Wilmer Skidmore: I am using a Canon XT, which I didn't disclose. I am now looking at the Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 lens. Is this a better choice?
Ruby Martis: You did not mention what camera you will be using? With a cropped sensor, the 85 mm lens would work like a 136 mm--that's far too long for a group shot. The 24-70 mm f 2.8 is perfect for a full framer--however, it is over your budget....Show more
Ilana Gaster: http://photo.net/learn/wedding/equipment
Sharron Salin: An 85mm would be good for portraits, and maybe for the ceremony depending on how far away you are, but practically useless for most of the things that comprise the usual wedding. This is why you need to intern with a wedding photographer for a year or two. After spending a lot of time as an assistant, then being a second shooter you will have a much better idea of what equipment you will need. Assisting will also allow you to develop your style and skill without putting a couple's memo! ries of their "special day" at risk.You will have to spend thousands to get ready to shoot weddings for pay. You need a minimum of two bodies, two flashes, several lenses, including a wide angle f/2.8 zoom and a short telephoto f/2.8 zoom. A portrait lens (like the 85mm) Some wedding photographers use a macro lens for details. Synch cords. Bracket. Diffusers. Lots of memory cards. Tripod. Possibly studio lights, depending on what market you are after and what type of work is your style. A fast computer and Adobe Photoshop for post processing. Then there's the insurance, (both for your equipment and liability for you, many venues will not allow you to shoot without being insured.)The most important thing to enable you to succeed may be a business plan and lots of preparation and financial savvy. Good luck. Wedding photography is being overrun by newbies who think it is an easy way to make big bucks for a few hours work on Saturday, so it ain't easy to make a ! long term success doing it. But if you are skilled and prepa! red, you will have a much better chance of being in it for the long haul. Best wishes.*EDIT*You will probably find that 28mm is not wide enough on a 1.6 crop sensor. I don't know Canon lenses, but for Nikon the lens of choice would be the 17-55 f/2.8 for about $1200 USD. The Tamron would be a little less....Show more
Wally Gower: I use a canon 12mp point and shoot for the candids and rent what ever else I need to go with my 24-85mm for the Rebel XTTake as many photos as you can and I am guessing that you have a fair background in photographyHere is a link to a wedding photo I made with a point and shoot:http://curbsideview.blogspot.com/2008/01/twenty-do...curbside view: The Twenty dollar Vermeer wedding...Show more
Arden Strachn: 17-55mm is your best bet. Covers the wide angle to portrait range.
Loise Mausser: First, I hope you are shooting as a guest and not as the main photographer (otherwise, I suggest you politely turn the job down and get more expe! rience with camera equipment). Second, if you are getting new equipment, there is no need to mention your canon powershot. (by the way, it's caNon, with one 'n' (not two)). The proper equipment for a wedding is an SLR camera and some "fast" lenses (by fast I don't mean speed, but light-gathering capability. This means a lens with an f-stop number of f2.8 or smaller). Regarding your additional details: when you say you have a lens for your powershot, you are really talking about a screw-on filter. You cannot change the main lens on your powershot (the thing that comes out of the camera is the lens. The thing you screw onto the lens is a filter). It's good that your friend realizes that the pictures will not look like the ones in those wedding magazines. That's a relief. About your comment about being good: everyone *thinks* they are good, but that doesn't mean they are good. I was shooting pictures with an SLR for about 5 years before i took pictures at my first wedding (as ! a guest) - they were horrible (the wedding pictures, that is). Even tho! ugh my non-wedding pictures were considered good by me and by my friends and family, taking pictures of weddings is entirely different than taking pictures of other things, such as traveling, peoples, nature, buildings, etc (I took pictures of all these things, and was considered good. But nothing prepares you for your first wedding shoot). So get off your high horse ***.(: I guess there is a fine line between rude and honest(helpful advice) - some people don't appreciate the difference unfortunately. The truth can hurt. If you insist on going forward with this, then I suggest getting ideas by looking at wedding photography books and practicing your composition, since that is probably the only thing you will be able to control with your camera (unless you can control the aperture and shutter speed, which I don't think you can....Show more
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