I’ll bе shooting a friend’s wedding аt thе еnd οf Mау, well really іt’s a renewal οf vows ceremony. It’ll bе аn outdoor luau. Shе′s hiring a professional, bυt ѕhе ѕаіd I сουld shoot tοο fοr thе experience аnd tο add tο mу portfolio.
Ok, ѕο anyways, I’m shooting wіth a Lumix G1 аnd a 14-45mm kit lens. I’d lіkе tο invest іn a decent flash аnd a wide-angle attachment fοr mу lens (саn’t afford a nеw lens јυѕt уеt). Ok ѕο 2 qυеѕtіοn:
Cаn уου suggest a flash wіth enough power fοr a nighttime ceremony (аnd yes I know іn thеѕе situations іt’s ideal tο hаνе more thаn one light source bυt I јυѕt саn’t afford іt rіght now) аnd саn уου аlѕο suggest a ехсеllеnt quality wide-angle attachment (mу lens hаѕ 52mm threads) fοr thе group shots аnd scenery shots. Thе cost οf thе flash doesn’t concern mе tοο much. I need one anyways ѕο I’d lіkе tο gеt something versatile аnd οf ехсеllеnt quality!
Alѕο, аnу οthеr tips уου mау hаνе fοr shooting a nighttime outdoor wedding wουld bе very much appreciated! Thank уου ѕο much!
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You said: “She’s hiring a professional, but she said I could shoot too for the experience and to add to my portfolio.”
Be careful about this! Make sure she questions the photographer first. Most wedding photographers WILL NOT allow other photographers. It should be in the contract your friend signed!
For the flash, look at the Panasonic DMW-FL500 (more expensive, but stronger) or Panasonic DMW-FL360 (less expensive, but weaker).
At 14mm, your kit lens is wide enough already.
Lover Girl is right. I help for a wedding photographer, and part of my job is to shoo away people with cameras during portrait sessions.
I’m not familiar with the Lumix systems, so I can’t really suggest a flash for you… but a 14-45mm lens is pretty wide already, any wider and you’ll get the fisheye effect.
LuvrGirl is very right in what she is saying, if you are intending to also shoot with flash then you can interfere with the pro photographers camera metering system and affect the images he or she is trying to take.
Question your friend to read the contact provided by the photographer and also question to to contact the pro and question his/her permission before you reckon of bringing your camera along also. Most pros do not allow this because you will just end up getting in the way and interfering with their work.
I don’t want to sound mean and say that you can NOT do this, but I am sure that you know.
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I did professional wedding photography for a few years, and YES, it is stated in my contract that there can be no other photographers at the ceremony. Now, there are ALWAYS people with their small digital point and shoots, and it can’t be helped, but more than once I got so fed up with them running up and trying to get shots while I was working hard to make a nice scene for the couple who were paying me, that I would just STOP shooting and stand aside until the bride realized how much they were interfering with the shoot, and SHE would place a stop to it.
So a professional photographer has a very real reason for not wanting herds of other people trying to get photos and really screwing up his work.
I also suggest you make DARN SURE that it is OK with the professional photographer for you to be there firing off your flash when he is trying to get a gorgeous, night AMBIENT lit scene with NO flash. That would absolutely INCENSE me, and I am sure it would another pro also.
Your friend meant well saying you could shoot also, but she is not a photographer and I am pretty sure that if she reads the contract and / or talks with the professional photographer, she will realize that she should not have told you to shoot also.
steve