Hello list members,
I've signed up recently and I've been watching the correspondence with
interest - you're an amazingly knowlegable bunch!
I've been asked to take wedding photos by some friends - an informal(ish)
do, this Saturday. I've got a collection of OM gear that I use
semi-professionally for magazine work - I'm a woodworker, and I write a
monthly article, with step-by-step photos, for a UK woodworking title. I
also take garden photos for my wife's organic veg growing articles. If
anybody's interested I'll post up more detail later on. Suffice to say I'm
mostly using a fairly heavy tripod and cable or timer, Fuji Velvia outside
and Provia F100 inside. I light my woodworking shots with a 500 tungsten
lamp corrected for daylight with a blue gel + available light from windows.
This is what I'm used to... nothing moves or looks the other way, and I can
re-shoot if needed!
I said 'yes' to my friends and ordered 3 rolls of Fuji NPC 160 and two of
NPZ 800. I've hardly ever used flash, and I'm getting a little gittery about
the whole thing now... Could someone practical point me in the right
direction please?
This is what I have at my disposal:
OM4Ti, OM2
F280 flash, Vivitar 283 flash, Miranda 650 OM ded. zoom flash (terrifying!)
Lumiquest Promax soft box - velcro fix to non OM flashes
Zuikos: 24/2.8, 35/2.8, 50/1.8 ('made in J'), 100/2.8 (I've been
disappointed), 135/2.8, 35-70/3.6, 75-150/4
Tamron 90/2.5 macro (on its way back from the cleaners) I love it...
Hoya 400/5.6
And this is an interesting one: Carl Zeiss Jena 28-80 macro (at the menders
now, perhaps terminal, but I'd like some feed back on this, LATER please)
(Incidentals: Sigma 2x tele macro, 7mm man ext, 24mm man ext, rev ring,
Cokin P holder with bellows + filters etc.)
Slick pro tripod with Manf junior head, Manfrotto monopod with rubber top
All 2nd hand (bar filters etc), all works!
They probably want record shots of the non-religious ceremony and then some
family groups and maybe some candid action/portraits
I'm in S/West Ireland, next to the Atlantic, where it could be bright and
sunny OR overcast and lashing with rain... or both, in quick succession!!!
I have plenty of 200 iso lab film if anyone thinks I've under ordered on pro
stock.
All suggestions welcomed...
thanks,
Ben Russell
Kealkil
Bantry
Co Cork
Ireland
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