How NOT to shoot a wedding

Sebzy

Saw this about a year ago but never posted it. It's very funny.

http://www.videobycarol.com/Home_Page/MissionNotImpossible.html

Borderfox

Thats class, talk about a frenzy.

rymus

bloody hell people.. invest in a long lens.

mikeanywhere

rymus wrote:

bloody hell people.. invest in a long lens.

Funny thing was they looked like they were using telephoto lenses anyway - must have been amateurs!!

rymus

or perhaps they were looking for photos of the couples eyeballs and nostrils... I'd rather be at the end of the church with a 300mm f2.8

Diarmuid

That's funny alright. On a related note, (and I didn;t see any sticky with this question so excuse me if it's frequently asked) if you want to minimise changing of lenses at a wedding what is a good one to take? My sister is getting married in the summer and I want to take a few decent pictures so any suggestions would be welcome. I don't want to be on top of the couple, I'll let the photographer do that job just want to take a few discrete photos on the day

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rymus

2 bodies?

Other than that, something with a decent range... If I was doing the casual wedding shots thing I'd probably have something like an 18-200 or a 28-135.. I wouldnt exactly be concerned with the best glass or top notch photos. I know a couple of people that have the sigma 18-200 and it seems like a decent lens for the money.

PaulieC

I did a wedding recently and I found the 28-135 to be perfect. I only had to change at the end of the mass when the families in the family photos on the altar kept growing...

Diarmuid

Yea I got this 28-100 with my second hand D70. I don't use it much but it might do the job for the day?

Sebzy

Shoot with the following

E1 with 50-200mm f2.8-3.5
E300 with 14-54 f2.8-3.5 - FL50 on off camera grip

Covers about 95% of the shots