Comments on: Top 10 tips for professional wedding photographers

By: damien

damien — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 23:29:32 +0000

Hi Anwar,

Thank you for your question. I set the ISO to 800 as it was as high as I wanted to go using a 6mp Fuji S2 camera. I set the aperture to f/4 because my lens was at optimum quality at that setting and I used 1/8th second exposure to accurately record the ambient light in the dimly lit restaurant. I hope this helps,

Damien.

By: Anwar

Anwar — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 22:26:44 +0000

In the last color photo you posted, what difference does the 1/8th shutter speed make as opposed to the faster shutter speeds used in the previous photos? In essence, why did you use that shutter speed?

By: damien

damien — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 13:50:58 +0000

Hi Sarah,

I prefer minimalist to Spartan. But hey I understand what you mean. Thank you for your compliments.

Damien.

By: damien

damien — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 13:32:07 +0000

Thanks Richard

By: Sarah McDonnell

Sarah McDonnell — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 21:08:45 +0000

Great photographs, I love the way you carried through the spartan theme.

By: Richard Andrews Media

Richard Andrews Media — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 19:33:22 +0000

I have your book these shots feature in. Great book!

By: damien

damien — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 22:12:54 +0000

Thanks Piotr, Do keep coming back, Cheers, Damien.

By: Piotr GRAJEK | fotoHORYZONT

Piotr GRAJEK | fotoHORYZONT — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:34:21 +0000

Thanx Damien for Your inspirational marketing advice and most of all photography. Have your website in my Favourites.

By: damien

damien — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:54:52 +0000

Hi Martin, No cropping on the shots – cropping a shot does not increase depth of field anyway. I always ensure if I have multiple subjects in a shot that they are all on the same focal plane. Cheers, Damien.

By: Martin Hodgkiss

Martin Hodgkiss — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:38:45 +0000

Hi Damien,

F4 ! how do u get the depth of field illustrated in some of theses examples, have they been greatly cropped into?

I’ve been using Canon’s 24-105mm f4L since it came out and I struggle to get a decent depth of field when shooting at F4 on the 5D.
obviously ive tried using less of the lens’s length but I’ve just never been happy with it.

Excellent blog by the way ive been in the business 19 years and still picking up great ideas.

Thank you

By: damien

damien — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:41:12 +0000

Give it a go Tim.
Look at any well shot drama on TV to see the effect of constant aperture shooting (nearly always f/4)
Damien.

By: Tim Hind

Tim Hind — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:32:54 +0000

Hi Damien. This really is a great blog, thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge.

I’m usually varying my aperture from f2.8 to f8, so to see that all of yours are f4 is interesting. I’ll try keeping it constant at my next shoot to see how it looks. Would certainly make life easier!!

By: damien

damien — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:11:24 +0000

Hi Martin,

I never use a lightmeter. I use the camera screen as I can see exactly what I’ve got. I can check highlight and shadow detail and accurately asses contrast and tone. Damien.

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:31:13 +0000

A very sincere thank you Damien very inspiring stuff and lots of very really useful info. Can I ask do you use a light meter much for exposure?

By: Hochzeitsfotograf ARTES

Hochzeitsfotograf ARTES — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:56:44 +0000

Danke!
Alles sehr gut beschrieben!
Thanks,
Wedding Photographer ARtes