Hello Everyone,
Hope all is well.
I have my first Beach Wedding in Mauritius this month. Before i go i want to know any tips you might have in regards to:
1. Placing the couple behind the sun,on the side, in front, etc.
2. Use of Lens filters I should buy.
3. Need of equipment - reflectors, etc.
I am trying to achieve wedding shots like Jerry Ghoinis. I know his uses the Lowel Video Light for quite a few of his shots. Should i buy one to get these type of shots.
I would be grateful for any tips you all have.
Thanks.
My Kit includes:
- Nikon D300 and D2oo
- Nikon 18-22mm Lens, 24-70mm 2.8 Lens, 50mm 1.4 AFS Lens, 10.5mm 2.8 fisheye
- 2 x Nikon Sb900 Flshguns
- Lastolite Ezybox
Tags: 22mm, beach wedding, behind the sun, fisheye 2, hello everyone, lastolite, lens filters, nikon d300, reflectors, video light, wedding shots
The sun is nothing but another light source. If you know lighting, you know how to use the sun.
Study, practice and know your equipment. Your three questions are very basic for someone who needs enough experience to photograph such an important and irreplaceable day. Be sure you’re ready for the huge responsibility of such a shoot.
Not that you can’t, just be TRIPLE sure you’re ready.
If you want to copy someone else’s technique, and you should if you’re just starting out, then you have to have the same equipment they do, so yes, you need whatever he uses.
ON THE OTHER HAND, if you want to create your OWN style, all you need is a camera and a good background, with maybe a few gadgets to make up for what nature lacks.
FIRST OF ALL IS THE BACKGROUND. You ALWAYS look for your background FIRST, no matter what you’re making a picture of. Go walk your beach, make sure it has easy access and that you don’t have to have a bride in a five-thousand-dollar wedding dress walk a mile across wet sand to get there. Of course, if you DO have a spot of beach ONLY five miles from the nearest parking lot that is so whiz-bang it’s to die for you might want to get a camping tent or two for your people to change clothes on-site. Remember: the first Law of Photography states that cost is irrelevant if you really want the shot.
Visit your site(s) several times during the day before the shoot, preferably with a pretty girl and handsome friend to model for you so you can look at the lighting. Remember, it doesn’t do you any good if you have the light right on them only when they’re angled so that something ugly shows in the background. And watch out for beach trash while you’re at it. Some kind of seaweed that looked like dead alien tentacles ruined several scenes for me last month at Mendocino. You can clean these out if you want, but I’m going elsewhere.
If you have your background right, at the right time of the day, with your people in costume (watch about getting that five-thousand-dollar dress dirty! Bring a white ground cloth.) then shoot the shot. I might have lamps with me, but more likely I would just use gold or silver reflectors to bring up the shadow side.
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http://cameras.about.com/od/ca.....ctures.htm
You probably know the basics.
Sounds like you know most of the basics but here’s a good tips source in case you can dig something extra out to help you along.