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Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

10/02/2010 10:06:21 PM · #1

Next Sunday, at 1.30p.m, on the beach on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, my daughter and her partner of 20 years are tying the knot. Naturally I want to get nice photos. I will be using my Canon SX10IS p&s, and it tends to overexpose and get the 'blinkies', and the wedding dress will be white (bridesmaids in black). But I want to use auto shooting so that I don't have to waste time figuring things out (believe me that would be a LOT of time) and I saw in another thread advice against bracketing shots. Is this too taxing on the camera? Any other tips would be appreciated, too.

Art Roflmao

Canon EOS-6D Mark II

10/02/2010 10:10:32 PM · #2

Aren't they rushing things?

Simms

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

10/02/2010 10:15:43 PM · #3

Agree with Art - 20 years is a bit quick. shotgun?

Joking aside, I dont think there is a great deal you will be able to do with a P&S - they are what they are. Leave the tricky exposure work to the pro and just get some nice memories and snapshots.

JulietNN

Canon EOS R7

Tamron 16-300mm Di II VC PZD MACRO w/Canon Nikon mount

10/02/2010 10:26:53 PM · #4

I just read an article :

choose the right metering mode , shoot in EV mode, so that the camera takes a reading from the scene as a whole.

if your histogram is stacked to the right then it is over exposed

bracket your images

that is what it says in this article about blown over exposure wedding dresses.

10/03/2010 04:14:22 AM · #5

Originally posted by Art Roflmao:

Aren't they rushing things?

Lol, they have been engaged for 10 years, so it's time for the next step. (They do have two sons, aged 13 and 7.)

10/03/2010 04:20:49 AM · #6

Originally posted by Simms:

Hha, see my reply to Art. It's too late for the shotgun. I will be enjoying myself, but I would still like my pics to be at least a good starting point to pp the heck out of them.