Photographer tips - wedding (5)

5. Lighting

Not just for wedding event, for other events also lighting is vital. Take some time to read and train on the techniques so that you are familiar on what to do on that event. Familiarizing with lighting effect makes you not stopping too long during the event finding the right setting to capture the moment - you need to understand with your set up of your DSLR at the back of your hand.

Not only will the subject’s grow impatient but you could find yourself missing those all important ‘moments’ because you were too busy fiddling around in the settings menu.

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Photographer tips - wedding (4)

4. Camera setting

There are no hard and fast rules to adopt in terms of learning what aperture/shutter speed combination to use for which occasion, as it is mostly depends on variables of quality and quantity of light. It is highly recommended to focus more on the 'moment' or 'candid' rather than spending effort on getting the right technique

In general, some of the following apertures are used as a simple guideline but it shouldn't stop you from trying something new.

a) As for indoor arrangement, it tends to lack of natural light. If you cannot use your flash, and you'll start pushing your ISO as much as possible before it starts to be grainy. Opt for a fast lens and try to use a wide aperture even as low as F1.4 or F2.8 to make the most of the light available. You can also use the same aperture setting for the small yet significant items such as the rings and bridal accessories, thus softening the background but generating enough depth of field to render the and

b) For candid shooting and portraits, use F5.6 will keep the subject in focus yet blur distracting background detail. However there are occasions when you might prefer to slip into shutter priority, for example to capture children chasing each other around the venue - for these occasions (depending on the light) a speed of 1/250 to 1/50 will lend itself for creating some charming results.

c) Depending on the number of guests that the couple want to appear in the formal group shots, you’ll be best using an aperture of between F8 and F11 to keep everybody pin sharp – depending on the quality of your lens this may mean pushing the ISO or incorporating a tripod.

d) For pulled back compositions of the couple within the venue grounds and location shots in general you’ll need an aperture of between F9 and F11 to keep everything in sight in focus.

e) Finally for those end of the night images either use a long shutter (with some form of stability) to generate movement within the photo and for capturing waves of light from the DJ’s lighting rig, or employ a flash to freeze the action using an aperture of your choosing to compliment the effect you wish to achieve

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