Travel Photo Tips: What is metering, and how does it affect my pictures?

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1-23-2011 @ 11:30AM

LB said...

I've been reading your articles. I have to photograph someone's wedding. They weren't able to afford a good photographer at this time and I said I would do it for free. I have a DSLR and I'm very comfortable with outdoor shots. But her wedding is indoors in a church. I was wondernig do you use these aperture/shutter/iso settings when you do church weddings or you use an external flash. I hate using flash in general cause I feel like it loses some of the feel of the picture unless you bounce or diffuse. But I'm scared if I don't use a flash it'll be a blurry when she's walking down the aisle. It's a once in a life time thing and I'm scared to death I'm going to mess it up!! Basically wondering what you do for low light church weddings.

1-25-2011 @ 8:57PM

Dana Murph said...

Indoor church weddings are definitely tough. There's a very long answer, but the short recommendations are this:

Use an external flash if possible, and bounce it off of the ceiling. You can't risk missing that one fateful shot, or taking it without a flash and having it blur.

If you have a full-frame, pro-level camera with a pro lens that'll stop down to f/2.8 or below, you may be able to get enough light with a shutter speed of 1/125 or faster. If you go any slower, there's a good chance the bride will be moving too fast and it'll introduce blur.

If you're not using a flash, bump the ISO as high as you can without introducing a great amount of noise -- that varies with each camera, of course. Best of luck!

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