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Hi all!
This is my first time here, and I'm printing out articles like crazy, because there is a lot of helpful advice to be had. Thanks! My question has to do with a wedding that I'll be shooting for a friend of mine next weekend. I did some test shots with the couple today, and found out that the groom has a reaction to the shutter that makes him close his eyes when he hears it, even if the flash is turned off. Does anybody have any advice for what I can do to minimalize his reaction? I'd hate for all the shots of the "happy couple" to be with his eyes closed. Thanks. -- Petros Ap' ola prin ipirche o Logos |
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You are not using a 35 mm camera, are you? If you are THE
wedding photographer, 35 mm is not the right format. If you are using a medium format camera, shutter (actually, mirror slap) noise is only a problem with single lens reflex types. Traditional twin-lens reflex cameras are very quiet. Format issues aside (though they will intrude again when it comes to final quality of the images), for most of the pictures, there should be a lot of background noise. But for those quiet moments - such a during the vows [I can hear it now - "Do you John take Mary" and "slam, click, whirr" in the background] or posed pictures, the noise of the mirror slap will be a problem. Try posing the groom so he is looking at the bride. Distraction helps. Adequate lighting helps, as he will not have time on a 1/250 second shot to close his eyes, but he will if you have too little light and have to shot at 1/30 second. Fast lenses help this particular problem in a similar way to good lighting, but fast lenses cannot provide even lighting across the scene. By the way, what are you doing for lighting? And will you have an assistant to move, place and hold the lighting and to change film in the spare camera body? Do you have a spare camera body? Francis A. Miniter Petros wrote: Hi all! This is my first time here, and I'm printing out articles like crazy, because there is a lot of helpful advice to be had. Thanks! My question has to do with a wedding that I'll be shooting for a friend of mine next weekend. I did some test shots with the couple today, and found out that the groom has a reaction to the shutter that makes him close his eyes when he hears it, even if the flash is turned off. Does anybody have any advice for what I can do to minimalize his reaction? I'd hate for all the shots of the "happy couple" to be with his eyes closed. Thanks. |
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You are not using a 35 mm camera, are you? If you are THE
wedding photographer, 35 mm is not the right format. If you are using a medium format camera, shutter (actually, mirror slap) noise is only a problem with single lens reflex types. Traditional twin-lens reflex cameras are very quiet. Format issues aside (though they will intrude again when it comes to final quality of the images), for most of the pictures, there should be a lot of background noise. But for those quiet moments - such a during the vows [I can hear it now - "Do you John take Mary" and "slam, click, whirr" in the background] or posed pictures, the noise of the mirror slap will be a problem. Try posing the groom so he is looking at the bride. Distraction helps. Adequate lighting helps, as he will not have time on a 1/250 second shot to close his eyes, but he will if you have too little light and have to shot at 1/30 second. Fast lenses help this particular problem in a similar way to good lighting, but fast lenses cannot provide even lighting across the scene. By the way, what are you doing for lighting? And will you have an assistant to move, place and hold the lighting and to change film in the spare camera body? Do you have a spare camera body? Francis A. Miniter Petros wrote: Hi all! This is my first time here, and I'm printing out articles like crazy, because there is a lot of helpful advice to be had. Thanks! My question has to do with a wedding that I'll be shooting for a friend of mine next weekend. I did some test shots with the couple today, and found out that the groom has a reaction to the shutter that makes him close his eyes when he hears it, even if the flash is turned off. Does anybody have any advice for what I can do to minimalize his reaction? I'd hate for all the shots of the "happy couple" to be with his eyes closed. Thanks. |
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Welcome to the jungle...
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Well... I'll be using two cameras. One is a duck Sigma SD9 and the
other is a duck again 35mm slr. The Sigma is mine, the 35mm belongs to the bride. I'm not doing this for money, but as a favor to the bride. As for medium format, the costs are too high here in Poland for such luxuries I don't do photography professionally, rather as a hobby, and the bride just happens to like my work. I do thank you for your advice, since this is one job I'd rather not screw up. Petros Francis A. Miniter posted: You are not using a 35 mm camera, are you? If you are THE wedding photographer, 35 mm is not the right format. If you are using a medium format camera, shutter (actually, mirror slap) noise is only a problem with single lens reflex types. Traditional twin-lens reflex cameras are very quiet. Format issues aside (though they will intrude again when it comes to final quality of the images), for most of the pictures, there should be a lot of background noise. But for those quiet moments - such a during the vows [I can hear it now - "Do you John take Mary" and "slam, click, whirr" in the background] or posed pictures, the noise of the mirror slap will be a problem. Try posing the groom so he is looking at the bride. Distraction helps. Adequate lighting helps, as he will not have time on a 1/250 second shot to close his eyes, but he will if you have too little light and have to shot at 1/30 second. Fast lenses help this particular problem in a similar way to good lighting, but fast lenses cannot provide even lighting across the scene. By the way, what are you doing for lighting? And will you have an assistant to move, place and hold the lighting and to change film in the spare camera body? Do you have a spare camera body? Francis A. Miniter -- Petros Ap' ola prin ipirche o Logos |
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Lions and tigers and bears... Oh NO!
Thanks g Randall Ainsworth posted: Welcome to the jungle... -- Petros Ap' ola prin ipirche o Logos |
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Lions and tigers and bears... Oh NO!
Thanks g Randall Ainsworth posted: Welcome to the jungle... -- Petros Ap' ola prin ipirche o Logos |
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If he is reacting to the sound of the sutter and THEN is closing his eyes they
you will be ok. figure the time for the sound to travel from the cam, and his reaction time his eyes will be open. In article , Petros writes: My question has to do with a wedding that I'll be shooting for a friend of mine next weekend. I did some test shots with the couple today, and found out that the groom has a reaction to the shutter that makes him close his eyes when he hears it, even if the flash is turned off. Does anybody have any advice for what I can do to minimalize his reaction? I'd hate for all the shots of the "happy couple" to be with his eyes closed. |
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BULL PUCKEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In article , Petros writes: Francis A. Miniter posted: You are not using a 35 mm camera, are you? If you are THE wedding photographer, 35 mm is not the right forma |
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BULL PUCKEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In article , Petros writes: Francis A. Miniter posted: You are not using a 35 mm camera, are you? If you are THE wedding photographer, 35 mm is not the right forma |
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