What do you shoot with? Please leave any comments, questions or suggestions for future videos below. In this series ThatNikonGuy Matt Granger will show you all you need to know to get started in wedding photography. From planning, to gear, to shooting and editing tips, Matt will walk you through the process and help you avoid common pitfalls. Whether you are going in full time, or have been asked to shoot at a friends wedding – take the time to research and plan – it will avoid a lot of headaches down the track! GEAR: Lowepro X450 – products.lowepro.com Lowepro S&F gear – products.lowepro.com Tamron 70-300SP – www.tamron.com Kata PL 220 – www.kata-bags.com Nikon gear – www.nikon.com.au Join our facebook and flickr groups to stay up to date with what’s going on: Join our facebook group HERE: www.facebook.com Flickr group HERE: www.flickr.com www.mattgranger.com
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Hi i’ve been asked to do a family wedding, as I have never really done a wedding on my own before I am a little apprehensive as to do it. the couple are happy for me to do it still.
I have just recently bought a Nikon d300s also got a Nikon d3100, The lenses i have are the Tamron sp 70-300, Tamron 18-200 macro zoom and also the standard Nikon 18-55 all coupled with a Nikon sb900 flash. what I would like to know is this going to be good enough for most shots ? and how to utilize all equipment
hi mate. if you were shooting a wedding and it started pissin down, obviously you have to adapt to suit the situation. do all your shots then become indoor? thx. fantastic tutorials mate
Great video man, very useful, thanks a lot.
@MrRgx521 save up for the gear, work / shadow people for free to get experience, then start charging.
I guess what I’m asking really, is:
How do I go about accumulating the experience and gear I need when I don’t really have either of them for the gigs that would allow me to get them?
Here’s one of my big dilemmas:
If I’m going to charge people for taking their pictures, I believe that I’m entering territory where “Sorry, got no lense fast enough for this shot and my cam sucks at high iso” just doesn’t cut it. So I need to get a modern body (my current one is from 2007, a 40D) and some fast lenses, reliable powerful flashes (as in, not the Nissin Di622 / Yongnuo stuff I’m currently using) and so on. That stuff alone easily goes into the thousands – _before_ I’m making money.
I think the nikon 16-35mm b handyr than the 14-24 its lighter to movew around along with the 24-70 and 7-200 and sometimes one of the portrait g 50mm lens 1.8g
Bu xiayrdiree lap
@MichaelGteam good luck with it. As I have said in other videos – more important than gear is training/practice/experience. Make sure you have those in order before you take on any solo weddings.
Ciao Matt! Great video series, thanks for sharing your experience with all of us. I am pursuing photography as a second wait .third .wait .forth job. Babies can really put us in it
Anyway, I was planning on starting out with a Nikon d7000 with a couple wide range lenses (18-105)(55-300) giving me needed versatility on the site. I will lack much of the equipment you are shown to use but my background is multimedia and design so I rely heavily on my superior post effects and editing skills.
cheap equipment xD nice
@FotografIasi great stuff thanks for the comment. the s& gear is great huh?
I also use the Lowepro S&F Lens Exchanger 200 aw to switch between the canon 17-55 2.8 s and the 70-200 2.8 is ii on a canon 50d body. I use a 2 spedlight setup and a 85 1.8 for when I want to work lightweight. When I need to shoot extrawide I use a canon 10-22. Cheers from Romania.
BatMan Got Short Next To You.
Nikon Hero
i’ll be shooting my first ever wedding at the end of december however atm i only have a 75-300mm, and 18-55mm for canon 500D i’ll also be getting a 360AFD Digital Flashgun for christmas do you think that will be okay equipment wise?
@0BoxHead0 questions welcome, yes I use a hood, almost always
Just a question, do you use a lens hood when shooting a wedding?
thanks
@eyesayudo haha, in australia - not safe to tan – skin cancer!
if u wanna be better than Rambo @ 15:40 , you need to get better tan / tanning.
cheers from Romania.
@Velli1987 haha, will check it out
@thatnikonguy Sorry! Maybe it’s just me but i’ve always had that thought about someone having a shootout with their cameras and you pulled it off at 10:36 lol. Is you haven’t seen it yet, you should search on youtube for “battle at f stop ridge” video.
@Velli1987 ??
DAMMIT JENKINS!!!!!!!
That belt system and vest looks like Army webbing.
@candidsniperdotcom Wedding photography, like all forms, is a business. Unless there is some other benefit to shooting it, I charge or expect compensation for all. Of course there are exceptions, but sure, I charge travel time – at a much lower rate mind you (as there is no editing resulting from that time!O.
SB900 overheats a lot for me.