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Re: [OM] Help! How do I shoot a wedding?

Subject: Re: [OM] Help! How do I shoot a wedding?
From: Bill Stanke <bstanke@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 13:11:42 -0700
Benson:

1. Plan A.  Hire a professional wedding photographer, and write the
check as a wedding present.

2.  Plan B.  Visit John Lind's web site:

http://johnlind.tripod.com/indexbottom.html

May God have mercy on your soul.

Bill Stanke

Benson Russell wrote:
> 
> Hello list members,
> 
> I've signed up recently and I've been watching the correspondence with
> interest - you're an amazingly knowlegable bunch!
> 
> I've been asked to take wedding photos by some friends - an informal(ish)
> do, this Saturday. I've got a collection of OM gear that I use
> semi-professionally for magazine work - I'm a woodworker, and I write a
> monthly article, with step-by-step photos, for a UK woodworking title. I
> also take garden photos for my wife's organic veg growing articles. If
> anybody's interested I'll post up more detail later on. Suffice to say I'm
> mostly using a fairly heavy tripod and cable or timer, Fuji Velvia outside
> and Provia F100 inside. I light my woodworking shots with a 500 tungsten
> lamp corrected for daylight with a blue gel + available light from windows.
> This is what I'm used to... nothing moves or looks the other way, and I can
> re-shoot if needed!
> 
> I said 'yes' to my friends and ordered 3 rolls of Fuji NPC 160 and two of
> NPZ 800. I've hardly ever used flash, and I'm getting a little gittery about
> the whole thing now... Could someone practical point me in the right
> direction please?
> 
> This is what I have at my disposal:
> 
> OM4Ti, OM2
> F280 flash, Vivitar 283 flash, Miranda 650 OM ded. zoom flash (terrifying!)
> Lumiquest Promax soft box - velcro fix to non OM flashes
> Zuikos: 24/2.8, 35/2.8, 50/1.8 ('made in J'), 100/2.8 (I've been
> disappointed), 135/2.8, 35-70/3.6, 75-150/4
> Tamron 90/2.5 macro (on its way back from the cleaners) I love it...
> Hoya 400/5.6
> And this is an interesting one: Carl Zeiss Jena 28-80 macro (at the menders
> now, perhaps terminal, but I'd like some feed back on this, LATER please)
> (Incidentals: Sigma 2x tele macro, 7mm man ext, 24mm man ext, rev ring,
> Cokin P holder with bellows + filters etc.)
> Slick pro tripod with Manf junior head, Manfrotto monopod with rubber top
> All 2nd hand (bar filters etc), all works!
> 
> They probably want record shots of the non-religious ceremony and then some
> family groups and maybe some candid action/portraits
> 
> I'm in S/West Ireland, next to the Atlantic, where it could be bright and
> sunny OR overcast and lashing with rain... or both, in quick succession!!!
> 
> I have plenty of 200 iso lab film if anyone thinks I've under ordered on pro
> stock.
> 
> All suggestions welcomed...
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Ben Russell
> 
> Kealkil
> Bantry
> Co Cork
> Ireland
> 
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