Over the past two days and the past two weddings I have been experimenting with my new 50mm 1.8f lens, I was going to challenge myself by trying to shoot an entire wedding with it on my 7D but as Fergus suggested it might be better to take my spare 400D out with it on so I could shoot the majority of the wedding on my 18-135mm. This of course was a very good suggestion as the 7D is not a full frame camera so the 50mm would be come more like a 75mm and you would not be able to get the wide shots you would need through out the ceremony. So I did it, I shot both weddings with 2 cameras over my shoulder, which I found strange at first but the results were totally worth it.
(This is probably a good time to explain the lack of photographs in this post; I am currently unable to show you the photographs I take on this blog due to possible conflicts of interests. It is a shame but I do understand where they are coming from, I am also very great full for this fantastic opportunity to be here and that is just the way things work. If it gets resolved I will back fill the images for you all to see but till then I want to keep you up to date with what I am doing)
I am quickly learning that I enjoy the details of a wedding, couples put a huge amount of effort (and money) into choosing the outfits, matching colour schemes and of course the brides dress to name a few. The bride at today’s wedding had this fantastic dress that had a slight collar around the neck and buttons down the back. With the 50mm with an aperture set at 2f the depth of field is so narrow that you can really frame with the focus what it is you want to bring to the viewers attention, in this case the bride and groom where looking out to sea with there backs to me and I was able to pick out the buttons on the back of the dress. The crop of these types of photographs for me often don’t include the bride or grooms faces so the viewer is left just to admirer the outfits, rings, flower or what ever it is you have chosen to be the subject of the picture.
In yesterdays wedding the bride and grooms son of 4 was entrusted with looking after the rings. He was very polite, well behaved and he had a matching suit to his Dad. During the ceremony he quietly stood there next to his Mum with the rings in a box in both hands behind his back. Using the 50mm I was able to take a photograph with the focus on just the ring box that was firmly in the boys hands summing up the his crucial role given to him by his mother and father.
Even though you might get compared to Rambo with all the straps over your shoulder having this little lens with you is well worth the stick and I think I am going to continue having it with me (for the next coupe of shoots at least) as the results are stunning and as a bonus has also given my 400D a new lease of life.
Congratulations to Rafel and Verna from yesterday and Adam and Muriel from today all the best.
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