Reluctant Wedding Photographer - HELP!

I just finished dinner and was unable to respond to each message - but I just finished reading them all and again, I want to say thank you! I'm getting some great information here, I appreciate it so much!

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks
 
FrankS said:
Bill, definitely NO to slide film or any of the high contrast colourful VC or UC films!
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What!!! You don't shoot a bride with Velvia :)... it'll bring out the colour in her cheeks!
 
ijonas said:
- if at all possible, use a DSLR. I wouldn't dream of shooting another wedding on film, and spending the next 4 weeks scanning in 500 photographs, doing basic adjustments in photoshop, and then organising them into print sizes. A DSLR just excels at this type of work, believe me!
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Great advice all around, and thanks for that! A DSLR is out of the question for now. And in any case, then I'd have to have a complete new set of lenses, etc. No thanks. I can scan 500 negs - done it before!

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks
 
Natalia said:
Bill, I hope you have the venerable Vivitar 283 flash and a braket for the reception.

Here's a link to one of my weddings, where I had very limited gear:

http://www.pbase.com/natalia/weddings (password: bride)
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I have a Vivitar 285 HV and I'll pick up a second one just in case. Stroboframe flip-flash and I'll pick up another of those as well.

I originally bought the 285 flame thrower for my Big Fuji - the Fujica G690 120 roll film 6x9 cm rangefinder - wow what a camera - but...it is sick now. Can't be depended upon, sadly.

But the flash really lights up the town - and can be dialed down, of course.

Thanks for the link!

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks
 
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