What mode should I use to shoot a wedding outside?

[tiffany_delury]

<p >Hi there! I’m still rather new at the wedding photography thing and I’m shooting a wedding this weekend to both help the bride and groom out since they were not going to have a photographer at all and for me to practice some. </p>

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<p >I have a Nikon D90 and I’m curious what mode I should shoot for a wedding that will be outside? I do not want to make the subjects too dark but at the same time I don’t want to blow out the sky in my pictures. Any suggestions? The weather is calling for possible rain showers, so it very well may be a cloudy day. </p>

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<p >Thanks in advance!!</p>

[William Michael]

<p ><strong ><em >"What mode should I use to shoot a wedding outside?"</em></strong></p>

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<p >"P" Program Auto, (and capture in RAW) will likely be the best, considering the information thus far.</p>

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<p >Additional comments might be broader if you supply the answers to these questions:</p>

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<p >What lens(es) do you have?</p>

<p >Do you have a Separate Flash?</p>

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<p >Also there are many "Beginners" and “First Wedding” threads on the Wedding Forum – you could have read of those.</p>

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[rona_frank]

<p>chekout this video tutorial it might help you:<br>

<a href="http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-Take-a-Portrait-Picture-164306894">http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-Take-a-Portrait-Picture-164306894</a><br>

<a href="http://www.5min.com/Video/Digital-Photography-Tips-Better-Pictures---Part-1-152069772">http://www.5min.com/Video/Digital-Photography-Tips-Better-Pictures---Part-1-152069772</a><br>

<a href="http://www.5min.com/Video/Digital-Photography-Tips-Better-Pictures---Part-2-151481345">http://www.5min.com/Video/Digital-Photography-Tips-Better-Pictures---Part-2-151481345</a><br>

i hope it will help </p>

[tiffany_delury]

<p>Thanks for the advice so far! To answer your questions, I have two lenses so far the 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G VR and the Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED IF VR and I have the SB-800 External Flash which I plan to have on as well.</p>

[James G. Dainis]

Even if it is an overcast day with no hard shadows, I would still use fill flash. With all of the light coming from above from an overcast sky, you still get darker shadows in the eyes, raccoon eyes.

[William Michael]

<p><strong><em>"I have two lenses so far the 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G VR and the Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED IF VR and I have the SB-800 External Flash which I plan to have on as well."</em></strong><br>

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Keep it simple. Use the 18 to 105. Use Flash Fill, outdoors, as James suggested. Practice using Flash Fill, today and tomorrow.<br>

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There are many threads in the Wedding Forum if you search "Flash Fill" and "Flash Fill Outdoors".<br>

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