David's photography blog: Wedding Photographer in Bearsted and Lenham

A selection of photos from Charlotte and Steven's wedding at the Holy Cross Church, Bearsted and the Lime Tree Hotel, Lenham - see their full wedding gallery.

1/3200, f/1.4, ISO 50, -5/3 EV, 35mm (35)

A classic scenario where negative exposure compensation is required. If I had let the camera meter for this one Steven would have been massively overexposed.

1/1600, f/2.0, ISO 50, -2/3 EV, 35mm (35)

1/100, f/2.8, ISO 1600, +1/3 EV, 85mm (85)

The quality of light in the church was very poor with the couple being illuminated by a bank of tungsten lamps of differing colour temperature.

1/60, f/4.0, ISO 1600, +2/3 EV, 16mm (16-35)

A good conversion to black and white removes this issue.

1/125, f/2.8, ISO 2500, +1/3 EV, 70mm (70-200 IS)

1/100, f/2.8, ISO 2500, 0 EV, 200mm (70-200 IS)

1/200, f/3.2, ISO 1600, -1/3 EV, 16mm (16-35)

I used flash to light them as they exited the church and got some good shots. The shot above is without flash as the unit was unable to recycle in time - they were lit nicely by window light, however, so I kept the shot. It's not often this happens and, if it does, I just discard the shot in my initial triage. Using a CP-E4 external battery pack makes it even less frequent, though I'm loathed to have it on my belt at summer weddings.

1/640, f/4.0, ISO 50, -2/3 EV, 16mm (16-35)

1/5000, f/1.4, ISO 50, -2/3 EV, 35mm (35)

1/3200, f/1.4, ISO 50, -1/3 EV, 35mm (35)

The sun was nicely softened by clouds which made it a lot easier with the group shots.

1/125, f/6.3, ISO 50, -1/3 EV, 16mm (16-35)

I always like to do a full group shot and it's much easier if I have access to an elevated spot. I had to think hard about where to do this one because of the scattering of old headstones in the church's grounds - there's one hidden behind the couple!