Event Photography
I am trying to get ready for a wedding I need to shoot next June. Friends weddings and family events are always good practices. I have gone from a person who uses as wide open of an aperture as possible to a person who tries to decide on what aperture to shoot depending of the situation. My lessons have included shooting at a wide open apiture with natural light at a wedding reception. This has changed into a shooting less of a wide apiture with a flash at weddings. This allows me to have a wider focal range. This way if I am taking a picture of two subjects I will be able to keep both in focus because of DOF. It did not seem to big of an issue with my 50mm 1.8 lenses however when I got to 85mm it became more of an issue. So its a win lose situation. I don't use natural light however I don't have as many DOF issues with subjects.
The next issue I have discovered. Well I have known I need this for a while. However I was never planning on taking pictures at weddings. So I invested in some good fixed focal length lens. My 85mm f 1.8 for portraits and my 50mm 1.8 lens. The problem is that you do not have the flexibility you would have with a variable lens So what I need to do is get a variable lens so I can have the flexibility I want. What I am looking at right now is a SigmaZoom Wide Angle-Telephoto 28-70mm f/2.8 EX DG . This should give me the flexibility I need. To gather the shots I want.
List of equipment I would like to get before next summer:
1. SigmaZoom Wide Angle-Telephoto 28-70mm f/2.8 EX DG .
2. Canon430EX Speedlite E-TTL II
3. Replacement 50mm 1.8 lenses - Autofocus does not work any more on my old one.
Here are some shots that I took at the past two weddings I was at.
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