R-D1 Wedding Images

Nice wedding shots. My daughter gets married in four weeks time and I had thought about using the RD1 for my personal shots. The official photog is shooting Nikons and costs a fortune...ouch! But so far I've decided to stick to the LX3 and Oly 420 +11-22mm lens. Seeing as I'm father-of-the-bride and will be required to do some posing too, i thought it better to keep things 'auto'.
 
Very nicely done wedding shoot.

I was also interested if all of these images were made with the R-D1.

And what's the deal with the groom's hair? :eek:

~Joe
 
Thanks for the comments.

My Nikon D3 stopped working as soon as we started the reception so D2x and R-D1 were the backups. About half of the reception shots were with the R-D1, no color shots just B&W and of course none of the super wides.(details,cake shots, dancing). 35/2mm Summicron and 28/2.8 Elmarit. 800 and 1600iso. R-D1 triggering multiple speedlights with Pocketwizards, this venue is extremely dark, meaning it's tough to get available light even with my D3 at 4000iso!

Kuvvy - enjoy the wedding, P&S will do just fine, don't stress. Unless of course the photographer is crap, then you're in trouble! Just kidding. Enjoy it, I see too many times family members worrying about "must get" images and not enjoying themselves. Us wedding photogs will handle it and capture more images than you'll remember. That's why we cost a fortune! Ha! But the images will be worth it.

Joe, we have humidity down here, hell on hair!
 
Great work (I already commented elsewhere), and a refreshingly different sort of wedding. Sorry to hear about your D3 packing it in so early, though! Thephotos convey a very nice vibe throughout.

(And thus commences Post #3000 for me. Hope it was worth it. ;))


- Barrett
 
Well done, looks like a fun wedding to shoot, everbody enjoying themselves. Sorry to hear about your D3.Did you find out what the problem was ?
 
Zoeica, thanks for the advice. I used to do weddings in the distant past, must've shot around 400, but that was on Mamiya TLRs and steam powered flash:) Digital is different and the official photog is gonna shhot hundredds of pix I dare say whereas I used to shoot around 60. My shots weree probabply more formal than the style you see these days. Never tried shooting a wedding in the reportage style. I don't get invited to that many to try it out.
 
Dfin said:
Well done, looks like a fun wedding to shoot, everbody enjoying themselves. Sorry to hear about your D3.Did you find out what the problem was ?
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Thanks. D3 had a shutter error, Nikon fixed it under warranty(even though it's more than a year old) and had it back to me within 8 days. Really sucked since it still is under 100,000 clicks and I should not have had a problem. Digitals just don't hold up, even the high end pro stuff now. My F5 or F100 never had shutter problems. Have had a D2x and D2h shutter problems before as well. Wadda gonna do? My nearly 50 yr old M3 does not have shutter problems! :)

I had finished the portrait shots outside and the D3 started shooting blanks! Ha!
 
Hi Zoeica,
Just wonder if you asked them to pose while they were hand-in-hand walking down the street? How much should the photographer "involve" when shooting these kind of images? I am going to shoot a wedding for a friend of mine and I am very new to wedding photography, particularly this is the first time I do it on my own. Any advice will be appreciated as I am starting to feel the pressure.
Thanks.
Cheers,
Dennis
 
Really great shots there. This weekend an old friend of mine is getting married at west point. So I'm bringing my M8 and M6 to do some shots with.
 
DennisPT said:
Hi Zoeica,
Just wonder if you asked them to pose while they were hand-in-hand walking down the street? How much should the photographer "involve" when shooting these kind of images? I am going to shoot a wedding for a friend of mine and I am very new to wedding photography, particularly this is the first time I do it on my own. Any advice will be appreciated as I am starting to feel the pressure.
Thanks.
Cheers,
Dennis
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I try to keep posing down to a minimum. Of course if there is something I just have to get captured I will tell the couple, but otherwise just let them walk around. Pretty soon they will ignore you and you will see your images improving compared to stale posed shots. The first 1-15 minutes may not produce anything if it's the first time you've worked with the couple. I always try to encourage pre wedding portrait sessions so you get to know each other a little bit before the wedding day.

At the end of the day I try to capture as much as I can without anyone seeing just how many images I've taken. When the bride emails and says "I love the images, most of the time I did not even notice you", then I know I've done my job.

Don't let the pressure get to you.

Make sure to bring backup!
 
Thank you Zoeica. That's great piece of advice. For sure I'll have a meet up with them at the venue to get an idea what they would like to achieve and to know them. I have 1 digital body and I'll bring a film backup for sure.
I plan to use minimal flash as I am not use to it. Anything I need to be aware of?
Cheers,
Dennis
 
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DennisPT said:
Thank you Zoeica. That's great piece of advice. For sure I'll have a meet up with them at the venue to get an idea what they would like to achieve and to know them. I have 1 digital body and I'll bring a film backup for sure.
I plan to use minimal flash as I am not use to it. Anything I need to be aware of?
Cheers,
Dennis
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Just keep shooting, and shoot allot, you pause and you may miss something. Try to avoid direct flash as much as possible.
 
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