> > Yikes! My advice would be to break your leg so you can get
> out of this
> > wedding shoot!
Can't say I disagree here. #1 technical factor in wedding work
is proper flash equipment. I wouldn't venture anywhere near a
wedding without a more powerful flash and a bracket of some type
(mine is machined out of a hunk of steel) to keep the flash
above the lens even for verticals. For the formals, I'd even
suggest that a light stand with umbrella or softbox is almost
manditory. I see a lot of wedding pros use two umbrellas (I did
when working for another company) which will provide a nice
solid, shadowless lighting, but with umbrellas you must get
enough height to keep the reflections out of glasses.
Other pros have an assistant holding a flash on a long pole
above the photographer while the photographer has a flash
directly mounted on a stroboframe. This works pretty well too,
but the lighting will be a bit harsher. If you go this route,
I'd suggest a mini-softbox of some form. Even one six inches
across makes a big difference. I have an old KMART flash with
bounce adapter (flat angled white board) that works great for
this. Just stick a long pc cord on it or slave sensor.
I personally use a studio flash and umbrella on a l0' lightstand
right in the second aisle. I have it attached to the camera
with a pc cord (quite long). I also will use a flash on the
camera set to a lower level. I use a flash meter and manual
settings.
For the wedding itself, I use the flash bracket (stroboframe
type of device) and put the camera in Auto. Generally I use
Portra 400NC for the ceremony shots and Portra 160NC for the
formals. ISO 400 will give you around 1/8 - 1/15 at F8 for the
average church. I will typically shoot at F5.6 which forces the
ambient light level one or two stops lower than the flash which
makes it pleasing without getting "cave-dweller" shots.
Ken N.
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