My Sony cameras and three lenses for shooting an OUTDOOR wedding. My lens choice might surprise you
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- čas přidán 4. 09. 2024
- I recently shot an outdoor wedding in the heat of the summer. I chose the Sony A7CII camera as my primary body and used the FE20-70mm f/4G lens for the bulk of the shoot. While shooting the ceremony itself, I also added the new FE70-200mm f/4G Macro lens on an A1 body. Once the ceremony was over with, I stuck that combo back into the bag and continued on with the Sony A7CII and the short zoom. Once the light went, I changed to the FE35mm f/1.8 until the end of the night. it is absolutely the lightest weight and most compact wedding kit I've ever used and I'll do it again for any future wedding outdoors. I also used the FJ Wescott FJ400 strobe with a Sony trigger for all the portrait work I did for the set-up images as well as the informal portraits I made during the dinner at the reception. If you have any questions about this setup or how I work, please don't hesitate to ask me!
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Awesome photos!!
Thank you! Made my day :)
as a nightclub and private event dj for 13 years before i starting doing photography ....i can tell you when you do a wedding as a dj Never use lazer lights or lazer dots for wedding ...1 it looks tacky in 2024 ....2 think of the of the photographer who has to shoot the wedding cuz you never want to to see color dots on ppl faces or body in a nice event like a wedding ....use those lights only for night clubs or lil kids parties ....for weddings stick to wash light and uplights around the event space ...the photographer will love you for saving them time to edit all those dots off ppl
he was cool about it and had it pointed at the tento roof the whole night. It was never direct where it could have affected my images/.sensor :)
With how advanced phones have gotten I truly believe anytime you can pull off something different than what people are used to seeing they love it. Not always a matter of better or worse, fake or genuine but simply different. Adding those lights to make them pop and add some modeling to their faces really works. When I shoot musicians I always want to give viewers something they simply don't see from their seats, often that means getting close with 400mm and capturing extreme details, also performers interacting with one another and things you see side stage that doesn't exist from the audience perspective. As always a great look into what it's like to be a real hired photographer. You have me thinking about some slower albeit lighter lenses, I'm always lugging around fast GM primes to everything.
yeah, it depends on the assignment. I'm addicted to the 24/35/50/135GM's like anyone that has them, but this wedding was at a venue with over 100 steps up and down, with each level with its own private garden. No way was I going to hump GM glass all day! I just ordered the 24-50G lens and will test that out. I think it will prove to be an excellent choice for wedding work paired with a 70-200 (amzn.to/45K7uxE). It might just be my new indoor wedding solution for short glass as it's even lighter weight than the 24-70GMII. Sometimes the weight of gear can get in the way of the creative juices, set free from humping gear, to just perform and create. The 20-70G is a killer lens that allows this!
@@PMRTVlooks like you did an amazing job ! Does shooting on one sd cards at this kind of job not concern you at all ?
I would only shot cameras with dual card slots. It's not with the headache if you had a card fail on you to shoot a camera with one SD card slot.
Thank you for showing this work. I only occasionally do a wedding but admit I always used a 24-70/2.8 GMII for midrange but just picked up the small 24-50/2.8 G instead of the 20-70/4 G. Also waiting for my 70-200/4 G II to arrive this week but have used a 70-200/2.8 GM II for events. Really bought this lens as a lighter travel/landscape. At the wider end still unsure of what I want to settle on even though I have plenty lenses to go to. Also while I have 35/1.4 GM as well I have both theyFE 35/1.8 and Sigma l-Series 35/2 and still not sure what to use. All my lenses have lost weight to use ion my A7CII and A7CR even though I also have A1’s. Take care.
you have a lot of glass, Steven!
@@PMRTV More glass than I should but really need to get on line and sell some of it off. I think the Sigma I-series f/2 primes are my biggest duplication since for most I have G/GM f/1.4 or f/1.2 but as I said earlier those have been my staple before making this effort to go smaller. Do use any specific company to sell off glass you have decided to depart with?
Absolutely beautiful capture. Did you always use Auto ISO in Manual Model for fast capture without Shutter blur? Any tips.
Yes I do!
Curious… when you are taking the reception and having different people patterns (for portraits), do you leverage TTL or Manual for the FJ400?
Thanks for the comments on your process and thoughts on ‘why’ you do what you do. Thanks so much!
I am a 100% manual shooter in terms of exposure and with flash. I found many years ago that it was far more simple and direct to be in manual all the time as there is less fooling with exposure. I typically use 'largeish' light modifiers that are up high enough to not cause a ton of glasses reflections but still offer a nice spread of light for two shots up to groups of 10. Everything I did at this wedding was with a light modifier called a Phottix Raja 105, which is a 41" Octa that assembles quick and doesn't weigh too much. It produces a predictable, flat, and beautiful light that I love. amzn.to/3VY0dqO
Great info as usual! What software are you using for cataloging and editing - doesn’t look like Lightroom?
@@PMRTV thank you!