First Wedding shooting

nightangel73 · Apr 6, 2010

Well this gal happened to hire me for shooting her wedding. She couldn't afford a professional so she was more than happy to hire me for $200 bucks hehe. I didn't had any equipment other than my E-30 with a FL-36 Flash so here it goes, I would like to read critics. The place was dark which made matter worse.

I would like to know in simple non technical words what equipment do I need to illuminate a place with low light.

nightangel73 · Apr 7, 2010

I guess the pics are not good since nobody is saying anything about them..

vtf · Apr 7, 2010

You've got to let us roll out of bed first, lol. Overall I like the softness of the photos and the composition. The person in back ground on the right in photo 4 kinda distracts me some what, but overall I like them. I am new to this so I'm sure others will be able to identify more detailed issues but to me, good job.

Mulewings~ · Apr 7, 2010

I'm horrible at critiquing, but love to read about it so I can better myself.

Weddings are tough in any circumstances.

Johnboy2978 · Apr 7, 2010

I guess for me, they're really just slightly above average snapshots to be honest. I would assume that you are probably putting your best pics out here for critique, or are they all pretty similar in quality?

#1, I would've shot a split second before their lips touched. They're a little mushed.
#2 you amputated some digits and the focus is off.
#3 take 2 giant steps backwards or backoff on the focal length
#4 could've used just a tad more light to separate her hair from the background
#5 meh, it's a shot of the invitation

"I would like to know in simple non technical words what equipment do I need to illuminate a place with low light. "

Use flash or have a longer exposure to allow more light to hit the sensor or film. That's about it.