Welcome to the list!
I shot the wedding of a classmate (my first wedding) about eight years
after I started doing photography. The flash malfunctioned returning all
photos way underexposed. I have never seen the classmate again! The
camera was an OM 1 but the flash was not OM.
Only do this if you really have to. You need time to study wedding photos
others have taken and time to practice for yourself. Your assessment of
the shadows is correct. So is your choice of film, especially the Portra
160 for flash. I have never used the 400 but do like the look of the 160
even without flash.
If you are really going to do this, get an assistant who can help you
position the participants and round up people for the next shots to help
utilize time better. Weddings are a pressure situation, both because of
the one-time-only nature of the shot, and for the time constraints put on you.
Gregg
At 04:34 PM 8/16/01, you wrote:
Secondly, I am just a hobbiest and normally shoot only family pictures
and flowers (with 2x vivitar macro), scenery, etc. I got cornered into
doing a wedding this Saturday for a relative, and frankly, am a little
nervous. I shoot with an OM PC, and an OM 10, and have just average
lenses, a Zuiko 50/1.8 of course, a Vivitar 28/2, Vivitar 28-80 3.5-4.5,
and CPC 135/2.8, and vivitar 80-200 zoom. I use a t20 flash, and so am
not really equipped for vertical shots without terrible shadows. I have
bought several rolls of portra 400vc and 160nc. I also have an old
olympus RC which I plan to do some portra 400BW with, and an Olympus
Infinity Stylus Epic (with 2.8) that I paln to use if all else fails. I
know this is pretty vague, but any advice would be appreciated.
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