Any photographers in here?

[Wagonbacker9]

Omg...doing a wedding was the worst experience I've had with a camera. I was overly nervous

I didn't know whether I should set the focus on auto with aperture priority (auto shutter speed) just to have something move and get slightly out of focus, or manual focus with the same aperture priority and possibly still having a focus problem. I wanted to be as artistic as possible, but at least the proper parts of the pic had to be in focus

And I'm not speedy at camera settings. I like to take my time and get things right, then play with exposures by doing multiple shots without moving the camera

In the end I just decided to prioritize the subject's focus, and worry about the artsy stuff later with photoshop. Ill never do a wedding again

I kinda went the opposite approach. I'm really only very comfortable with Av, so I set the aperture that made sense to me, ran the ISO up to where I got a decent shutter speed, and basically started shooting as much as I could, operating on the theory that something would have to come out.. since I was shooting backup to the resort's guy, I kinda figured that was sensible thing to do. They got 36 shots from him (bastard shot nikon and had what I presume to be the best nikon flash there is... which helped a lot I'm sure) and my stuff fills in the rest.

 

[altspace]

That's why I love doing video for weddings and not photography. Shot a couple weddings and that was enough for me.

 

[oaklandopen]

Yea I wanted to go full manual, but just couldn't. As far as "shoot enough and at least some will be good"....LOL! That's usually my last resort

It was also a cloudless day, and the wedding was outside. Total photo101 no-no when it comes to outdoor stuff. Granted I had my SB for fill flash, but some of my subjects still came out with a nose shadow that covered their upper body due to mid-day sun

 

[sleeper3]

As long as the weather conditions aren't changing (cloudy, sunny, cloudy, sunny) or if you're using a flash, manual makes the most sense. Av and Tv are too dumb and will keep changing settings... if you shoot the bride in white, and then the groom in black, the groom shot will be overexposed, and the bride will be underexposed. I run into this all the time when photographing birds... photograph a white bird, it looks gray, photograph a black bird, it looks gray... this is how the semi-auto modes work.

Better to get the right ambient exposure and then do all your photos on those settings.

 

[sleeper3]

or, you can keep fiddling with the exposure compensation on every photo, like I used to do.

 

[Rosshole]

Carl you should come over sometime and play with settings on your camera, you need to figure out that softness issue with your camera.

 

[Wagonbacker9]

Carl you should come over sometime and play with settings on your camera, you need to figure out that softness issue with your camera.

sounds like a deal to me.

 

[Rosshole]

Maybe some controlled lighting would do the trick.

 

[Rosshole]

Some photos from a few months ago... I realize that the first is a little cool, but i was playing with being a touch cool, and then a touch warm. I am working on developing my own Processing style.

 

[oaklandopen]

Saw a 10.5mm fisheye in craigslist....wish I had money

 

[oaklandopen]

baby pictures!!! this was taken years ago

 

[oaklandopen]

 

[reut1]

I played with a rebel t2i last night and really enjoyed using a dslr. i have done some slr shooting in the past and I might have to pull the trigger on a new camera soon. is going used okay or should i stick with new/refurb.

 

[FunkyBuddha]

Weddings get easier once you do a few of them. Everything gets easier. The challenge is to keep yourself challenged at each event you do. I'm usually shooting Av with natural light and I go to manual mode if I use flash. I have 2 custom presets just for weddings so I just turn the knob and done. They've been pretty consistent so far.

I got a T2i to just play around with video. I'd say you're okay with going used as they are pretty new still.

 

[FunkyBuddha]

t2i = shoots video
7d = you have control over how you shoot video

the t2i doesn't let you control anything from what I've read.

Yes it does. I can change my shutter, aperture and iso all manually while I shoot w/ the T2i. Plus it also has autofocus while shooting video just like the 7D while you press the shutter button halfway down while recording. It shoots 1080 at 30/24p 720 @ 60p, and 640 at 60p. I can also set it to manual adjustments and do AUTO iso at the same time when you have to run and gun for video.

 

[FunkyBuddha]

Jeff and I were discussing that... trying to figure out what the deal is. I'm beginning to suspect an issue with my 20D..

There's not problem with your cam or lens. If there was, you'd see it more often or all the time. YOu either back focused or you just missed the moment. Was that picture heavily cropped? Do you have the original uncropped? If so, you probbly focused elsewhere on that pic.

 

[sleeper3]

oh dang. I want a t2i now!

 

[FunkyBuddha]

oh dang. I want a t2i now!

Meh..save for the 60D

 

[FunkyBuddha]

Went to a battle of the bands thing for my company on Friday. Employees put together their own bands with other employees and duked it out at a club! There was some mad talent! Here's a few and the rest of the set is here. http://www.flickr.com/photos/glenco/sets/72157625306847039/with/5192539199/

 

[Vocko]

Mmmmm 60D.......