Pete_vxl
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my sister is getting married in June and she wants me to do the photos. I have a sony a200 and literally just take photos of my car. I will be way out of my depth and want to know how much would a pro or a more acomplished photographer would be? If this all fails and i have to do it, is it possible to send the photos to a company/person to touch up?
[Edited on 04-02-2011 by Ian]
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AndyKent
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You can pay as much or as little as you like fir a wedding tog. Are you planning on charging her or have I missed the point?
Photos can be retouched seriously cheap, but a shit picture is hard to make better. For example something underexposed is harder to work on than something properly exposed.
Best to get it right in camera.
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Pete_vxl
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Haha no i wont be charging her but if its not uber expensive i would buy her the photographer just so she gets good quality as its supposed to be a one in a lifetime day and the last thing i want is to have my thumb over the lense etc.
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Matt L
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as andy has said you can pay as much or as little as you want.
I was going to offer to do it if it was a weekend wedding but just realised your in scotland which is a bit far  plus iv not done a wedding yet.
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andys sxi
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you should ask jonny j if he wants to go to scotland for the weekend and get him to do it hes good at taking pics
April 08 feature car
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BluKoo
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If it was closer, i'd have come along as a back up photographer to take the pressure off ya and to gain a little experience.
If you have any mates who have a decent camera too, then you could see if they're keen on helping.
You should take a look on talkphotography.com and check out some of the wedding photographers there for inspiration.
It'll give you an idea of what sort of shots you need and maybe give you a little inspiration.
I actually processed a load of wedding pictures for someone on here a while ago. This was back when I didn't even really know what I was doing. This was mainly cropping them into a decent composition and tweaking colours/levels.
If you were stuck, i'd be happy to help out again.
[Edited on 04-02-2011 by BluKoo]
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John
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It's a bad idea from the outset, you can't be at the wedding if you are photographing it and I'm guessing you want to be part of your sister's wedding.
That's before the issue of only having one day to get the perfect pictures.
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BluKoo
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You're not necessary right John.
He's probably gonna have to be even more involved in the wedding. She might think its a nice touch to have her brother taking the pictures she'll (hopefully) cherish for years.
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John
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It's that cherish for years bit that would put me off. It's difficult to get right even when you know what you're doing.
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Ian
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She's wrong, it'll be a disaster from start to finish.
Not only do you only have one chance to get the pictures, but the vast majority of compositions rest upon you to organise as well.
I've done them and it required a massive amount of planning in terms of where I could be, what focal lengths I needed, batteries, memory cards and the group shots are a big big headache, even more so if you're not confident talking to lots of people at the same time.
I had two 1-series bodies, a large number of lenses, tripods, flashes, thousands of pounds worth of gear and I was still worried the whole day about it failing.
Post pro is the least of your worries. It's hard work.
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Jake
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you dont reckon it could be done with a couple of disposables ian 
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Steve
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use auto bracket to maximise your chances of getting correct exposure
-2ev 0ev and +2ev will do
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Gaz
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
use auto bracket to maximise your chances of getting correct exposure
-2ev 0ev and +2ev will do
and fill your cards up quicker? not worth it, you can either shoot in pressured scenario's or you can't. He has already said he is out of his depth and trust me, Ive only 2nd'd at a wedding and that's hard enough in some places.
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Steve
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if using up space is the only draw back and you maximise getting correct exposure in most shots then its worth it imo, cards are big enough these days to not worry about space anyway
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