider for some shots.

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13 years 2 months ago #28303 by Yasko

Screamin Scott wrote: Most churches forbid using flash during the ceremony..Take the formals before or after the actual ceremony when they will allow flash. Get your flash off of the camera so as to avoid red eye & stark shots. You can use a bounce card on the flash to help as well... Get to the church early & take practice shots to fine tune what settings you will be using. Is your lens an F2.8 version ? , if so that will help...If you have a more wide angle lens, take that as well as you will need something wider for some shots.

:goodpost:

Be sure to attend the rehearsal, so you can case the location and know where the best places to shoot are. Shoot at f2.8 when you want a blurry background to isolate the couple.


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13 years 2 months ago #28311 by Rob pix4u2
Check out the threads on the boards here about shooting weddings that have been written for newbie wedding photographers. I've posted a long list of things to be aware of and to do and not do for you to consider when undertaking a wedding for the first time . please take the time to read them and the responses to the queries

I went to a hockey game and a wedding broke out-actually it's one of the more unique weddings that I have done over the years.

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13 years 2 months ago #28315 by Rob pix4u2
Shannon I brought forward 3 threads related to doing weddings for the first time for you to read and consider. Hope these help you out. Rob

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13 years 2 months ago #28327 by Joves
With your D90 you can easily go to 3200ISO so you can get decent shutter speeds at f/8.


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13 years 2 months ago #28329 by Solstar
Oh man I want a church with that much light! I shot a ceremony this weekend where I was under 1/100 sec the whole time shooting about f2 at ISO 1600 with a nasty nasty back light from church doors.


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13 years 2 months ago #28417 by Stealthy Ninja

Brushet Pics wrote: I would choose aperture mode fstop around f8, ISO around 400 or 600. Use flash if you can.


Sure if you want everything in focus or more likely destroyed by handshake blur. :P

Settings will depend on your available light etc.

If you want to blur your background, go as wide as possible, if you want everything in focus, go about f/8 and adjust your ISO till you get a reasonable SS to reduce shake.

There's not such thing as an ideal wedding settings.
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13 years 2 months ago #28521 by Yasko
The easiest wedding is an outdoor one :thumbsup:


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13 years 2 months ago #28559 by Stealthy Ninja

Yasko wrote: The easiest wedding is an outdoor one :thumbsup:


Not if it's at high noon and it's cowboy themed... :whistle:
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13 years 2 months ago #28607 by Senne 1976

Screamin Scott wrote: Most churches forbid using flash during the ceremony..Take the formals before or after the actual ceremony when they will allow flash. Get your flash off of the camera so as to avoid red eye & stark shots. You can use a bounce card on the flash to help as well... Get to the church early & take practice shots to fine tune what settings you will be using. Is your lens an F2.8 version ? , if so that will help...If you have a more wide angle lens, take that as well as you will need something wider for some shots.


Thanks for the info. Yes it is f2.8. I don't have a wide angle lens.


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