This wasn't an open question about processing or relying on presets. It was actually meant as a specific workflow question towards Jonas Peterson's form spring account. I do like your replies tho :)

Hey Rhonda! I am 1/2 of Code and Hustle, the parent company that develops Storyboard. My role is to basically take care of marketing and customer support, as well as come up with kick ass ideas along with my partner Sean! Yes, we have some awesome new things in the works.... Batch+

Sure! Would love to help :)

Sure! Thanks for the kind words. It was all shot on a Canon 5D with a 35L lens @ f/1.4. Images were corrected in Lightroom and sharpened in photoshop

yes and yes!

I have never once manually focused. I just choose my AF point and focus using that.

Hey!

I don't have a studio, so no lighting in there. Indoors its usually bounce flash, or some sort of diffused light source.

They're from Trinity's Floral Shoppe. But, I think she's moved and is now located in Goodwin's Nursery, so I'd contact them and ask about Trinity.

Hey, we set up the booth ourselves using our own equipment. The idea unfortunately is not my own. The first I have seen it done really really well is by some great photographers in California called The Image is Found Photography. Check it out!

Yep! I will use off camera flash sometimes. Generally I set my aperture for the depth of field that I want, then I use the shutter speed to show more ambient light that is available (such as the room lightening) and i'm generally around 1/60 or 1/80 of a second for that. I then set my off camera flash to a standard power like 1/8th power, and then control the overall look of my exposure by changing the ISO up or down depending.

Thanks so much! The Redmond wedding was amazing. Since the tents were relatively low and white, bouncing the flash was very easy to do and looks amazing - so to answer your question, yes, most of the light in the reception of that wedding was bounced flash.

99% of the time my images are straight from Adobe Lightroom and have zero photoshop work/actions applied to them. The only actions I use are utility actions that I have created to help me in my workflow - resizing for blogs, taking redness out of certain skin areas, etc.

I think the best actions you can get are the Jesh De Rox Colorshift Actions and Totally Rad 1 & 2

The only truly posed shots are the family formals, and maybe a few of the bride and groom together. The rest of the day is totally all candids and just shooting things as they happen!

When using my 50mm (yes I am shooting Canon) I am always using One Shot AF or AI Servo and manually selecting the focus point.

I do not keep it at 1.2; I use the aperture when trying to achieve creative looks - 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, etc. all look fantastic because of the bokeh, but its much harder to achieve focus because the depth of field is so razor thin. If your shooting at 1.2 for example, if your subject moves a mere inch from when you achieve focus & depending on your distance to the subject, its possible the image will be out of focus.

I guess to answer your question as best I can, never let your camera do the focusing for you; always select your focus point so that it is over your subject, and learn to anticipate where the shot will take place and have your AF ready.

Awesome question!

If it came down to only one lens to cover an entire wedding, it would have to be a 50mm. I personally use the Canon 50 f/1.2 and I think it could be the perfect lens to cover just about everything; from prep shots, to portraits, family groups, and reception. I use mine alot!

As much as I try to support local business, the variety of products and quality I am looking for in my prints can only be found at certain labs, none of which are local to me at the moment - I use an online lab called White House Custom Color - they are amazing!

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I think the course at Marconi is excellent; alot of fundamentals are covered and its very hands on with assignments each week - lots of critique, etc. It could be a very valuable learning tool for some.

I also think alot can be learned online these days - there is just as much information online compared to a classroom setting. The only thing your missing online is the human interaction and face to face critiquing that takes place.

I personally found learning from online sources to be more up my alley.

Thanks!
At receptions its basically any of my lenses (none specifically) and either bounce flash or video light. The bounce flash lights up the room and makes everything bright, and the video light is very specular and direct and is good for highlighting certain elements, people, etc.

Thanks for the kind words! I am pretty much self taught. I did attend the ACAT program at NSCC Marconi, of which photography was a component. Ironically, I failed the photography aspect of the program, haaha. I basically went from there and taught myself everything I know now by reading photography forums, learning from other photographers, and reading magazines.