Down the aisle

[ericmolimard]

July 27, 2010 at 8:06 pm

hi all,

Was wondering what setting/technique you use for the bride and her dad walking down the aisle.
i tried a few but not too happy with any of them. I have used full flash but the shadows are too dark and strong, no flash + high ISO, have a 5D2 so can go up to 3200 without too much noise but again the result isn’t great.

Let me know how you do it please!

EM

[flynny]

July 27, 2010 at 9:03 pm

Have a look at this,
if you haven’t already done so ,spend some time reading the various blogs on flash and wedding.

http://neilvn.com/tangents/flash-photography-techniques/4-bouncing-flash/” onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false;

[Green Meanie]

July 28, 2010 at 8:16 am

flynny wrote:

Have a look at this,
if you haven’t already done so ,spend some time reading the various blogs on flash and wedding.

http://neilvn.com/tangents/flash-photography-techniques/4-bouncing-flash/” onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false;

Great tips there!

[richardbradley]

August 11, 2010 at 10:07 am

Everybody different so just a personal view – I wouldn’t normally bother with flash – getting the technique right without prepares you for when the priest won’t let you! Stick the 24-70 on, F2.8, Iso up depending on light but 3200 on 5d2 fine. Then take 4 shots:
1) Straight down the aisle (then move yourself to side of groom)
2) picture of groom as he looks at her
3) picture as they both arrive in frame but her still walking
4) picture as they arrive together

[Maxone]

January 7, 2011 at 8:12 pm

What setting to use for good result depends on many things such as: how much light there is in the church, what type of lens you are using and the camera itself. Canon5d mk2 is a great camera which easelly removes noise using high iso in a low light condition. For full frame camera I would recommend 85mm f/1.4 or f/1.8 for shooting the bride walking down the aisle. Using f/1.4 or f/1.8 ISO 800 is way too enaugh. If you have other type of lens which is less light, set higher ISO and shorter speed. For slowly walking people
1/60 is enaugh. Using flash in the church is very unprofessional.

I shoot wedding last week, equipment I had was Nikon d60 + 50mm f/1.4 and 18-55 f/3.5-5.6. I used 50 f1.4 ISO 800 all the time in the church
and results are better than good. I will post a photo next week as an example.

Good luck