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<p>There's not really good answer unless we have a better idea of the environment you are shooting in and the camera settings. <br>

The ISO, distance, lens, body choice all weigh into the equation..</p>

<p>Multiple light sources will usually work especially on the background.</p>

<p>Actually, you might be best in the middle.. The 24-70 and 24-105 lenses provide you with a focal length that is very accepting of the B/G photos as well as the group shots..<br>

To try this with the 70-200 for 2 people you'd be ok, but the best overall package may be somewhere in the middle..</p>

<p>For the most part you cannot do anything about medals but make sure the lighting is at a 45 degree angle (both sides) from the camera. Also, make sure you have good composition (male on your right with the female slightly in front) and you'll be fine. I would consider hiring a couple of monolights, tho..<br>

One other thing to watch for is glasses. The glare from certain glasses can blank out one's eyes..<br>

You may want to consider a dye sub printer to print pics on the spot. $20 a sheet you could make a killing!!</p>

<p>I would think a complete enterprise of systems could work effectively. Many of my fellow photographer friends are effectively one lightning bolt away from being out of business. <br>

For my backup I use: One computer with a 1tb hdd and another on the same network, same size drive. Nightly batch job runs to keep the two in sync with each other. When they both fill up, move the archived data to another hard drive called the archive drive. THEN, I use an LTO-3 tape drive to back up the whole lot. The tapes have a compressed capacity of 800gb, and a native of 400gb. To alleviate the potential for issues I use the native drive setting and back all of the data up on the tapes weekly and store all of the tapes in a fireproof safe. In the event of a fire, I would have to of course resurrect the data but from the backups it has worked very quickly.<br>

I have tried online backup servers but with the slow upload speed I have with the Internet (Time Warner) it would take me almost 1 week to upload 10 gb. So, backing up 1 tb would probably take a few months. Online for me is not an option..</p>

<p>I would definitely pursue the photographer that you cannot find. Ask him to come clean with the terms of the contract. Whenever considering court proceedings, the easiest way to recover damages is to have evidence that you were attempting to contact this person and he never got back in touch with you. As far as the second photographer, I would not hold him liable for the pictures he took. Many secondary photographers have desires on being the main photographer and the pictures taken will serve as a way to market his skills..<br>

Another thing to consider is the fact that this photographer may be going through some of the changes this current economy is putting on many of it's citizens. No excuse for a breach of contract, but I would make an attempt to see how the photographer is conducting current business.<br>

At the end of the day you have the conditions that were promised to you for your special day. Make sure you make a good case and can show evidence that you attempted to contact the photographer, and you should be ok. One other thing to keep in mind: Even if you do prevail, no amount of money can replace the capturing of emotions and feelings for the day of the wedding that the original photographer captured.<br>

Good luck.</p>

<p>Police nowdays are doing things that are more proactive in the prevention of crime. Sure if nobody's at the church he would be a little suspicious because of the recent church fires, and vandalism that is a sad testimony to our country today, and most of it was caught on tape, youtube.. <br>

For all the police knew you were with a group that went ahead to start the vandalism, etc..<br>

To me this isn't an issue of do you have the right to take a picture from a public street but if you are confronted by police or security how do YOU carry yourself. If they believe that you have no criminal intent they will probably go on their way. If you get stinky about your rights, etc the police can get stinky too and arrest you and keep you in jail for hours while your case is being decided. Remember sometimes you can be right about an issue but convey that in the wrong way..<br>

This happened to me at my church. <em> </em>I was pulled over off the road across the street from the church getting pictures for a cover for our church directory. Busy highway. Policeman pulled up and asked what I was doing. I told him that I wanted to get pictures of the church and this was the best time of day and there was nobody there so the pictures would be perfect. I also asked if he needed me to call the pastor and he could talk to him if needed. I think I convinced him that I had no criminal intent so he went on his way.. </p>

<p>The EOS-1 older cameras can have some other issues like battery life, and what already mentioned here, a slower shutter speed. I would imagine you would do better getting something like a 50d or even a 5d classic. You will probably find more support at that end then on the older EOS-1 end.. Also, what type of printing are you trying to do in order to target the 12 mp range as needed? Have you considered shooting in raw? There's quite a lot of detail to be had when shooting in raw..<br>

YMMV, tho..</p>

<p>You should look into Metz flashes. If you're looking for off-camera flashes you could to pretty good with the 45 series flashes. Runs on 6 aa bats. You might want to do your research to see if the solution works for you. I have a few Metz series 45 flashes and they are built tough and produce consistent flash temps over many power ranges.. You can also modify the sync cable to accept the standard 1/8 inch plug for triggering..</p>

<p>This is the x-sync speed of your camera. You MUST know it for every camera you own as they can actually be different from camera to camera. <br>

Once you memorize it you must not exceed that speed when shooting with studio strobes or any other type of manual light. for speeds above that you will need a Canon flash to strobe for the higher speed. This H mode greatly decreases the flash distance, but it works.<br>

With ambient light there is no sync speed as it is all continuous..</p>

<p>I use Adobe Bridge and like the flexibility it provides. Lightroom is great as well..</p>

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<p>This camera is the successor to the 50d. Which was a successor to the d30, d60, 10d, 20d, 30d, 40d. This is kind of like saying you're running a mile and the first few times you run in the upper 8 minute range, then you all of a sudden run a 4 minute mile. Not practical for Canon. This camera has a long history line and they have all been of the 1.6 crop mid-level camera.<br>

Not a bad camera for sure and chuck full of features to boot!</p>