The Wedding

I was recently presented an opportunity to photograph a wedding as being the 'Pro'. Well suffice to say this really was my first time in such a situation. Being the prepared type I researched the where/when aspect and places. This proved to be very useful in that the restaurant where the wedding/reception was held in is a dark place, luminosity wise that is. Given that it was darker than what is desired I knew the flash would be utilized 100%... so pack tons of AA batteries! To my surprise I didn't do a single replacement :)

The gear that I had sufficed and 'did the job' though when compared to someone who does this as a profession it probably sucked, either way I was more than happy to help out with the photos :) On me I had a Canon and Nikon camera, 50/1.8 and 28-70/2.8 (or something close in zoom range). I used the Nikon mostly due to the nature it had a 12MP sensor and a good wide/narrow lens with wide aperture. The aperature is key for weddings from what I understand, not only does it let in more light but makes portrait like pictures work well by blurring surrounding objects (aka depth of field).

For advice I asked my brother for some help as he, in my opinion, takes MUCH better images than I do. He gave me some great pointers such as shoot in manual mode and keep the aperture as wide as possible. I did this and the feel of the picture shifts dramatically, something like that in a fantasy. Amongst other pointers he gave I feel the job went well in comparison if I just went and took pictures. Hats off to my bro for his help!

Here's some snaps from the wedding (all un-edited!)
This picture was taken by a good friend, Erica, and I'm thankful since I was the photographer :) I'm sure others got images of me in action that I'll never see but none directly show off the massive hunk of a camera I was holding. You can also get a sense on how dark the room was, notice the lights are easily visible while the background is very white (that goes to a much brighter room with skylights). And if you're wondering.. yes I was very warm in that suit!
Here's a setting of the rings and the bouquet that the bride carried. The rings were carried by young cousins of the family.
The Bride and Groom, congrats to Nick and Ann!

Those are just some sample shots. I cant really upload all 600+ images, some good and some bad. They are posted on Nick's Flickr account.