July 23: Do you think this was a good idea? by Robin Reid

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23-JUL-2005	Robin Reid

July 23: Do you think this was a good idea?

Parker, CO

Suzanne and Christopher Turner caught in a little interchange during their wedding service.

This is just a teaser for tonight. I'll post a couple more later on Sunday.

I will tell you I learned several things:
1) The on board flash for the 20D was inadequate for the level of lighting both at the Church and the Reception.

2) My 70-300mm was nice for a few shots at the wedding, but was too much length several times.

3) I switched to the 17-40 mm for the reception and it served me better, and of course the flash was still inadequate.

It will take quite a bit of post-processing to save several of the shots that I like.

Canon EOS 20D ,Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM
1/60s f/5.0 at 130.0mm iso800 with Flash full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto

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Kenneth Zimmerman		27-Jul-2005 17:31
Never fear, PhotoSHop is great for fixing underexposed shots. It's saved some shots I thought would never turn out. I've fixed some for friends who were amazed by the results. Levels and Curves in layers are your friend!

CJ Burianek		26-Jul-2005 17:18
I ran into this problem shooting photos at my sister-in-laws rehearsal brunch and reception... also found the barrel on my 24-70 is too long for the on board flash and leaves a shadow so I too am looking into a speedlite...

Guest		26-Jul-2005 15:04
Oooooh, this is the happiest day of the lives!

Guest		26-Jul-2005 00:30
He he, too cute!

Karen Leaf		25-Jul-2005 02:45
Don't let the mothers see this :)

J. Scott Coile		25-Jul-2005 00:51
Classic expressions. I see you got the card this time :)

Elaine (etfitz)		24-Jul-2005 19:24
Great catch! It must have been an interesting conversation :)

Guest		24-Jul-2005 12:18
That is an interesting set of expressions! But I'll bet that 2 minutes later, all was well. Glad you learned something from a "practice" round - now you'll know better how to do one of these in the future.

Di		24-Jul-2005 11:37
They both look incredibly nervous...and rightly so. Although this is a great capture, it wouldn't be the one I framed and gave to them. ;-)

Zak		24-Jul-2005 10:47
you remembered the card then! heheh

JeremyGood		24-Jul-2005 07:47
Where's your external flash? Great capture. Did he do or say something wrong?

Brian McAllister		24-Jul-2005 07:22
Ooooh Boy! And today is the happiest day of their lives!!!

JW		24-Jul-2005 06:54
Thanks for tips, I'm off to a wedding reception in a couple of weeks time.

Coleen Perilloux Landry		24-Jul-2005 06:41
Oh my, last minute jitters....tooooo late.

Guest		24-Jul-2005 05:44
What a great moment you have captured here!! I´m sorry with you because I have a very little time so I couldn´t spend so much time at the internet, so that, sometimes I can be on many galleries, But I´ll be trying to do it day by day, As soon as I can!!

Gary Winters		24-Jul-2005 05:34
He doesn't look convinced!