I was unable to attend college yesterday evening as I had been asked at short notice to be a photographer at a friends wedding. My two friends were meant to be getting married in Las Vegas however due to the shut down of all UK airports due to a volcano they had their flights cancelled. There were no more flights till after the wedding day so the dream of a Vegas wedding was over. However they managed with a lot of help from family and friends organise a wedding in 48 hours. I got a call on Tuesday asking if I would be able to come to the wedding on the Thursday and be the photographer. This did not leave a lot of time for planning and also no time to look around the venue to discuss shots with the bride a groom. I knew the bride wanted to get some shots of her getting ready and a few "posed" photos but wanted natural shots too. I left with my Fiancee Early Thursday and drove to Essex and arrived at about 10.30am.
I then had an hour or so to walk round take some test shots and make some notes of where I could take some photos and what sort of photos I could try and get. I took with me the following equipment.
- Canon 550d
- 18 - 55 lens (for portrait and posed shots)
- 100 - 400 lens (for natural shots as I could stand far away and capture moments)
- Tripos (for family shots)
- Canon speedlite flashgun (internal shots)
- Spare camera and flash batteries (and chargers)
- 8GB of SD memory cards
All in all the day went well and I got some great shots, and the bride and groom were really happy with the results. I took 686 photos in the day so this should give them enough for an album.
I know this is not on my subject of natural history, however thought it would be good to show that I can take photographs when not at Twycross Zoo or Branston waterpark !!
To see a selection of images click here.
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