1/5000, f/1.4, ISO 200, -1 EV, 35 mm, EF35mm f/1.4L USM
The day was heavily overcast. This is the lighting equivalent of having a giant softbox over your scene. The light is soft (good), very cool (in terms of colour temperature) but your subjects are top-lit (not so good - check out the resulting shadows on the chaps above, just on the limit of acceptability for me). I did use a flash for some of my external shots to circumvent this. The shot above has been cropped - the area removed was light toned which explains why the negative exposure compensation is not as large as you might expect given the image you see.
1/500, f/2.8, ISO 200, -1 EV, 200 mm, EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
1/250, f/1.4, ISO 400, -2/3 EV, 35 mm, EF35mm f/1.4L USM
I had to be very particular about my indoor candids and wait until people were in just the right light. The ceiling had circular holes in, creating hot spots, but there were nice areas of feathered light. A key skill is being able to spot where the good light is.
1/250, f/1.2, ISO 400, 0 EV, 85 mm, EF85mm f/1.2L II USM
The church was huge and I was able to use both my 70-200mm and 85mm lens for candids. A real luxury during a ceremony.
1/125, f/2.8, ISO 1600, 0 EV, 145 mm, EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
The exposure settings reveal how low the light levels were. Unfortunately, the quality of light was also low! There were huge tungsten lamps outputting light of different colour temperatures (a very common scenario in churches), mixed in with the cool daylight being made even bluer by blue stained glass - not very agreeable. Hence the B&W conversions!
1/80, f/3.2, ISO 1600, 0 EV, 200 mm, EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
1/100, f/3.2, ISO 1600, 0 EV, 16 mm, EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM
1/160, f/2.8, ISO 2000, 0 EV, 200 mm, EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
1/100, f/2.8, ISO 2000, +1/3 EV, 200 mm, EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
1/80, f/5, ISO 3200, 0 EV, 35 mm, EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM
By the time it came to do the group shots it was raining very heavily. Fortunately there was a balcony to allow me to get the shot of everyone.
1/400, f/1.4, ISO 200, -2/3 EV, 35 mm, EF35mm f/1.4L USM
The holes in the ceiling came in useful during the bride and groom portrait session.
1/500, f/1.4, ISO 400, -1 EV, 35 mm, EF35mm f/1.4L USM
1/400, f/1.4, ISO 1000, +1/3 EV, 35 mm, EF35mm f/1.4L USM
It's quite fun to shoot under challenging conditions. I identified the areas of good light and then looked for interesting backgrounds. There weren't many spots that fitted the bill but there were enough.
1/100, f/2.5, ISO 1000, +2/3 EV, 35 mm, EF35mm f/1.4L USM
I was very aware of the iridiscent nature of the bride's dress and was very careful not to lose any detail in the highlights.
1/15, f/8, ISO 50, -1 EV, 16 mm, EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM
As they exited the church I fancied shooting a longer exposure to blur their movement. ISO 50 and f/8 got me a reasonable shutter speed to do the job.
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