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Communion Pictures
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Hi
I have my daughters first communion next Saturday,I am going to take pictures for the day,what kind of settings would you advise for indoor pics.I have a Canon 40d.Any advice would be welcome.Hi,
What sort of lense(s) have you got ? Ideally you would have something quite bright, otherwise a flash ‘might’
be needed.Hi Mark.
Iv got a 17-85mm lens,will this do?I can probably get a loan of something else for the day if needed.If you can, go to the church before the main event, and size up shooting from typical vantage points you plan on at the communion. Check what your zoom and exposure settings are, and you will quickly know if your 17-85 will cut it. If it doesn’t, you will know the focal and f-stop range you will need for the shots you want,
Damien
Im not too worried about church shots,I will take some outside of church and my garden weather permitting.I will also take some home shots
Hi,
If this is your first time playing around with settings then practice before Saturday. Your daughter will probably get fed up after a short time if your constantly trying to fiddle with the camera and getting her to pose for photos. For general record shots it might be best to stick to the ‘P’ setting, just to make sure you bag the shots. Try to take as many shots outside as possible, maybe candid type shots. Use a bit of fill flash (if you have a canon flash gun set it to high speed sync). For potraits use ‘AV’ set at F5.6 and meter for your daughters skin (the white dress may fool the meter), focus on your daughters eyes.
Indoor potraits try some window lit shots. The 17-85 lens is not that fast but should be more than adequate for indoor shots using flash. Borrow a 50mm 1-8 for some nice window lit shots.
For group shots outdoors switch to F8.
If you shoot in ‘RAW’ you will have more to play with if the exposure is a bit off.
Again don’t tire her out by making it into a boring photoshoot.
Remember the record shots of your daughter with her Grandparents etc are the ones you will look back on in years to come.
Review your shots to make sure exposure and focusing is OK.
Finaly don’t forget to charge your batteries and check your CF card the day before.
Enjoy the day.Im happy with most of them I got 1 or 2 really nice ones more or less by accident,I will post some up if I can figure out how to convert them.Thanks for the help. :D
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