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Wedding - which 35mm films to use
Two of my friends are getting married. They don't have the funds to
hire a photographer so they were just going to put disposable cameras around and use those photos. They asked me to take a few shots. By chance I have studio equipment (Photogenic PowerLights®, Photogenic PhotoMaster). I was planning to take some posed shots with my studio lights before the ceremony. The want a shot coming down the aisle and just two or three during the ceremony. I can use flash when the are coming down the aisle but not during the ceremony. I don't know what the lighting situation is in the church. I was planning on taking Portra 100NC for the posed shots, coming down the aisle, and some candid shots at the reception. I was thinking Portra 400NC or Porta 800 for during the ceremony. I was also thinking a roll of Reala. They know to take what the get since I am not a professional. Without me, they will not have much of anything so... I will be traveling 250 miles the day before and I may not have access to refrigeration. Any thoughts? |
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hba1c wrote:
Two of my friends are getting married. They don't have the funds to hire a photographer so they were just going to put disposable cameras around and use those photos. They asked me to take a few shots. By chance I have studio equipment (Photogenic PowerLights®, Photogenic PhotoMaster). I was planning to take some posed shots with my studio lights before the ceremony. The want a shot coming down the aisle and just two or three during the ceremony. I can use flash when the are coming down the aisle but not during the ceremony. I don't know what the lighting situation is in the church. I was planning on taking Portra 100NC for the posed shots, coming down the aisle, and some candid shots at the reception. I was thinking Portra 400NC or Porta 800 for during the ceremony. I was also thinking a roll of Reala. They know to take what the get since I am not a professional. Without me, they will not have much of anything so... I will be traveling 250 miles the day before and I may not have access to refrigeration. Any thoughts? You choice of film is very good in my opinion. I hope you have shown as good judgment in explaining that you are not a professional wedding photographer (It is a specialty and not every professional photographer would be any good at it) and that they should not expect the same results. Sometimes I think someone in your position should make the sign a statement that they fully understand and accept that. :-) Good Luck I suggest you brows some wedding books at the library (Brides Today, Modern Weddings etc.) They should give you some ideas. Make a list of what you want and try to check them off. If you don't know them well, find someone who knows both families well and is not doing something else during the wedding. Use them to point out who is important family members and to work as your gofer. (go for the brides mother, go for the best man, etc.) -- Joseph E. Meehan 26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math |
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hba1c wrote:
Two of my friends are getting married. They don't have the funds to hire a photographer so they were just going to put disposable cameras around and use those photos. They asked me to take a few shots. By chance I have studio equipment (Photogenic PowerLights®, Photogenic PhotoMaster). I was planning to take some posed shots with my studio lights before the ceremony. The want a shot coming down the aisle and just two or three during the ceremony. I can use flash when the are coming down the aisle but not during the ceremony. I don't know what the lighting situation is in the church. I was planning on taking Portra 100NC for the posed shots, coming down the aisle, and some candid shots at the reception. I was thinking Portra 400NC or Porta 800 for during the ceremony. I was also thinking a roll of Reala. They know to take what the get since I am not a professional. Without me, they will not have much of anything so... I will be traveling 250 miles the day before and I may not have access to refrigeration. Any thoughts? You choice of film is very good in my opinion. I hope you have shown as good judgment in explaining that you are not a professional wedding photographer (It is a specialty and not every professional photographer would be any good at it) and that they should not expect the same results. Sometimes I think someone in your position should make the sign a statement that they fully understand and accept that. :-) Good Luck I suggest you brows some wedding books at the library (Brides Today, Modern Weddings etc.) They should give you some ideas. Make a list of what you want and try to check them off. If you don't know them well, find someone who knows both families well and is not doing something else during the wedding. Use them to point out who is important family members and to work as your gofer. (go for the brides mother, go for the best man, etc.) -- Joseph E. Meehan 26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math |
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hba1c wrote: Two of my friends are getting married. They don't have the funds to hire a photographer so they were just going to put disposable cameras around and use those photos. They asked me to take a few shots. By chance I have studio equipment (Photogenic PowerLights®, Photogenic PhotoMaster). I was planning to take some posed shots with my studio lights before the ceremony. The want a shot coming down the aisle and just two or three during the ceremony. I can use flash when the are coming down the aisle but not during the ceremony. I don't know what the lighting situation is in the church. I was planning on taking Portra 100NC for the posed shots, coming down the aisle, and some candid shots at the reception. I was thinking Portra 400NC or Porta 800 for during the ceremony. I was also thinking a roll of Reala. They know to take what the get since I am not a professional. Without me, they will not have much of anything so... I will be traveling 250 miles the day before and I may not have access to refrigeration. Any thoughts? Refrigeration shouldn't be a big issue for a single day's travel each way, as long as you don't leave the film in your car in the sun (140 degrees F after a couple hours in direct sun *will* damage professional films pretty quickly, not to mention it won't do plastic camera parts any good, either). Posed shots are commonly done after the ceremony, from what I've read (a practice probably related to the superstition about it being bad luck for the groom to see the bride in her wedding dress prior to the actual ceremony), but I have no personal experience -- the photographer at my 1982 wedding was an amateur who had equipment trouble, no backup, and wound up getting nothing; the only pictures that exist are from guests who brought their own equipment (fortunately, a couple of them were pretty good). Generally, especially in 35 mm, you'll want the lowest film speed that will let you get the shots you need. I'd suggest taking a roll or two of the 800, but plan on 400 for the aisle shot if you have a fast enough lens and can set things up so depth of field isn't a problem. I've shot 400NC a good bit and 160NC a few times, but only in medium format, so I can't tell you what the grain will look like from 35 mm. If you have time and funds before the wedding, you might also shoot a couple test rolls to determine if you're better off shooting 400NC at EI 800 and requesting one stop push as opposed to using the 800. I'd guess you'll have similar grain and poorer shadows and saturation with the push as compared to the higher speed film, but I haven't shot this film this way and have never used Portra 800 at all -- it wasn't on the market yet last time I bought color film in 120. Another consideration is that unless your camera uses DX and can read speeds higher than 400, there's a significant advantage in terms of accident prevention to using a single film speed throughout -- that way you just set it once and forget it; you'll have enough to think about without having to change the film speed dial when you reload (or wonder if you remembered, just as the bride comes down the aisle). Overall, though, Portra 160NC, 400NC, and 800 should be all the films you'll need or want for the kind of shots you're talking about at a wedding. I don't think Reala is really any better than 160NC (I've shot a couple rolls of that, too), and it's 2/3 stop slower. -- I may be a scwewy wabbit, but I'm not going to Alcatwaz! -- E. J. Fudd, 1954 Donald Qualls, aka The Silent Observer Lathe Building Pages http://silent1.home.netcom.com/HomebuiltLathe.htm Speedway 7x12 Lathe Pages http://silent1.home.netcom.com/my7x12.htm Opinions expressed are my own -- take them for what they're worth and don't expect them to be perfect. |
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no doubt. Fuji in every spped: 160, 400, 800. From NPC to NPZ. You will be pleased. Ciao -- Non č bello cio che č bello figuriamoci cio che č brutto! |
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no doubt. Fuji in every spped: 160, 400, 800. From NPC to NPZ. You will be pleased. Ciao -- Non č bello cio che č bello figuriamoci cio che č brutto! |
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I will be traveling 250 miles the day before and I may not have access
to refrigeration. Any thoughts? 1. Don't do it. 2. Use medium format. |
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