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I final found out that my old 30 year old flash will be safe to have on my Canon 350d. So now that I finally have an external flash I can use in manual what to do… First of all I need to get rid of this harsh light. So after some searching I found at least a some what pleasing to the eye solution. Also a plus to how it looks is how much it costs. All you need is some wax paper, scissors, tape, and card stock. I would give you how to but some one already did that for you. How to make a wax paper flash diffuser

Finished product:

Before: Taken at 45 degree angle flash head. 1/80 f5.6 full manual. Flash power set at f5.6 without diffuser

After: Taken at 45 degree angle flash head. 1/80 f5.6 full manual. Flash power set at f5.6 with diffuser

Note: make sure before putting a old flash on a EOS hotshoe. Make sure you know what voltage it can handle other models of EOS cameras only allow for 6v the vivitar flash is ~12v this would fry say a 10d or a 300d. I take no responsibility if you use a non digital supported flash on your camera.

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.