aimee0508
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It's so nice to find a forum to have real people to answer your questions instead of just doing 'google' searches!! TIA for any responses, kind or not:hugs:.
In short, my sister is getting married..... was engaged a year w/plans to wed NEXT year but w/new baby on the way she feels she MUST marry this month to apease my grandparents..... yadayadayada. She is doing a VERY simple outdoor ceremony w/ a JP at the light house on the ocean near us w/only 30 guests. Small dinner recept to follow. My point is this is VERY casual although we are all dressing like it is a big ta-da because it still is to her. I have talked, encouraged, SCREAMED at her to hire a professional to take pics for her but she was just hoping for family to take pics. I WISH I could afford to pay for just a few hours for her to remember this special occassion but she insists that the money could be given as a gift instead because they are in the process of buying their first home (she has a good head on shoulders.... I would splurge for the memories, she is for the necessities, lol). I also recommended putting out on craigslist for her incase there is someone who is portfolio building. She doesn't want to be bothered. I don't want to step on toes. She now has a friend of the fam who is just starting out willing to take some pics.
OK, I'm rambling.
My questions are, I have a D90 I have been shooting w/for 3 months Learned in manual mode on a Nikon 8700, have been shooting for 4+ years in manual. I have control of A, S, and ISO. I only have the kit 18-105 and have been wanting to purchase the 50mm 1.8D. I would LOVE to surprise her w/ some decent shots and hope to get some advice here as to poses to look out for, angles to shoot from, will the 50mm be OK from distances outside? Could you post some poses that are 'safe shots' or point me to threads with them so I might get her some keepers? I would love to get some silouette pics of them near the lighthouse w/ocean in background but it will be 5pm, sun still 2 hrs away from setting, is this realistic?
****I have not said to her that I will be trying for professional shots because I am completely freaking out since your wedding should be the MOST photographed time of your life!!! A day to feel like a princess, AND be able to have those same feelings when you go back and look at the pics years later!
In short, my sister is getting married..... was engaged a year w/plans to wed NEXT year but w/new baby on the way she feels she MUST marry this month to apease my grandparents..... yadayadayada. She is doing a VERY simple outdoor ceremony w/ a JP at the light house on the ocean near us w/only 30 guests. Small dinner recept to follow. My point is this is VERY casual although we are all dressing like it is a big ta-da because it still is to her. I have talked, encouraged, SCREAMED at her to hire a professional to take pics for her but she was just hoping for family to take pics. I WISH I could afford to pay for just a few hours for her to remember this special occassion but she insists that the money could be given as a gift instead because they are in the process of buying their first home (she has a good head on shoulders.... I would splurge for the memories, she is for the necessities, lol). I also recommended putting out on craigslist for her incase there is someone who is portfolio building. She doesn't want to be bothered. I don't want to step on toes. She now has a friend of the fam who is just starting out willing to take some pics.
OK, I'm rambling.
My questions are, I have a D90 I have been shooting w/for 3 months Learned in manual mode on a Nikon 8700, have been shooting for 4+ years in manual. I have control of A, S, and ISO. I only have the kit 18-105 and have been wanting to purchase the 50mm 1.8D. I would LOVE to surprise her w/ some decent shots and hope to get some advice here as to poses to look out for, angles to shoot from, will the 50mm be OK from distances outside? Could you post some poses that are 'safe shots' or point me to threads with them so I might get her some keepers? I would love to get some silouette pics of them near the lighthouse w/ocean in background but it will be 5pm, sun still 2 hrs away from setting, is this realistic?
****I have not said to her that I will be trying for professional shots because I am completely freaking out since your wedding should be the MOST photographed time of your life!!! A day to feel like a princess, AND be able to have those same feelings when you go back and look at the pics years later!