Mark Roberts wrote:
William Robb wrote:
Shoot the editorial crap (and I use this term literally) handheld,
since you have no choice. Try to at least use a handle mount flash,
preferably one that can still be adjusted to put the flash head over
the lens both vertically and horizontally.
If you are shooting actual formals, the pace is slower (not by much),
but the work is more detail oriented.
You want the camera on a tripod.
Don't discount the psychological benefits, either. It usually makes a
more favorable impression on your *subjects* (including the people
paying you) when you use a tripod for this stuff. I noticed on the few
wedding gigs that I did that everyone settled down a bit and became more
cooperative when the photographer set up on a tripod (which he did just
for the formal shots). The tripod seems to say "OK, we're all here to
have fun but let's be serious for these few minutes".
I'll add that the pro I worked with (a high-end guy who got $5000 and up
for a wedding) did mostly the "photojournalist" style shoot. He shot
most of the ceremony hand-held, but always had a camera with an
80-200/2.8 on a tripod for a few ceremony shots - you simply can't
hand-hold that rig in most churches without using flash, which he didn't
like using (and isn't permitted in many ceremonies). Fortunately, there
isn't usually enough fast action in weddings for subject motion to be an
issue at slow shutter speeds :)
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