eliza_beth

<p>Can you post some examples? A before and after?</p>

<p>Agree on the crop. It seems like you wanted to keep both lights in the shot, but with no one under it, the symmetry is thrown off.</p>

<p>Wow! Wish I could help, this sounds awful. And only 37 photos? Even for my shortest 1 hour weddings I usually give the couple at least 150. How long was he there shooting?</p>

<p><em> I still think if you're close enough to say "anything" to the officiant, then you're still way to close</em><br>

I didn't say I was close enough to talk, where did this come from?</p>

<p><em>I've never been close enought to tell the officant to "Move It!"</em><br>

<em>If you're close enough to tell the officiant to "move it" then you're too close</em><br>

<strong>Just wanted to clarify, I do not talk <em>during</em> the ceremony! When the officiant shows up, we say "hi" and talk a bit. Sometimes I say, "I'm not sure if this is something you already do, but would it be possible for you to step aside as you announce "you may kiss the bride"? My posting title of "move it", was a joke. Sorry if my actual post didn't clarify enough. Everyone's quoting "move it" instead of what I actually asked, "Does anyone else politely ask...". But anywho, I guess shooting wide is the answer:) Thanks!</strong></p>

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<p>Max, wow! I would have been freaking to find out he would be between you and the couple the whole time!</p>

<p>Does anyone else politely ask the officiant to move out of the way before the "first kiss". I do sometimes, but I always feel weird about it; no one wants to be told how to do their job! And they've all been doing it a lot longer than I have. But I hate it when they get in the shot. Sure we can "fake it" later, but... that's not my ideal way. It's called the "first" kiss for a reason! (BTW, they kissed long enough that he eventually moved out of the shot)</p><div></div>

<p>I'm a wedding photographer and I just got married myself last October. One of the things I daydreamed about the most during our engagement was what it would be like the first moment my soon-to-be husband saw me as I was walked down the aisle to be married. When it happened it was great, there was so much anticipation and emotion and I loved that all of our family and friends were there witnessing it. I would not want to trade that in so that we could save time later.</p><div></div>

<p>Does anyone have any techniques that they use to get the bridal party to all jump at the same time?</p><div></div>

<p>Thanks for the great responses!</p>

<p>I also have it in my contract that I retain copyright, but that I give them printing permissions.</p>

<p>Just for clarification, you're looking for an easier way than of emailing a release? Is that what you're asking? For next time, you can include a PDF on the photo disc. Mine says this:<br>

<em>I do hereby declare and warrant that I, the copyright owner of the photos, have given permission and license to the customer to submit for processing or reproducing these photos. I hereby grant a nonexclusive license to ____________________________________ to reproduce these photos for personal use only, and I represent that I have a legal right to grant such a license. You do not have permission to make copies for sale or for the purpose of circumventing sale of the images by the photographer, nor will you authorize any reproductions of the images for commercial use. You are personally responsible for communicating the limitations of this contract to any person who receives a copy of this disc.</em><br>

Then my name and date.</p>

<p>I shoot with an SB-800 flash and have been using Energizer rechargables and a Radio Shack charger. I recently forgot my charger at a wedding and am looking into getting a new one. Is there a more "pro" charger that I should be using? Are there better rechargables out there? Just wondering what others are using, thanks!!</p>

<p>I just bought them when I saw this thread, I think they look inspirational:) I have my first wedding since getting them this Friday, so we'll see if they end up helping or not (I plan on looking through them before the event , not during).</p>

<p>I'm selling my Epson R2400 if you're interested. It's been great, I just don't use it anymore. You can email me at kiou500ATyahooDOTcom</p>

<p>I use Asuka for coffee table albums and Miller's for flush mount albums. They look great:)</p>

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<p>What do you need the camera/flash manual for?</p>

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<p>I was shooting something once (not a wedding) when I somehow turned the bracketing on, since I never use this feature I got a little flustered trying to turn it off. The manual came in handy.<br>

And I don't see anything wrong with having a little laminated card of poses as a memory jogger.</p>

<p>Great point! You're right, I can easily stage this after the ceremony:)</p>

<p>I like to get a close-up when the bride and groom are exchanging rings, but I don't like the feeling of blocking the view and being on top of them. When I try and get the shot from behind, the officiants' big black three-ring binder always gets in the way. When I try and get the shot from my 70-200 I can't get a clear shot of the rings since I'm not that tall and I can't get above the action. What do you do?</p><div></div>

<p>1/100s<br>

f/2.8<br>

ISO 320<br>

23mm</p><div></div>

<p>Bring a contract. I always bring mine (it's five pages) and give it to them at the end of the meeting even if they don't ask for it. I say, "Here's my contract, in case you'd like to look it over. And, if you do decide to book,you'll already have it on hand." I'm not pushy about it.</p>

<p>I think it's too much to ask the B&G to choose their photos. It is a daunting task, what do they know about putting an album together? You should design the album yourself and tell them if they want to change out photos in your design for different photos they can. This is what I do, works fine:) Usually they exchange a few, not many. Give it a try:)</p>

<p>I used a lens hood & no UV filter. I'm no stranger to flare (& mist), I've got no problem with the overall look. It's just when you look closely and can see the "artifacts", that' s what I'm concerned with. I guess it's just the angle? Too much sun coming into the lens? I've just never seen this unnatural geometric pattern come up before. Here's the next image in the series, slightly different angle, and no weird pattern. I use Adobe DNG Converter, should I use something else?</p><div></div>

<p>Here is the full shot.</p><div></div>

<p>I took this photo with my D300. Has this been a problem for anyone else? This is the first and only time it's happened to me.</p><div></div>