No flash wedding

[Mosephus]

Could we see a couple images to see how they turned out, I'm curious to see how your setup fared since I have a similar set up.

[Angelo]

Clifton, since we all know that "A photo is worth a thousand words", why not post a few photos of the wedding?!

[innershell]

I've done pretty decent with candle light and the key is to use a fast prime (f2.0), keep your ISO up (1600), use a tripod, and take lots of photos. Then in post processing, you will have to use noise reduction and sharpening because 85% of your photos will be soft, but still respectable given the lighting conditions.

[brewercm]

Here are a few of the pictures.

[auddii]

Overall, I think you did really well with these. The only thing I see is the white balance looks a little off on the first one (or it's some kind of optical illusion with those yellow walls). Nice job handling the lighting limitations.

[innershell]

I think they look fine. You seem to have enough light throughout. Just have to refine your post-processing skills for color balance, noise reduction, and sharpening.

You may even have been able to use a shorter shutter speed to give your more stability and sharper photos.

[brewercm]

Thanks. There are a few I wasn't happy with the white balance afterwards that I still want to fix. Had I used the other lenses I think they would have turned out sharper.

Btw, I just loved the expression of the fifth photo. I think it was my favorite of all the ones I took.

[ngoduyviet]

Most already commented on the fast primes. A couple more tips shooting in dark venues:
- Slightly over expose, never under expose or you'll have a hard time removing noise in post & get any details out.
- Shoot tight, you'll avoid a lot of color balancing issues, also cropping in post kills your sharpness.

[bryanlindsey]

Originally Posted by ngoduyviet

- Slightly over expose, never under expose

I would have to disagree. Would rather bring up an image than blow the dress.

[khanhfat]

He said slightly, not like over 1 stop over exposed.

You're very lucky. The wedding I shot recently ISO 5000, 1/80- 1/100, f1.6 . Luckily the altar is brighter but everything else is pretty dark.

[brewercm]

I terran them and adjusted the colors and they look much better. Still learned lesson on lens choice for next time around. Was just worried the images wouldn't be a well focused if taken at 1.8 our so.Distances would have finally been good though.

[ngoduyviet]

Originally Posted by bryanlindsey

I would have to disagree. Would rather bring up an image than blow the dress.

That's normally true, however, churches and venues that don't allow flashes typically have lights from top down, the dress would be safe even if you over expose up to a stop. Unless they have spot-light on the couple. I shot once of those, and hated it.

[Mark McCall]

Originally Posted by ngoduyviet

That's normally true, however, churches and venues that don't allow flashes typically have lights from top down, the dress would be safe even if you over expose up to a stop.

Not quite.
Overexposing anything white results in detail loss, even as little as 1/2 stop.
The direction of light has nothing to do with proper exposure.

I think the OP did a commendable job, taking into account the first image color balance is too warm.

[DiskoJoe]

Using a tripod/monopod in situations like this would help you get a slightly faster shutter speed since the camera would not have to worry about shake as much.