Wedding Advice

[pfritzd]

app priority, iso was about 1000 (can't remember the exact number).

I do remember pointing the flash slightly above my wife's head ... the solution maybe to point the flash directly at the couple ...

[ndsimm]

was the lighting that bad for your ISO to be that high? was you lens wide open? I learned last night (thanks SFP) that shooting AP, you can set the flash on TTL BL for a good fill flash. You can also adjust exposure on some of these if you shot RAW and adjust the contrast a bit also. If you had to set the ISO so high, try shooting manual at a lower ISO so you can have more control over lighting.....hope this helps

[awsilver]

Originally Posted by pfritzd

... I used a flash (sb800) and at close ranges it works great, but at distance, I obviously lose the light from the flash .... the magical question ... do I rent a light box ...

Don't forget you can remote/slave your SB800 from your D70 so it can be positioned anywhere (D70 in Commander mode, SB800 on Remote Group A, Channel 3)...works wonders and adds lots of flexability.

[pfritzd]

thanks for the tips ...

I'll dial down the iso and open up my app more .... let the fun continue :)

[pfritzd]

I can't thank all of you enough. I took all of your advice ... and the pictures turned out GREAT (better than the "professional Pics" I had at my wedding (that's not saying much, but if I did better than the guy we had, I would be pleased ... and I am)). I just went through all the NEF (Nikon's equivalent to RAW for those that don't know) and I got a TON of good ones ... and a few bad, but I think the couple I did the work for will be very happy. Shooting in RAW saved my butt big time ... the ligthing condition was changing so rapidly that I had to concentrate on the shot and worry about exposure later ... and it worked out great ... now I need to leran how to use CS and RAW, cuz it takes WAY to long to process each shot. Oh well ..one step at a time. I'll post a fwe pics later this week .... again THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP