Yesterday I got confirmation on my very first job as a commercial photographer. I will photograph a church wedding ceremony. This is quite a responsibility and I am very (positively) excited about it.
Now the real planning starts:
- Meeting the bride and groom for learning their expectations
- Getting a list of “important people” from the couple => of whom do they want pictures in any case
- Meeting the priest to evaluate how he wants photographers to behave in his church (for example, is he ok with taking pictures from behind the altar ?)
- Scouting the location: Familiarizing oneself with the church: Where are good positions to shoot, which shots should be taken
- Evaluating the light situation on that day at that time: There are nice Apps for the iPhone which tell you the direction and angle of light for a certain location and exact time of the day and season, must dig that App up.
- Choosing the equipment. I will go with two bodies and two lenses on that day. The 24-70 f2.8 Nikkor will be the workhorse, but which one should I pick as secondary lens ? 85 mm f1.8 ? 70-300 mm f3.5-5.6 VR ? The old manual focus AI-S 80-200 f4 Nikkor ?
- And other things of which I do not think now but which will become important in the process.
I will do the shoot together with a friend, Keb Leynad (artist name :-). Having two photographers on scene will give more flexibility in terms of perspective and picture material available.
If you Need the 50mm / 1.4G feel free to grab it from the drawer in my study. Same goes for the SB900 or any other part of my equipment. In return, I’d ask you to water the plants while you’re there ;-))