Wedding - The Reception

NateS · Jun 23, 2009

These are a few of the ones that I really liked of the reception at the wedding I did recently.

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3. Groom and his mom

4. Head table "detail" shot

5. One of the table centerpieces

Thanks for looking.

paulk_68 · Jun 23, 2009

Wow, the indoor lighting looks like it was horrible. You did a great job with the whites. #4 is very cool.

adamwilliamking · Jun 23, 2009

I like the one of the champagne glasses,
but, In my opinion the first two dancing photos have too much dead space up top
and insufficient space at the bottom.

MyaLover · Jun 23, 2009

#2: BRA! hahahaha cute photos tho and i really like #4, great colors

NateS · Jun 23, 2009

Thanks for all the comments. Inside light was nearly non-existent. This also made it hard to see through the viewfinder for composition hence the dead space, etc...

astrostu · Jun 23, 2009

Question, since I'll be doing a reception in 3 months ... how did you handle the lighting? Was it basically a diffused flash, like aimed up at the ceiling?

NateS · Jun 24, 2009

astrostu said:
Question, since I'll be doing a reception in 3 months ... how did you handle the lighting? Was it basically a diffused flash, like aimed up at the ceiling?

As far as I remember, it was no diffuser....just the flash bounced of the ceiling (a pretty high ceiling....20-25 feet). Worked just fine and gave just enough fall off light in the background.

gsgary · Jun 24, 2009

Just wondering why you shot them all at ISO200 and not higher

NateS · Jun 24, 2009

gsgary said:
Just wondering why you shot them all at ISO200 and not higher

Because I had a flash and was able to get proper subject exposure with ISO200 and bounced flash. Plus since I don't have much background blur, the darkness of the background helps with isolation which wouldn't have been as much with ISO800-ISO1600.

Oh yeah, and also the fact that I shot with a D70s for about 2 years and the D90 for about 4 months....I still have a hard time remembering that I can safely bump the ISO past 200-400....lol.