I recently did my first wedding and I am completely disappointed. It isn\'t about my shots; I\'m pleased with what I took, with concerns to composition. I\'m disappointed with my camera.
It was a major crisis time. I was lying on the floor of the church, or draped over the balcony messing with every single setting, trying hundreds of different combinations to get it to shoot well, but it didn\'t. Every single ceremony photo is blurry.
External flash with a diffuser - still blurry.
External flash with no diffuser - still blurry.
Built in flash, no diffuser - still blurry.
No flash - still blurry.
I shoot with a Canon Rebel XT (digital). Is my model just not good for low lighting, movement photos? Is it user error?
Edit::
What frustrated me was that the photos worked well at the rehearsal, set up the same way I was going to do the actual wedding. But it didn\'t work at the wedding.
To clarify what I meant by \"hundreds of different combinations\"... I was talking about different ISO\'s, etc. I found the ISO that worked at the rehearsal and I didn\'t shoot anything else after that, kept the camera set up the same way. The rehearsal and the ceremony were at the same time of day.
P.S.
I wasn\'t the only photographer there and I did it for free. The bride and good understood that I have no experience and they were both good friends of mine. I\'m trying to learn, and I would appreciate it if I got help instead of insults.
I recently did my first wedding and I am completely disappointed. It isn\'t about my shots; I\'m pleased with what I took, with concerns to composition. I\'m disappointed with my camera.
It was a major crisis time. I was lying on the floor of the church, or draped over the balcony messing with every single setting, trying hundreds of different combinations to get it to shoot well, but it didn\'t. Every single ceremony photo is blurry.
External flash with a diffuser - still blurry.
External flash with no diffuser - still blurry.
Built in flash, no diffuser - still blurry.
No flash - still blurry.
I shoot with a Canon Rebel XT (digital). Is my model just not good for low lighting, movement photos? Is it user error?
What frustrated me was that the photos worked well at the rehearsal, set up the same way I was going to do the actual wedding. But it didn\'t work at the wedding.
P.S.
I wasn\'t the only photographer there and I did it for free. The bride and good understood that I have no experience and they were both good friends of mine. I\'m trying to learn, and I would appreciate it if I got help instead of insults.
I recently did my first wedding and I am completely disappointed. It isn\'t about my shots; I\'m pleased with what I took, with concerns to composition. I\'m disappointed with my camera.
It was a major crisis time. I was lying on the floor of the church, or draped over the balcony messing with every single setting, trying hundreds of different combinations to get it to shoot well, but it didn\'t. Every single ceremony photo is blurry.
External flash with a diffuser - still blurry.
External flash with no diffuser - still blurry.
Built in flash, no diffuser - still blurry.
No flash - still blurry.
I shoot with a Canon Rebel XT (digital). Is my model just not good for low lighting, movement photos? Is it user error?
I was shooting in RAW most the time, but my frustration led me to try all the factory presets as well.
Any advice?
Nov 01, 2009 at 10:11 AM
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