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Erland Pillegaard
{K:34147} 11/3/2007
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Beautifult portrait
erland
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Joel Garabedian
{K:2041} 9/30/2007
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Thank you very much Jose :)
Best regards,
Joel.
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Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Garcia Barcia
{K:96391} 9/30/2007
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great composition. marvelous portafolio. 7++++++++
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Joel Garabedian
{K:2041} 9/23/2007
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Thanks very much for your advice Spencer, I'll email you through your web site :)
Joel.
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Spencer Clark
{K:409} 9/23/2007
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Ah, meant to say 70-200 2.8L IS lens - do NOT get the lens without IS. :)
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Spencer Clark
{K:409} 9/23/2007
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That is great to hear!! We use this product for a bounce card - it is much more durable, works every time, and looks a good bit more professional.
http://www.dembflashproducts.com/flipit/
I also suggest getting the book "Digital Wedding Photography: Capturing Beautiful Memories" - this is more about the business than it is about techniques, but it has both. It will help you tremendously in what to expect in wedding photography and also what to offer. One key thing is to have a style and stick with it. You can see our site http://www.clarkproduction.com/ and get a good idea of our style by looking at the images - all of your images should seem to be shot by the same person, basically. :)
Lets see, what else. The 5D is great, it is what we use. We're waiting for the 5D Mark III that is rumored to come out next year in the Spring. We use the 24-70L and the 70-200L. You might want to consider purchasing the 70-200 on down the line as often times you want that tight shot of the bride at the altar (you usually don't want to get too close). Also, in most cases, it is a very good idea to hold off using flash during the ceremony itself - even if they allow it. It can be very distracting for the guests - and the guests are your potential clients! You want everyone to think you are simply -great-.
Hmm, what else ... I know there is a good bit. Ah, one thing - DO NOT underprice yourself. If you do, you will get the "Bridezillas." Price yourself at what you are worth - see what the other photographers are charging, second shoot with them. They are NOT your enemies - they can be great friends and great connections. I ensure you more weddings take place in your town every weekend than there are photographers to photograph them. If they do see you as competition, simply write them off and go on to the more friendly & helpful photographers that want to see the level in photography in the area continue to rise.
Anyway, just my 2 cents. You can send an inquiry our way through our site and I will be happy to email you back with more info. I figure putting everything here wouldn't be a great idea. :)
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Joel Garabedian
{K:2041} 9/23/2007
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Thanks for the tip Spencer. I've since upgraded to a 5D with a 24-105L, and got a 580EX mkII. I can now use the autofocus in much lower light, and the IS on the lens with the really low noise even at ISO 1600 (and 3200) on the 5D mean I can take photos that just weren't possible with the 350D / Tamron combination.
Presumably the same rules still apply with the bounce card though? I'm very interested in getting into Wedding and Portrait photography more seriously, so I appreciate any advice you can give :)
Thanks again for your comments,
Best regards,
Joel.
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Spencer Clark
{K:409} 9/23/2007
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One other note - when you use a 430 EX flash, be sure to use a bounce card and bounce the light off the ceiling. You can have the card at roughly a 95% angle - the majority of the light will bounce off the ceiling and fill the room while still a good portion of lighting will hit your subjects and properly expose them. This will result in a "wow" photograph. :) Aka, don't ever use direct flash - it will blow out your subjects and make the background non-exsistant. :)
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Joel Garabedian
{K:2041} 9/23/2007
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Thanks for your comments Spencer. I was using a borrowed 430EX flash, and unfortunately have had little previous experience with flash photography. Although I shot the image in RAW, I didn't boost the exposure when I was converting to JPEG, as the image was already rather bright.
I took the shot with only the centre autofocus point selected. I tend to only use the centre point, locking the focus and exposure and recomposing the shot before taking the photo (although in this case I used manual focus).
Joel.
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Spencer Clark
{K:409} 9/23/2007
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It is definitely a good moment, though I have to admit I can easily see the digital noise in that image. The 350D simply doesn't do well in low light - period. Did you use a flash? Perhaps a 580 EX flash? If you had lowered the aperture, that would have helped tremendously - perhaps 2.8-3.2 aperture would be good. And what a low ISO!! If working in the dark, you should definitely have the ISO set appropriately. Aka, the grain is much worse on a 400 ISO shot where you have to bring up the exposure in post processing compared to a shot done with 800 ISO that is properly exposed. If light was the issue, I definitely would have lowered the aperture and upped the ISO to 800 or 1600. (We have the 350D as well)
As for the focusing, you can set the camera to only use a certain focal point instead of using all of them. This might have helped in this situation.
Definitely a good shot, but I do have to make note that there is almost no background to this image - definitely looks like there was flash and you caught none of the ambient light in the background. My suggestion, if you were to redo this, is to use fill flash on high speed settings and be sure to have the aperture/ISO/shutter speed set so that the couple is frozen with the flash but you still get some ambience in the background as well.
Still, it is a good moment in time. Congrats.
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