I can’t believe how quickly the past few years have gone by! Although, I think that being in a different state and having a kid since our wedding definitely help skew my perception of time now. It’s been a wonderful three years with my lovely wife, KyAnn (six, really).
I can’t remember if I posted this pic last year on our anniversary, so I’m pasting it here again (though it doesn’t matter since my blog was obliterated since then anyway).
Our wedding photographer wasn’t exactly the person we hired – she was a freelancer for the PDX wedding photographer we signed with. Though it doesn’t matter. I really liked her (her spikey hair fit right in with all our friends and family), and I think she did a fantastic job.
Anyway, when I uploaded this photo to flickr today I noticed the EXIF meta data embedded in the file and saw that our wedding was mostly shot with a Canon Rebel XT. No fucking way! I think she also had a 20D, but I didn’t even pay that much attention since my focus was elsewhere and everywhere.
Looking further into her camera settings, I’ve been able to reverse-engineer her shooting mode and setup. She locked the ISO, played it safe, and took some amazing shots. It really changes my perception of what gear I may actually need for some odd wedding photography jobs. For some reason, I didn’t even want to get into all that unless I had a camera at least in the tier above the Rebel series, or even go into a shoot with only one DSLR. But now that I have my 5Dm2 (and some serious glass), I’m thinking that my Rebel XTi – maxed out – might be a suitable secondary camera.
So now I’m thinking of uploading more wedding pics, just to look at the meta data. I can’t go back in time to chat-up the wedding photographer again, but this is definitely the next best thing. If you want to see more pics, our wedding video is posted after the post-break).
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Cried through the first half -
very well made movie, loved every second of it.
I think last year you had the
black & white of the robot & the bride, or was that the year before?
Congratulations and many happy years ahead.
I can’t believe it’s been 3 years but actually your wedding seems so long ago. I think it’s because those were Portland days. Congrats!
I’ve got a Rebel XT and it works fine for me. My uncle recommended it to me since he uses his for location scouting in the New Orleans area. I know should really invest in some better glass. The Sigma 18-200mm lens I have is okay for what I usually shoot with it, which is mostly family pics, but it’s pretty slow at the long end.
@audio & jade – Thanks!
@oreo – Yeah, I’ve pretty much given up on all zoom lenses with variable range f-stops. My rule (about 3 lenses ago) is “it needs to be f/4 and wider” on all new glass I get – which is pretty crucial for doing any zoomy stuff when shooting video. It’s expensive, and has done a nice job of slowing down my hoarding of random camera gear.
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