[Matt & Tiggr MKIII]

Hmmm

Do you force the ISO or leave it on auto select?

[BenF]

generally force the ISO - I try not to use the different programme modes if I can help it as I like the feeling of having (some!) control; the one I do use regularly is the sports mode

[Matt & Tiggr MKIII]

Wonder if your camera overides the ISO settings in sports mode, my old Minolta would do that

[BenF]

yes - the function modes - sports, landscape, macro etc do over-ride any user input for the ISO setting

did you use such a function for your balloon pic?

[Matt & Tiggr MKIII]

Shutter priority, to ensure the flash was synced up.

[BenF]

?

my camera will automatically synchronise in all but (I think) the manual modes

[mort666]

Paul,

Been having a think about the saturation on the second image. Its not created the look I was after after all, so will try something else in a bit

Thanks for the critique

You're welcome. I look forward to seeing what the finished picture is like after you have had another fiddle with it

If I get chance to this weekend (hopefully I will as I'll need some 'me' time I think after the week's events) I'll be having a bit of a play with my new bit of kit I got through this morning



edit: I just have to put up with my weedy GN42 flash

This post has been edited by mort666: 28 May 2009 - 12:16 PM

[Matt & Tiggr MKIII]

Mine does, but i wanted it set to fire at a given shutter speed

And having a lot of changes of light during the reception, I didn't want to be messing around with manual on that occasion.

You're welcome. I look forward to seeing what the finished picture is like after you have had another fiddle with it

If I get chance to this weekend (hopefully I will as I'll need some 'me' time I think after the week's events) I'll be having a bit of a play with my new bit of kit I got through this morning



edit: I just have to put up with my weedy GN42 flash

Not that weedy

And what new bit of kit???

[mort666]

lol, it's definitely enough for what I need. Don't do too much flash stuff so it's not quite so important to get a huge GN.

Just had a nice new wide angle lens through. I haven't really done anything with a proper wide angle lens yet. Until now. other than the cheapo sony kit lens which I've only used once, the widest I currently have is my 28-70 sigma. the first results may be crap though lol

[Matt & Tiggr MKIII]

Which one did you go for?

I've now moved to a new Zeiss 24/70. Paid for itself at the wedding, as nearly as good low light lens as the 85mm Zeiss which is now virtually totally studio based.

[mort666]

definitely not a fancy Zeiss one

I managed to pick up a Tamron SP 11-18mm lens on ebay

[Matt & Tiggr MKIII]

Blimey thats close to fisheye!

Superb!

[BenF]

wow - you should get some really interesting shots - do share some with us!

[mort666]

I'll definitely share them with you. I've heard good things about the lens with regards to barrel distortion etc. especially compared with the sigma equivalent (10-20mm). When I'm up at my parents this weekend I might just take that lens so I have no excuses for not using it to try it out lol.

[Matt & Tiggr MKIII]

Well,

Here are the results. Unfortunately the tinternet decree's that repro looks shite but the full size images are a lot better!

http://www.tiggrphotography.com/Holly&Scott/

Lots of lessons learnt. One of which is I will never do a wedding shoot again!

[mort666]

Just had a quick look through and it looks like you have got some really good results there Matt, very impressed.

Funnily enough a few people have said that after doing a wedding shoot for friends/relatives

I think I would do some again but under the agreement that there is a chance I might cock things up in the heat of the moment

[Matt & Tiggr MKIII]

Dont think I will do one again. Or if I did it would be wedding itself and a bit of the breakfast. 15 hours shooting is not good for the soul!

[mort666]

definitely not. With my sisters it was just a short registry office ceremony and then the meal afterwards. after that I just took a few snaps with my bridge camera as that was more the feel of that part of the day. Then again they were only bothered about the ceremony and the meal.

[Midnight Blue]

Great pics, Matt ..... and a very colourful wedding