Urgent answers needed from owners of a Canon eos 350D

Hi everyone,

I've got this a few months ago and so far have just used it in Auto mode for photo's when on holls or something ( a sin I know)

I'll be taking photo's at a wedding on saturday though so any tips eg exact settings to use?
I have a 1 gig card in it,how many photo's will that hold at highest quality? This will be for a proper album type thingie so I want to do the best possible.I'll also want to print off the photo's into large sizes 10x8 and bigger

Any help and tips would be much appreciated.
You can make it as detailed and as simple as you can as you are dealing with a right photo taking greenhorn here

Thanks

eas

no offence Tristrame, but it sounds like you'd be best off leaving everything on auto and hoping for the best.

honestly tho, a crash course in photography a day before you shoot a wedding could do more harm then good.

Western_sean

I'm probably not far ahead of you so you will certainly get more expert replies than mine ....

1. Raw pics are around 10mb. So you'll get around 100 on the card I think it's worth going for the raw mode since it's a good bit more forgiving of the kind of over / under exposure mistakes newbies' like me tend to make

2. I wouldn't use the on camera flash in church I don't think it generates enough light I think you need a flash gun for these shots really.

3. If these shots are for the wedding album I'd respectfully suggest you need some more storage I'd guess you probably want to take 150+ photo's and select the best ones from those.

4. There's a list somewhere online of the standard wedding photo's make sure to get them all - it'll keep you out of the bad books with someone.

5. Maybe bring a spare camera body just in case something nasty happens with yours? (Murphy's law and all that)

Anyway those are my suggestions I'm sure you'll get better ones but they're a start

Best of luck with it
Sean

eas

just went off to find this link for you - as mentioned above by Western_sean.


a list of shots to consider for the day

http://www.1214.biz/1214-Photo-List.pdf#search=%22standard%20wedding%20photos%20list%22

good luck, let us know how you get on.

DotOrg

Tristrame wrote:

so far have just used it in Auto mode for photo's when on holls or something ( a sin I know)

not a sin, just a waste of money

Tristrame wrote:

I'll be taking photo's at a wedding on saturday though so any tips eg exact settings to use?

if you don't understand shutter speed/aperture/iso then just leave it on auto

if you do understand them, why ask the question?
- you adjust shutter speed to capture/freeze motion/stop camera shake
- you adjust aperture to let more/less light in and to change the depth of field (meaning how much of the image is in focus)
- iso adjusts light sensitivity, high iso (eg 800 or 1600) is good for dark places such as inside the church and low iso (eg 100 or 200) is good for outside in the sun

Tristrame wrote:

I have a 1 gig card in it,how many photo's will that hold at highest quality?

the camera shows you how many shots are left on the top lcd display, look at it and find out, number left depends on iso and quality setting. highest quality is raw but you need to understand lots of things to use it properly

Tristrame wrote:

This will be for a proper album type thingie

do the couple know that a good camera doesn't mean you will be able to give them pro quality shots? to do good traditional wedding portraits you'd need an external flash and more than just the kit lens

davmigil

Get the Golden Pages out and look under Wedding Photographers

/me running for cover

LoL at some of the replies It's little wonder that I see the photography forum on the top of the list in the reported posts forum every other day

Thanks western Seán and thanks eas for the link.


Massive LoL at DotOrg This is not the official wedding album and as for the camera being a waste of money,I'll decide what I'll do with my money,and if I want a half decent camera,I'll have one thanks.

DotOrg

Tristrame wrote:

Massive LoL at DotOrg This is not the official wedding album and as for the camera being a waste of money,I'll decide what I'll do with my money,and if I want a half decent camera,I'll have one thanks.

you said it was for an album

you have more than a half decent camera, using about 5% of it's capabilities makes it a bit of a waste as you could have bought a more compact camera that would get very similar results to what you'll get in the 350D's auto mode

if you bought a ferrari and only drove it in 1st gear, i'd also say that's a waste of money

Fair enough,I have every intention of using every function the camera has,but I dont want to be experimenting at a wedding.To date I havent had the time but I have had the intention,just as I say in deference to this occasion,I was looking for short cuts and handy tips.

I'm not a daw and have enough inteligence to take on board a few hints without risking ruining the photo's.When I've time,I can play and get experience with the camera-just not on this occasion obviously.
That was the reason for the thread.

I didn't like the sarky answers-there was no need for them,but I laughed them off.

davmigil

Seriously though, I guess the Portrait setting would be an improvement over auto for wedding shots?

Else stick it on Av (aperature priority mode) and go for a shallow depth of field for portraits.

There is a cool tutorial (flash based thingy) I think on the canon japan website which was like a crash course in photography (I possibly saw the link on this forum or somewhere else). Anybody have the URL?

davmigil

davmigil wrote:

There is a cool tutorial (flash based thingy) I think on the canon japan website which was like a crash course in photography (I possibly saw the link on this forum or somewhere else). Anybody have the URL?

Ah thanks,that would be great.
I'll try a search for that but if anyone has the link that would be class

davmigil

Tristrame wrote:

Ah thanks,that would be great.
I'll try a search for that but if anyone has the link that would be class

Okay, too me a while, but I found it (will bookmark it this time):

http://web.canon.jp/Imaging/enjoydslr/index.html

Goolay

Thanks for the link!

GASUN

Trist,

DotOrg and Sean have given good advice and fair critique to your 'auto operation only' of the camera and in fairness you did make reference to a 'proper album type thingy' in your post.

How long had you known this wedding was coming down the tracks if you are the main photographer?:eek: You are either the main photographer or not?

If you are not the main photographer, then cover the day in a relaxed manner and give them a set of alternative shots - no pressure ....:p I do this all the time at friends weddings without getting in the way of the main photographer .... In fact you can learn a lot by watching how the main photographer conducts his business. Also 'crowd control' is important if you are the main photographer ....

If you have time, take a pal to the church and get practicing inside and out with settings .... auto is always there to fall back on ...

Post back a photo ............:cool:

Enda
www.gasun.net
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Fajitas!

No offense, but if you don't know how to use it, keep it on auto, at least you will know what you are taking, and the camera will do its best to cope.

There's no point in trying out new things on the day, or you might not get any results.

Stay clear of RAW too, it's advanced, and you'll need to learn how to use software. Just stick it on auto, with high res Jpegs and shoot away. If you know how to use photoshop then fire away, if not, see what they're like anyways.