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Will I be able to get by with a 5DII + 70-200/f4LIS?
jmphotocraft
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...and a 24-70/2.8L? I also have a 580 and a 430 speedlights. I'm shooting my cousin's wedding in June as my gift to him. I'd rather not buy the 70-200/2.8LIS for this event. I will have one someday but I don't need it yet.
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An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
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Yep.
www.tednghiem.com
I second that...just be sure not to go too low on your shutter speed. Better to have grainy high ISO photos than blurry, unrecognizable ones...
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As for signatures, I have to admit that I like knowing what lenses people have when considering their advice. Chances are, someone doing portraits with a slow kit lens probably isn't quite "there" yet. Of course I could be wrong, but I think those are the odds.
An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
matt
Bodies: Canon 5d mkII, 5d, 40d
Lenses: 24-70 f2.8L, 70-200 f4.0L, 135 f2L, 85 f1.8, 50 1.8, 100 f2.8 macro, Tamron 28-105 f2.8
Flash: 2x 580 exII, Canon ST-E2, 2x Pocket Wizard flexTT5, and some lower end studio strobes
please read the OP before responding, thanks.
An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
whatever
Bodies: Canon 5d mkII, 5d, 40d
Lenses: 24-70 f2.8L, 70-200 f4.0L, 135 f2L, 85 f1.8, 50 1.8, 100 f2.8 macro, Tamron 28-105 f2.8
Flash: 2x 580 exII, Canon ST-E2, 2x Pocket Wizard flexTT5, and some lower end studio strobes
I said I also have a 24-70/2.8 in the first sentance of the OP. I don't get people who will spend 5 minutes responding to a post they couldn't spend 60 seconds reading. But, whatever.
An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
I don't get how people get so bent about an errant post when someone is trying to be helpful, that they have to post to call the person out over it. I made a mistake and overlooked the first couple of words so I'm sorry that my post wasn't as helpful as was intended. Not such a big deal, so hence the "whatever". Lighten up pal.
Matt
Bodies: Canon 5d mkII, 5d, 40d
Lenses: 24-70 f2.8L, 70-200 f4.0L, 135 f2L, 85 f1.8, 50 1.8, 100 f2.8 macro, Tamron 28-105 f2.8
Flash: 2x 580 exII, Canon ST-E2, 2x Pocket Wizard flexTT5, and some lower end studio strobes
As for the SIG Line thing. I've always posted my equipment even when I had very little. I always figure that someone may see the sig line and want to PM a question to me about something in particular. Also if I recommend certain equipment that happens to be in my sig line the reader hopefully takes more consideration of the recommendation over someone who is basing their recommendation on what they read in another post.
However the sig line is getting a little long and I may just make it a link.
Other Gear: Olympus E-PL1, Pan 20 1.7, Fuji 3D Camera, Lensbaby 2.0, Tamron 28-75 2.8, Alien Bees lighting, CyberSyncs, Domke, HONL, FlipIt.
~ Gear Pictures
This is my thought on it to. I'm not bragging about my gear but I want people to know what I have so they can ask about something I use if they want to. Maybe on smaller low-res screens the sig line takes up too much real estate, but on my screen it is certainly not distracting...
Matt
Bodies: Canon 5d mkII, 5d, 40d
Lenses: 24-70 f2.8L, 70-200 f4.0L, 135 f2L, 85 f1.8, 50 1.8, 100 f2.8 macro, Tamron 28-105 f2.8
Flash: 2x 580 exII, Canon ST-E2, 2x Pocket Wizard flexTT5, and some lower end studio strobes
An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
matt
Bodies: Canon 5d mkII, 5d, 40d
Lenses: 24-70 f2.8L, 70-200 f4.0L, 135 f2L, 85 f1.8, 50 1.8, 100 f2.8 macro, Tamron 28-105 f2.8
Flash: 2x 580 exII, Canon ST-E2, 2x Pocket Wizard flexTT5, and some lower end studio strobes
The thought of me doing something like this makes me want to crawl into a hole and never come out....
Does anyone know what I'm talking about?
I know the feeling kinda...I have bartered for wedding photography services 2 weddings for kitchen rehab skill and labor. I have never "gifted" a wedding before though and this year I am shooting 2 family or close to family weddings, which I have only done once before. I'm confident enough in my abilities to do the job and neither are bridezillas, momzillas or familzillas, so its all good.
I do and I don't blame you. However this will serve two purposes for me - 1) it will satisfy my curiosity of whether or not I want to get into the Wedding market, and 2) if I do, I'll be able to use this as an example and reference.
An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
This is not true... just try to do it. Sig lines don't affect the search because the forum doesn't store the sig in the post. That's why when you update a sig all your old posts are instantly updated too.
However, As I said, my gear list is already too long and I've shortened things for what I can, but I think I'm going to use this method for my gear list now.
Other Gear: Olympus E-PL1, Pan 20 1.7, Fuji 3D Camera, Lensbaby 2.0, Tamron 28-75 2.8, Alien Bees lighting, CyberSyncs, Domke, HONL, FlipIt.
~ Gear Pictures
www.tednghiem.com
Been there done that and swore never to shoot a family members wedding again.....that is where everything that can go wrong will........I was so nervous that I borrowed equipment from friends to have more than my 2 backups and hauled it across 2 states for the wedding...........that was in my film days.......I handed the rolls off and found out that they had Walmart process it after I told them not too.....now that nephew is scrambling to get the fading negs scanned and processed......my bro, his dad, wanted me to scan and fix......I told them they could not afford to have me to do it.............
Aha, I stand corrected! Cool.
That's a silly waste of forum space. You can list all your gear in your member profile. You can then put a link to your member profile in your sig, for all the people who haven't realized this, or that everyone's username is a hyperlink. Creating a post with your gear listing is redundant.
An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
Damn straight. However at the time I needed to fund the purchase of my 5DII. I had purchased the 135L just days before the 5DII and it wasn't paid for yet. Keeping it then simply wasn't an option.
I thought I'd be able to afford to buy another one in time for this June wedding, but alas, because "someone" lied about their "campaign promises", my taxes did significantly increase even though I am making way less than $250k. :pissed
Anyway, I'm not sure the 135 would be long enough on FF for the ceremony. Also I'd think I doubt I'd be able to discretely move around enough to zoom it with my feet. Reception, sure.
An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
Ahh, That could be better too. I didn't read the whole thread, just the first post. I'll check the profile thing.
EDIT: Checked it out. The edit box is annoyingly small and limited. I think I'll try the post thing.
Other Gear: Olympus E-PL1, Pan 20 1.7, Fuji 3D Camera, Lensbaby 2.0, Tamron 28-75 2.8, Alien Bees lighting, CyberSyncs, Domke, HONL, FlipIt.
~ Gear Pictures
Well, it is small to type in, but the limit is fairly generous. I guess if you want to craft a beautiful, bulleted resume of all your toys the post method is the way to go. But there's no telling when the admins may tire of that and delete that thread.
Back to the search thing, you know what, I was thinking of dpreview. Last I checked, over there the sigs are stored with the posts, so listing your gear in your sig there does mess up the search engine.
An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.