equipment/features needed for wedding in photojournalist style?

[o hey tyler]

Take a look at this photographer UNDER CONSTRUCTION he uses a Leica M9 (around £5000) fitted with a Noctilux 50mmF0.95 (around £7000)

It's too bad that the photographer that you linked to displays his images at a ridiculously small size that I am unable to appreciate.

Well duhh... after you've spend $15000 for a body and one lens, you don't have much left over to waste on Internet pixels!

That damn premium price for internet pixels! What will we do?!

 

[cgipson1]

I am still discovering my style and haven't shot a wedding yet, but the photojournalist style appeals to me in that posing people makes me panic sometimes (i'm sure this has a lot to do with experience and I could get over it, but anyway.....). I am in a position that I'm going to be switching brands in a few months (i'm currently pentax) and so starting from scratch. So I'm curious what the key features in a camera and lenses would be for those of you who shoot weddings in a photojournalist style? Do you usually shoot in AF.S or in continuous? Primes or Zooms? What features do you feel are necessary in a camera? High ISO I would guess, and stellar focusing system. Does full frame make a huge difference?

Thanks in advance for your perspective.

Usually knowing how to shoot in the journalistic style is much more important than what equipment you use. I would highly recommend shooting as a second or third, for an experienced and established wedding photographer for four or five years... that would give you valuable experience and knowledge! And then you would KNOW what kind of equipment you needed!

 

[bhop]

You could try shooting film only, it is going to be very big over here, one photographer i know has doubled his wedding work by going back to film he got disillusioned by digital and missed film

Really? That's awesome! Gives me hope as a film shooter.

 

[gsgary]

Really? That's awesome! Gives me hope as a film shooter.

Yes film sales have gone up, i might even shot weddings if this film only wedding goes well goes well i'm going to shoot a few digital just in case but will be using a mamiya c330, eos5, and my trusty zorki4

 

[Sw1tchFX]

Leica M4-P with a 35mm f/1.4 and 35 rolls of Tri-X

 

[MelissaHaws]

Thanks for your advice everyone.