You are going to love the 5D4. Using the movie mode you can easily go to 6400, shoot with still imaging settings, and cull out JPG's, PNG's, or TIFFs. Each frame is a complete JPG on it's own. If you can deal with 8mp images (I have no problem with it for images for albums and lower) it will be a major change in shooting technique for photog's that will enter that territory. You have a nice personality compared and are enjoyable to watch. Thumbs up.
really interesting to watch you work. going to look at photo mechanic. I don't shoot weddings, but I do stage/film bts and I wanted to see another togs approach to dealing with large numbers of images. I shoot about 600 in 2 5 hours and have to upload image that night for the theatre photo board to be printed the next morning. I don't do any editing until I have finished rating and have a final selection, about 150. I folder them sometimes by lighting condition/location so that I can apply the same settings and get consistency. All I need to do then is tweak exposure and crop per image. I do all of my work in Bridge and ACR. I then take perhaps 12 for the theatre board into PS and edit to perfection. I have it down to about 3 hours a show.
So great of you to be sharing these. Amazing work! One question: do you use the inner camera flash or an external one? If it's an external, which one? Thanks!
Great series of videos & thanks for sharing your process. I normally select focus points manually to ensure the eye is in sharp focus however in these fast moving shots like the mother/groom dancing shots & cake cutting/ in faces it would've been impossible to do that & capture that with the fast movement. Do you have your focus set to auto or zoned?
Thanks, I have the same camera & discussed issues with Canon, they admitted the centre point was the true focus. I've often had to use smaller aperture to ensure correct focus. Loving your series & insights.
Hi, congratulations for your work!! How do you change so fast the camera settings, to switch from the flash to ambient light (from dances to the launch of flowers for example)? Do you set the camera in a special way to make faster? Thanks : )
Usually event photographers put the "disable flash" feature to one of the custom buttons, so if the situation changes quickly, it's not neccessary to dig into the menu, or turn on/off the flash device. I definitely could not live without it.
David I really trust your style, I have a couple that is getting married this weekend I live in Winnipeg Manitoba so cold as heck and the sun sets at 5pm. They refuse to do a first look and scheduled their wedding so that their ceremony is at 4:30 and then they said pictures at 5pm .... what would you do? I could really use the advice! Thanks!
Thats a tough one, we have one similar last month where it was dark by the time we did first look. It was their wish to not see each other. Sometimes we can persuade people into doing first looks, explain the situation and how light will be gone after etc etc. But be sensitive to what they want. Don't make it about you, make it about how they will miss out on photos in the daytime. Also a big one that usually gets couples to do first looks is talking about how their attention will not be on taking photos, but rather visiting friends family etc. Not to mention the distraction of all those people if your stuck shooting inside. Im sure they'd understand. Good luck let me know how it goes!
Hey, love this series so far! Quick question; What do you do with the files that aren't picked during culling? Do you delete them or is everything saved somewhere?
David should I use direct flash too when capturing the sparklers gate ? Also what settings do you recommend for the party shot you took at 11:00?... I have the same setup. 35L 5dmkii 580. Also what zoom and power settings.
really interesting to watch you work. going to look at photo mechanic. I don't shoot weddings, but I do stage/film bts and I wanted to see another togs approach to dealing with large numbers of images. I shoot about 600 in 2 5 hours and have to upload image that night for the theatre photo board to be printed the next morning. I don't do any editing until I have finished rating and have a final selection, about 150. I folder them sometimes by lighting condition/location so that I can apply the same settings and get consistency. All I need to do then is tweak exposure and crop per image. I do all of my work in Bridge and ACR. I then take perhaps 12 for the theatre board into PS and edit to perfection. I have it down to about 3 hours a show.
